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Domenico Berardi has been a menace in Serie A for several years, and AC Milan know that all too well. Fortunately, he will not feature this weekend. This weekend, Massimiliano Allegri will look to a pretty strong team to get past Sassuolo. He has no interest in dropping points against a team lower in the table again, and hopes to fly to Saudi Arabia with his team at the top.

Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka has been offered to Serie A giants Juventus and Inter Milan as he is reportedly not considered an important player in manager Vincent Kompany's plans. According to an exclusive report from CalcioMercato.it, Goretzka's agents are actively exploring new destinations for the German midfielder, whose contract with Bayern is set to expire on June 30, allowing him to leave for free at the end of the season.

Starting with the hosts, claiming what was a much-welcomed boost earlier in the week as they snatched a 1-0 victory away at Pisa, Parma will be desperate to use that gritty performance as a platform to build on. However, despite eventually dragging themselves over the finish line last season as they clung to their Serie A status, it appears that the Crusaders could be destined for another relegation scrap this time around.

Ireland striker needs to prove his worth to Italian club before the end of the year if he is to stay in Serie A for rest of the season Like any footballer in any league right now, if Evan Ferguson was asked how he thought he was doing and what his hopes for the future were, he'd reply with, "I'm just taking it game by game". But the 21-year-old appears to be running out of games in his time as a Serie A player with AS Roma.

Udinese are an established club in the Italian top-flight who tend to finish in and around mid-table as well as compete for the European places in the Serie A standings. I Bianconeri ended up 15th in the table in the 2023-24 campaign and did better last season. Kosta Runjaic's side ended up as high as 12th in the Serie A table last season and will aim to do as well, if not better, this time around.

Santos beat Cruzeiro 3-0 on Sunday to ensure they will play in Serie A next season, staving off an immediate return to the second tier. They have only been relegated once in their history, with that drop down to the second tier coming in 2023. Neymar has endured an injury-hit campaign, managing just 19 Serie A appearances, but the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star has stepped up for Santos in the run-in, scoring four goals across their last three matches.

Image source, Getty Images Fiorentina say they have taken security measures to protect players, staff and their families after they received "unacceptable and shameful" threats. The threats were received following the club's 3-1 loss at Sassuolo on Saturday, which left winless Fiorentina bottom of Serie A after 14 matches. The club condemned the threats in a statement and said it "expresses its full solidarity and support for the players and their families".

The Women's Super League and WSL 2, Ligue 1, La Liga and Bundesliga all have winter breaks taking place over the next month. However, both the Premier League and Italy's Serie A will continue with their respective schedules without breaking. The Premier League will host one match on Boxing Day, with Serie A's first matches after Christmas taking place a day later.

We got a classic glass half-full or glass half-empty moment after the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. But unless you're some kind of Grinch obsessed with only finding negatives -- or one of those perpetually unhappy, hyper-competitive types who always wants more -- in the cold light of day this was a point gained, not two lost for both Mikel Arteta and Enzo Maresca.