Italian Serie A result on Friday: Fiorentina v Torino (1130), Cagliari v Lecce, Parma v Venezia (1400), Verona v Lazio (1700), Inter Milan v Empoli (1945)

Verona have been acquired by American private equity firm Presidio Investors, the Serie A club and new owners said on Wednesday.

US private equity fund Presidio Investors have completed their takeover of storied Italian club Hellas Verona. On Wednesday, the Serie A club confirmed in a statement that Presidio Investors acquired 100% of the shares,

Genoa continued their revival under Patrick Vieira on Sunday ... Later, Napoli can extend their two-point lead at the top of the division with a home win over Verona, while injury-hit champions Inter will go second above Atalanta if they beat Venezia ...

Napoli has taken control of Serie A even without injured and unsettled star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Napoli coach Antonio Conte confirmed Saturday that Kvaratskhelia had asked to leave the club.

Inter Milan has bounced back from a demoralizing Italian Super Cup loss but it was harder than might have been expected at relegation-threatened Venezia. Defender Matteo Darmian scored the only goal of the match in the 16th minute as Inter ground out a 1-0 win to move to within one point of Napoli ahead of the Serie A leader's match against lowly Hellas Verona later Sunday.

Agent Andrea D'Amico told Radio Sportiva: "Bocchetti at Monza? He is like Palladino, a Gasperini boy, after Gasp he had Ivan Juric who, after being his teammate at Genoa, worked with him at Verona. He has assimilated their playing methodology.

Barely a month after celebrating that first Scudetto since Maradona’s last in 1990, Serie A’s Miglior difensore, Defender of the Year Kim Min-jae, departed for Bayern Munich. Barely a month after that, Mexico’s first Italian champion, Chucky Lozano, moved back to Holland, from where he’d come.

Milan, Italy: Genoa continued their revival under Patrick Vieira on Sunday with their first home win of the season, 1-0 over relegation rivals Parma, in front of new majority shareholder Dan Sucu.

All the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games, Genoa-Parma, Venezia-Inter, Bologna-Roma and Napoli-Verona.