Archive for the ‘Serie A’ Category

Right so I have missed quite a few Serie A matches so i’ll give you a brief round-up of any big results and then let you know what happened at the weekend.

In week 17 of the Serie A season, numerous games were called off due to the heavy snow but the Inter – Lazio game went ahead, Samuel Eto’o getting the only goal of the game to give Inter an eight point lead at the top of the table  over Christmas. On the same day, Juventus lost at home to Catania. A late winner from Izco saw Catania run out 2-1 victors. Sampdoria continued their run of bad form with a 3-1 loss at Livorno but Roma managed a 2-0 victory against Parma with goals from the on-loan Burdisso and Brighi.

The top three all secured victories in week 18, Inter once again winning 1-0 after an 11th minute Balotelli strike while Juve bounced back with a 2-1 victory away at Parma. Goals from Ronaldinho, Thiago Silva, Huntelaar and a brace from Borriello saw Milan run out 5-2 winners over Genoa, a Borriello scissor kick being the best of the bunch.

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Due to several deadlines that had to be met coupled with me being extremely lazy, it has led me to not giving you all a Serie A review last weekend so for anyone interested, here is a bumper crop of matches with results from both the weekend of the 5th/6th December and 12th/13th December.

Serie A 5th/6th December Results

Milan 3-0 Sampdoria

Juventus 2-1 Inter Milan

Genoa 2-2 Parma

Bologna 2-1 Udinese

Livorno 0-2 Chievo

Palermo 2-1 Cagliari

Fiorentina 2-0 Atalanta

Siena 3-2 Catania

Napoli 3-2 Bari

Roma 1-0 Lazio

Round-Up for weekend 1

The Rome derby saw Roma come out on top in a scrappy game which saw a Marco Cassetti volley win it for ‘i Giallorossi’ but as per usual, the derby was marred by scuffles both on and off the pitch. David Pizarro was sent off late on after a second yellow card while the game was stopped at one point due to flares on the pitch. One day this match might be played without any crowd trouble but not this season.

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After the national side played out a 0-0 draw with the Netherlands followed by a 1-0 victory against Sweden through an early Chiellini goal, Serie A returned at the weekend with the big game found at the Olimpico in Turin between Juventus and Udinese. Juve and Milan would be hoping Inter dropped points against Bologna to maintain their title challenges.

Serie A 21/22 November Results

Bologna 1-3 Inter Milan

Fiorentina 2-3 Parma

Napoli 0-0 Lazio

Sampdoria 2-1 Chievo

Milan 4-3 Cagliari

Siena 0-2 Atalanta

Livorno 2-1 Genoa

Roma 3-1 Bari

Palermo 1-1 Catania

Juventus 1-0 Udinese

Serie A Round-up

Unfortunately for the rest of Serie A, Inter Milan won again with goals from Milito, Balotelli and Cambiasso. Mourinho will be wondering why Inter cannot take that same form into the Champions League after being outplayed by Barcelona on tuesday night.

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If you happened to read my previous Serie A Review, you would know that there were several quality games this weekend including the match between Inter and Roma, and the Milan Lazio game in Rome. Juventus were also hoping to keep up their title ambitions with a win at Atalanta.

Serie A 07/08 November Results

Catania 0-0 Napoli

Atalanta 2-5 Juventus

Udinese 0-1 Fiorentina

Bologna 3-1 Palermo

Bari 1-0 Livorno

Parma 2-0 Chievo

Cagliari 2-0 Sampdoria

Genoa 4-2 Siena

Lazio 1-2 Milan

Inter Milan 1-1 Roma

Round-Up

A spirited performance from Atalanta ended with no points as Juventus went onto win 5-2 at the Atleti Azzurri d’Italia. Camoranesi put the Old Lady 2-0 up with two good finishes but Atalanta nicked a goal back. Juventus got another but once again Atalanta pegged them back. Eventually the quality of Juventus shone through as Diego and a landmark goal for Trezeguet led them to victory.

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The highlight of this weekend’s fixtures was the match at the Olimpico in Turin between Juventus and Napoli. After numerous quality acquisitions over the Summer for Napoli, they had been expecting a good start to the season. However, after a less than impressive start, Roberto Donadoni was sacked and Walter Mazzarri brought in to try and settle the ship. Four games later, they will be hoping to continue their push up the table with a victory against Juventus.

Serie A 31st Oct/1st Nov Results

Juventus 2-3 Napoli

Milan 2-0 Parma

Siena 1-1 Lazio

Roma 2-1 Bologna

Chievo 1-1 Udinese

Livorno 0-2 Inter Milan

Cagliari 3-0 Atalanta

Sampdoria 0-0 Bari

Fiorentina 3-1 Catania

Palermo 0-0 Genoa

Round-Up

In a game that had everything, Juventus’ title hopes were dashed once again, as they went down 3-2 to Napoli. A brace from the in-form Marek Hamsik after Juventus had been 2-0 up aided them to a brilliant victory. Amauri was also sent off late on  for accidently kicking the Napoli goalkeeper.

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As reported in my last Serie A review, there were two big games this weekend with Milan taking on Roma at the San Siro and Juventus taking on Fiorentina at the Olimpico. Milan needed victory if Leonardo was to remain as manager for at least another week, while Juventus needed a win to restart their title bid after failing to win in their previous three games.

Serie A 17th/18th October Results

Juventus 1-1 Fiorentina

Genoa 0-5 Inter Milan

Chievo 1-2 Bari

Livorno 1-2 Palermo

Udinese 1-3 Atalanta

Catania 2-1 Cagliari

Lazio 1-1 Sampdoria

Parma 1-0 Siena

Napoli 2-1 Bologna

Milan 2-1 Roma

Round-Up

Inter produced a five-star performance against Genoa to remain top of the league. Without Eto’o and Milito in the squad, people were wondering if the Nerazzurri might struggle against a Genoa side who have been performing well so far this season. However, five different scorers (including a half way line volley from Stankovic) allowed Inter to take three points and it would appear they remain the most likely title winners.

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Seven league games into the season, Juventus, Inter and Sampdoria remain the early pace setters, but with Fiorentina and this seasons surprise package, Genoa, hot on their heels, for how long can the Nerazzurri stay top? Milan are still stuttering, and one must assume that Leonardo’s days are numbered, but after eight years of Ancelotti, perhaps that is precisely what the Brazilian needs, time. With wins for Roma, Genoa and Palermo, perhaps the Serie A is finally hotting up?

Serie A 3^rd/4^th October Results

Bari 0-0 Catania

Inter Milan 2-1 Udinese

Roma 2-1 Napoli

Bologna 1-3 Genoa

Siena 0-0 Livorno

Atalanta 1-1 Milan

Cagliari 1-2 Chievo

Sampdoria 1-1 Parma

Fiorentina 0-0 Lazio

Palermo 2-0 Juventus

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After midweek fixtures in Italy as well as this weekend’s results, all of the Serie A clubs have played two more games and we are left with surprise leaders of Serie A.

Midweek results:

Palermo 3-3 Roma

Lazio 1-2 Parma

Udinese 1-0 Milan

Siena 0-0 Chievo

Fiorentina 2-0 Sampdoria

Bari 0-1 Cagliari

Bologna 2-0 Livorno

Atalanta 0-0 Catania

Inter Milan 3-1 Napoli

Genoa 2-2 Juventus

A late equaliser from Totti saved Roma a point at the Renzo Barbera while the dark days at AC Milan appear to be getting ever darker as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Udinese. A 22nd minute goal from Di Natale was enough to see off the Rossoneri.

All the goals at the San Siro came in the first half with Inter bagging a 3-1 victory. Against a decent Napoli side, this was a very good result. Juventus however dropped points at Genoa and required Trezeguet to salvage a point.

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After reports that Ronaldinho may be retiring, Milan needed a convincing victory against Bologna while Juventus and Inter wished to continue their good starts to the season.

So here are the results and to be honest, no great surprises in what occurred.

Napoli 0-0 Udinese

Juventus 2-0 Livorno

Catania 1-1 Lazio

Milan 1-0 Bologna

Sampdoria 4-1 Siena

Cagliari 1-2 Inter Milan

Parma 1-0 Palermo

Bari 4-1 Atalanta

Chievo 3-1 Genoa

Roma 3-1 Fiorentina

A good away victory for Inter sees them enter the top three for the first time this season. Juve and Sampdoria enjoyed decent wins to preserve their 100% records in Serie A so far. Unfortunately for Genoa, they could not maintain their good start after a poor performance against Chievo.

Milan continue to struggle this season after scraping a 1-0 against Bologna however new reports suggest Ronaldinho is not hanging up his boots because he still feels he can make the World Cup squad. Roma managed the most impressive result of the weekend with the 3-1 win over Fiorentina.

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Victories against Georgia and Bulgaria have put the Italian national team in prime position to win their group. With the Champions League and Europa League starting in the week, Italy will be hoping for good performances from their sides.

The third week of the Serie A  arrived with Sampdoria surprise league leaders ahead of Juventus and Genoa. There were no surprise results this weekend although the big clash between rivals Juventus and Lazio finished with a good victory for the Old Lady.

Livorno 0-0 Milan

Lazio 0-2 Juventus

Udinese 4-2 Catania

Palermo 1-1 Bari

Fiorentina 1-0 Cagliari

Bologna 0-2 Chievo

Atalanta 0-1 Sampdoria

Inter Milan 2-0 Parma

Siena 1-2 Roma

Genoa 4-1 Napoli

Another poor performance by Milan ended in a draw against Livorno. Questions are being asked of Leonardo and his team as to whether they will be able to challenge for a champions league spot nevermind the title. Goals from new signings Eto’o and Milito gave Inter the victory moving them to fourth in the league.

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Serie A and Italian football in general has been on a downward slope ever since their World Cup win. Here’s hoping it changes this season.

After the first week in Serie A when Inter Milan looked distinctly average against newly promoted Bari, AC Milan took advantage by achieving victory over Siena. Roma slipped up against a new look Genoa side and Juventus managed a 1-0 victory over Chievo.

So as we moved into game two of Serie A, Inter had to prove their title ambitions in the Milan derby, and Juve had to prove that they have what it takes to win the league this season against rivals Roma. Here are the results…

Bari 0-0 Bologna

AC Milan 0-4 Inter Milan

Roma 1-3 Juventus

Parma 2-1 Catania

Atalanta 0-1 Genoa

Fiorentina 1-0 Palermo

Napoli 3-1 Livorno

Cagliari 1-3 Siena

Sampdoria 3-1 Udinese

Chievo 1-2 Lazio

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