When you look at the Serie A stat columns you’re not surprised to see guys like Edinson Cavani, Antonio Di Natale and Zlatan Ibrahimovic potting goals for fun. You’re not surprised to see that Lucio leads the league in interceptions, Gennaro Gattuso has the most tackles won, Amauri has thanked his teammates the most after flailing at a ball, and Francesco Totti has the most frowns committed. But what do the stats have to say about some of the less celebrated players in [...]
The Derby D’Italia is always a sight to be seen. Regardless of the two teams’ positions in the table, their current form, or their injury situation, you can guarantee that the game will be physical, tactical, emotional and exciting. Yesterday’s match certainly was no different. All that separated the two clubs yesterday was an Alessandro Matri header in the 30th minute and a shocking miss by Samuel Eto’o in the 89th. Juventus bent but didn’t break and emerged with a [...]
With all of Serie A’s top teams failing to secure three points this round, it looked like Juventus had the chance to jump right back into the race for Champions League qualification. But even their most inspired performance of 2011 was not enough on the day. Palermo jumped ahead of a lackluster Juventus with two goals in the first 20 minutes. First it was Fabrizio Miccoli (isn’t it always him against Juve?) exploiting Zdenek Grygera’s sheer lack of pace while connecting on [...]
