You could not have written a better script for Lazio this weekend if you tried, as Saturday turned out to be an ideal day for the Biancocelesti. With two second-half goals in the span of two minutes, they secured a crucial 2-1 comeback victory over Catania at the Stadio Olimpico, while they were also greeted by the news of losses for fellow European hopefuls Inter, Roma and Fiorentina. The results see the capital-based club move up to fifth in the [...]
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What a tasty evening at the San Siro for hosts Milan. They retain pole position in the scudetto by besting second place Napoli 3-0. Milan goalscorers Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kevin Boateng and Alex Pato all put in good performances. Napoli even at the interval (0-0), gave up an early penalty in 4th minute of the second half. The Swede Ibrahimovic stepped up to spot and converted and the rest it seems is history as our visitors, unable to turn things in [...]
A very late Mario Gomez strike sinks Inter. Gomez had been supported by Arjen Robben all night and it was Robben who challenged Julio Cesar with a powerful strike of his own seconds before that allow Gomez to pounce on rebound and put one by Inter’s Brazilian international Cesar in the 90th minute. Bayern played as the home team having maintaining almost 60% of the possession. Their keeper Kraft was surely man of the match in my opinion. The visiting [...]
by guest writer Liam Apicella - Champions League hunting Palermo will be hoping that they have no more early kick offs for the remainder of the season. For the fourth time in four consecutive 12:30pm starts, the Rosanero have slipped to defeat, on this occasion it was visiting Fiorentina who were the beneficiaries. What will have been even more disappointing for Palermo coach Delio Rossi is the fact that his side led on two separate occasions, only to see his [...]
guest writer Liam Apicella - After this latest defeat at the hands of Udinese, Cesena’s status as a Serie A club is beginning look more and more precarious. Massimo Ficcadenti’s strugglers were without a win in seven matches going into this encounter, while after a slow start to the campaign, the visitors from Udine now harbour ambitions of claiming a Champions League berth. The match got off to a scrappy start with neither side willing to allow their opponents to [...]
Number 10 for the match day starts with that cheeky little pass from Zlatan Ibranimovic to Pato of Milan which nutmegs the Genoa defender in the process. This of course was the only goal for Milan on the day and the match result ended as a 1-1 draw against their hosts. Milan would drop 2 points to trailing clubs Napoli, Udinese and Inter. Make sure to listen to this week’s Serie A Weekly podcast as we cover all the scores [...]
Matchday 21 is a duel of setplays. Great opener by Dejan Stankovic for Inter but that was all that was written for the scudetto holders as the homeside Udinese would play 3 in the back-netting one of which was off the set play of Di Natale with perfect placement in the lower right-hand corner, no chance for the keeper. Former Juventus now Parma player Giovinco would do the same except top right-hand corner this time great to see the precision [...]
Touché Roma losing 5-1 to the islanders from Sardinia in your first meeting this season, you now turn tables with a 3-0 clean sheet result Saturday in Rome. Opening Goal awarded from penalty spot To open the scoring at the Stadio Olimpico fans would witness the referee point to the spot after Daniele De Rossi was pulled back by Michele Canini when attempting to get his head to ball on a Francesco Totti cross from the left. Designated taker Totti [...]
It’s been a fabulous week to be a Lecce supporter, a fantastic win in the capital in week 19 against Lazio was backed up with a courageous performance on Sunday evening against league leaders Milan to earn a 1-1 draw and instill some new found belief in their fight for Serie A survival. For 49 minutes of Sunday evening’s match it looked like the Salentini were hopelessly out of their depth. Milan dominated possession with only the heroics of goalkeeper Antonio Rosati keeping the score-sheet [...]
Excellent individual performances this week especially by Napoli’s Edinson Cavani. The Uruguayan scored a hat trick against a shell shocked Juventus eleven. Runner-up this week should be obvious with Antonio Di Natale’s two scores (the second especially sweet) against AC Milan. Di Natale and his Udinese teammates helped to rein in our scudetto leaders whose lead over the pack has fallen to a mere 3 points. Honorable mention falls to Alessandro Diamanti of Brescia for the spectacle of it never [...]
I would like to thank Adam Digby for helping me out with this. Here are the top 10 Serie A goals of the season so far. 10 Mirko Vucinic vs Inter A dramatic last minute diving header from a wonderful cross by Daniele De Rossi 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs Brescia. Andrea Pirlo through ball to Zlatan who shook off the Brescia defence and unleashed an unstoppable shot past the keeper. 8 Claudio Marchisio vs Udinese Milos Krasic lovely cross found [...]
