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While Italian football provides excellent quality and entertainment on the pitch, we all know
that it equally provides excellent quality and entertainment off the pitch. The crazy owners, the
fights in the media between opposing managers and directors, the outbursts in press conferences,
and all that other great stuff that keeps us entertained during the week.
How great it was to have Serie A back after the winter break. I missed my weekly calcio fix.
Roma-Milan highlighted the return of Serie A. Both teams desperate for the 3 points, as Roma wanted
to inch closer to the top half of the table and Milan wanted to get closer to Juventus and
Inter.
After a day full of tension, Berlusconi announced late today that Kaka will be staying at Milan
and that he closed the deal himself. So Milan fans everywhere can now breathe a sigh of relief
(unless you were in favor of him leaving). We'll see what happens over the next few days though.
Regarding Serie A, we are now officially at the half-way point.
Funny sign caught in the stands this week. It says "To the Sheik, if you want Kaka now
you'll have to eat prunes." I thought that was pretty clever and funny. The midweek round
was supposed to be Milan and Juventus' chance to catch Inter as they had a difficult away tie in
Catania.
And so, with Serie A starting up again this weekend, the second half of the season begins
(although technically it begins January 25th when the girone di ritorno begins). I thought
it would be a good idea to give each team a grade for their efforts so far. Serie A has been very
interesting this season and has provided us with some top quality football to gaze our eyes
upon.
FC Internazionale are certainly the worst losers in whole Italy. Many times throughout history we
have seen things fall apart after only one failure. A barrage of criticism followed, the media
question all accomplishments and the team is cracking under pressure. Just remember last year when
few failures in Serie A and also the elimination [.
Former England captain David Beckham was once again the talk of the town in the Italian Serie A as
he scored the first goal of his Milan career against Bologna just moments ago. Beckham, on loan to
the Rossoneri in a bid to impress England's Italian manager Fabio Capello, arrived at the end of a
Clarence Seedorf pass and struck beautifully into the top corner from the right side of the box.
Anelka is ready to slide over to the passenger seat so that Drogba can take the wheel... It's been
a harsh winter for Chelsea who, although they sit second in the Premier League, have won just three
of their last ten in all competitions. One of the reasons behind the relative slump is their far
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Olof Melberg (pictured/Reuters) comes up big for Juventus scoring his first goal at the club, and
rescuing a point after the Bianconeri fell behind to Lazio in the first 25 mins off an exquisitely
taken free kick by Cristian Ledesma. Earlier in the day scudetto leaders Inter lost 1 - 3 away to
Atalanta.
Según se publica en Italia, Atlético de Madrid y Villarreal andarían detrás del
mismo jugador. Este no es otro que Sergio Floccari, delantero del Atalanta y una de las
revelaciones en esta temporada en la Serie A. El jugador, que ha anotado 10 goles en 19 partidos,
ya tiene el visto bueno de Marcelo Lippi [.
Inter defeated Sampdoria 1-0 to give themselves breathing room from Juventus. It was supposed to
be the game where we would see the geniuses of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Antonio Cassano do battle,
but unfortunately both players were unavailable for selection. The game wasn't pretty, but Jose
Mourinho's squad got the job done once again, grinding out a 1-0 victory from a goal from Adriano,
who seems to be reborn.
Here we have a video compilation which shows us the best goals of the first part of the Serie A
season. Some nice goals scored so far. Video after the jump.
(I highly recommend visiting the youtube page of the video and watching it in high quality.)
What do you think has been the best goal so far?
Serie A's leaders, Inter Milan, were overrun by an excellent Atalanta side on Sunday. A great turn
and shot from striker and Italy hopeful Sergio Floccari after 18 minutes put Atalanta up 1-0.
Veteran playmaker Cristiano Doni's free kick then took a deflection off Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hand
to extend the lead on 28 minutes.
