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.

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It all started on September 19th in the year 2000. David Trezeguet, a high profile 40 billion lira signing from the then French champions AS Monaco, scored his first goal for Juventus an 83rd minute winner against Panathinaikos in the Champions League.

Nine years later, the 32-year-old Frenchman, who spent his formative years in Argentina watching his father finish his own playing career, celebrated his 167th goal for the Bianconeri, making him the most prolific foreign goalscorer in the club's history.

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The Republic of Ireland will take on France in the World Cup play-offs which commence next weekend in what will be an intriguing clash between the shrewd Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni and the much-maligned French national team coach Raymond Domenech.

Trapattoni's record speaks for itself with successful spells almost everywhere he coached yet his most notable job prior to taking over Ireland ended in miserable failure with the Azzurri.

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If you thought that Napoli's injury time brace, which handed the club a 2-2 draw at home to AC Milan, was its comeback of the week, think again. The underperforming Naples outfit has suddenly brought an end to an indifferent spell by stunning Serie A contenders Juventus 3-2 this evening, and that too away from home.

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Midweek matches see some excitement and some scoring that has been absent in many match days. The top of the table also has a familiar look with Inter, Juventus, and Sampdoria in the lead, but watch for an approaching AC Milan in the rearview mirror.

AC Milan is Rolling, but Defense is a Concern

AC Milan blitzed Napoli for two goals in the first five minutes.

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• We know of many mujeres who'd like to be seated in that car with Gangsta Gattuso! He's the Sexiest man in Italy, don't ever forget that. Anyway, the entire Milan squad (yes, including Dida how dare you accuse tio of being ineffective!

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The Great Serie A Game posts continue with Roma-Juve 2003/2004. The 2003/2004 season was an interesting one. Milan, fresh from a Champions League victory and with some new young Brazilian player named Kaka, were dominating Serie A. While Marcello Lippi's Juve looked to be favorites to combat the Rossoneri to the Scudetto, it was not the case.

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A lot of wild stories on the wire the other day involving international soccer.
And why not? It's international week.
First off, Belgium and Everton star Marouane Fellaini is having an interesting spat with his national team. Apparently that wisdom teeth surgery he had a while back was not given with the good graces of his country. Click to continue reading...

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.

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David Trezeguet scored a late equalizer to keep his side's unbeaten record intact.

0-1 Iaquinta

1-1 Mesto

2-1 Crespo

2-2 Trezeguet

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Wenger keen to secure deal for much admired talent.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he may renew his interest in Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh.
The 25-year-old Moroccan international was the subject of one of the longest-running transfer sagas of the summer transfer window, with the forward linked with a string of Premier League sides including the Gunners, West Ham, Sunderland, Spurs, Fulham and Blackburn.

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Domenech reflects on his French future

With France's spot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa still unclear, the FFF must surely be pointing the finger of blame at the manager rather than the squad. Â Another draw last week leaves France chasing the leaders in the table and looking over their shoulders at who may take their place in the playoffs.

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It's back... The biggest tournament in club football.. The ultimate prize.. The Champions League. Although we've already had the qualifying rounds, but this week is where we really get underway with the group stages. The majestic theme music, the multi screen coverage, and thankfully this season..

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Looking at the Serie A table going into last weekend, the Lazio/Juventus matchup presented the most promise. Each team had won its first two games. Would this game produce beautiful, flowing football that might serve to entice a Serie A neophyte? In a word, no.

The first half was almost completely forgettable.

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The Serie A is back from the international break and the surprise start of Genoa to the season continued. Genoa defeated Napoli at home 4-1 on the strength of 2 penalty kicks in a game that ended with Genoa's 10 men and Napoli's 9. Ex-Inter forward Hernan Crespo scored his 1st for his new team as Genoa stayed in 1st place with a perfect record. Click to continue reading...

After 3 giornate, only 3 clubs are still at full points: Sampdoria, who defeated Atalanta 1-0 in Bergamo with a goal from Daniele Mannini; Juventus, who saw Lazio off with a 2-0 win thanks to Martin Caceres and David Trezeguet; and Genoa, who thumped Napoli 4-1 with Sergio Floccari, Giandomenico Mesto, Hernan Crespo, and Houssine Kharja all scoring their first goals of the season.

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As we predicted few weeks ago on these pages, Juventus got off to a great start in Serie A. Two wins are a clear sign of the difference in the quality between Inter and Juventus has been significantly reduced and the biggest Italian club might regain domination in Serie A.

Excellent transfer campaign was supported by Lippi's might shadow hidden behind his pupil Ciro Ferrara.

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September 1 2009 should be a date all Liverpool fans remember. Transfer deadline day was the time when it became abundantly clear that cash really is in short supply at Anfield.
Rafa Benitez had of course hinted as much in recent weeks as he played down the chances of making any more acquisitions before the window slammed shut. Click to continue reading...

Who should you trust?

The Three Stages of the Transfer Window Insanity!

There are alleged sightings of West Ham striker Carlton Cole at Liverpool's training ground (BBC Sport)

This is what makes the transfer deadline so damn amusing.

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On Monday August 17, the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi took place with AC Milan taking on Juventus. The competition is an annual friendly to honor AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi's father and is at the San Siro. This is the last warm-up for both clubs before starting the Serie A 2009-10 season. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Rafael van der Vaart has apparently played his last game for Real Madrid.

The Dutch midfielder has been told by Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini that he is surplus to requirements, and that it would be pointless for him to remain with los merengues.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Rafael van der Vaart has apparently played his last game for Real Madrid.

The Dutch midfielder has been told by Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini that he is surplus to requirements, and that it would be pointless for him to remain with los merengues.

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And we thought hombre over here had disappeared into Bora Bora land, never to be found again! Or maybe it was our mistake.... for not monitoring the pre-season games over in the USA. We had quite a loco week with United (and Liverpool after) in between sorting out our escuela matters!

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1. Bolton shore up their defence with the signings of Zat Knight from Aston Villa and Sam Ricketts from Hull City (Various)
2. Martin O'Neill last night moved to end the speculation surrounding Ashley Young's future by insisting that not even a £50m bid would prise the England international from Aston Villa this summer (Guardian)
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Oooh, that's Luis Fabulouso on the beach in lovely Seville! And it seems that those reports linking him to Italy are untrue... he ain't moving to AC Milan and you can blame Uncle Fester for that mishap.

"I'm very happy at Sevilla. (I had a) quiet holiday without internet or cell phones and we are very happy here.

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La stagione della Juventus è iniziata, oggi c'è stata anche la presentazione, con annesse visite mediche, dell'ultimo colpo di mercato, il giovane nazionale brasiliano, proveniente dalla Fiorentina, Felipe Melo (entusiasta dell'avventura che sta per vivere e soprattutto molto fiducioso: "Se si lavora, la Juventus può vincere tutto", queste le prime parole in bianconero del centrocampista). Click to continue reading...

OL Gets Serious About The Attack!

In:

Lisandro Lopez: Lyon finally got their man. JMA's first signing of the summer cost OL 24 mill plus performance bonuses. Lisandro is supposed to be in Lyon Friday for his physical.

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Who will Ciro Ferrara bring to the Old Lady?

With the silly season well underway, Juventus have been busy trying to strengthen their squad ahead of the 2009/2010 season. A few pieces of business have already been agreed, Fabio Cannavaro has signed from Real Madrid, long term target Diego was brought in from Werder Bremen for a €24 million.

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Hotting up.

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Lisandro Lopez: JMA himself was supposed to be in Portugal today to personaly finalize the deal for Lisandro, but management dropped a bomb today on Porto! In L'Equipe, Bernard Lacombe announced that management had called-off the trip to Portugal today, as well as divulging that negotiations for Toulouse striker Andre Pierre Gignac were underway(see more below).

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Aston Villa, Tottenham, Fulham, Milan...Abby Clancy - what the hell is Peter Crouch's appeal? Decent targetman, but what about the aesthetics? Football's a game of beauty - hence that whole beautiful game thing - and Peter Crouch is, well, he's just not. He's a 200cm skeleton bumbling up and down the pitch in something of [. Click to continue reading...

Mentre continuano gli scambi "telefonici" tra Alessio Secco e Giuseppe Bozzo, manager del terzino della Nazionale, Fabio Grosso, richiesto espressamente da Ciro Ferrara per la sua Juventus, si cerca di capire quale sarà il futuro di David Trezeguet. Dalla sua permanenza o meno, a Torino, potrebbe dipendere l'arrivo di un forte attaccante "americano". Click to continue reading...

By Josh Allen - Giuseppe Rossi could be set for a return to Italy, according to his agent Federico Pastorello.
The 22 year old was one of the few players to come out of Italy's recent Confederations Cup (http://betting.betfair.com/international-football/internationals/confederations-cup-betting-a-dress-rehearsal-of-th-100609. Click to continue reading...

This needs a comment.

Afterward, Donovan was dismissive of Rossi, saying, "If the guy doesn't want to play for us, then I don't really care about him."

Really. Are we going to get our knickers in a bunch if Vedad Ibisevic scores against the team? Because Bosnia might be in the same group in the World Cup.

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'Tis a glorious, glorious day. Why, you ask? Well, it's the return of football's most devious WAG: Mrs. Shevchenko. Back in '06 Mrs. Sheva destroyed a wonderful footballing career by requesting that her hubby, Mrs. Sheva's hubby, move to London. Things have never been the same and now the Mrs. has 'strongly suggested' her husband move [. Click to continue reading...

UPDATE: According to Toby Davis at Setanta Sports, Juventus are not interested in swapping striker David Trezeguet for midfielder Elano. Juventus director of football Alessio Secco said,

"City have not contacted us directly, but I cannot say for definite whether they have spoken to his agent.

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