A few nice goals this week, but nothing extraordinary. Giuseppe Mascara scored one of his
trademark wonder-goals, and Marco Borriello got back on the scoresheet with 2 goals (the second a
nice scissor kick) after almost a year. Diego Milito got back to his scoring ways as well after
being absent through injury, and Mirko Vucinic finally scored his first goal of the season.
When we last left Jose Mourinho's tongue, it was being stuck out at the crowd after an injury
time winner against Udinese. Here it makes another appearance, albeit just a cameo, after Inter's
second goal against Livorno on Sunday, accompanied by some kind of Michael Jackson type hand
motion.
Napoli won vs. Juventus in Torino for the first time since November 20, 1988, when Maradona's
Napoli won 5-3. Since then, there had been 11 wins and 5 ties, and Napoli hadn't scored in Torino
since March of 1998. This Napoli side has been rejuvenated under Walter Mazzarri, and they have
shown they have a never say die attitude that keeps them working for the full 90 minutes.
Although we are only 10 games into the season, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is starting to look more and
more like a big flop. 15 million euro were spent on the Dutch striker, and even if he reaches 5
goals this season it would seem like a big achievement. Sure you can say that he needs time to
adapt to a new style of play, new language, new culture, but it's already November almost and we
still have not seen Huntelaar's name on the score sheet.
With the biggest game probably being at the Artemio Franchi between Fiorentina and
Napoli, Serie A did not present too much interest this weekend. However Sampdoria were hoping that
Inter would drop points to jump above them to the top the table. Juventus needed a change in
fortunes after not winning in four while AC Milan wanted to continue their two
game winning streak against Chievo.
La sconfitta contro il Livorno ha lasciato tutti disorientati e anche molto amareggiati. I fischi
dei tifosi fanno male, i musi sono davvero lunghi a Trigoria. E' un momento difficile in casa della
Roma, distante quattro lunghezze dal quarto posto Champions (via spareggio) ma ben undici
dall'Inter capolista. Click to continue reading...
I didn't put up a Weekend Round-up yesterday because I figured with the midweek round tomorrow,
it would be pointless to update everything twice. So we'll dive in straight to Goals of the Week.
Not as great as last week, but still some good goals, especially Daniele Mannini's one-time volley
vs.
After 45 minutes Serse Cosmi's Livorno are up 1-0. Welcome back to Serie A Serse! Match Over... Looking to advertise on our site? Want to send us your comments? You can contact us at,
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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.
This is going to be a good goals of the week post. There are many nice goals, and in particular
the goals from Stankovic and Dessena are awesome to watch. Goals after the jump.
Dejan Stankovic vs. Genoa Stankovic notices that Amelia makes an error on the clearance and moves
to the right, hitting the ball on the volley from way out and it sailed over Amelia and into the
net.
The picture on the left is the photo sequence of Dejan Stankovic's 54 meter long strike vs Genoa
on Saturday. Marco Amelia messed up his clearance, and Stankovic coordinated a beautiful volley
that sailed over Amelia and bounced into the net. Goals from midfield are always nice to look
at.
Come sempre, ci ritroviamo il martedi a commentare le decisioni del giudice sportivo, in merito
alle gare di Serie A. Domani sera Italia in campo contro Cipro per una pura formalità , visto che
gli azzurri di Lippi hanno già ottenuto il pass per il Sudafrica nel rocambolesco match di Dublino
(2 a 2, gol qualificazione di Gilardino al 90'). Click to continue reading...
Sorry I didn't get up a weekend round-up yesterday, it was a really busy day. However I don't
want to disrupt the weekly order so I'll go straight to Goals of the Week. Last week was probably
the worst goals of the week post of all time. I think this week made up for it with some quality
strikes.
I'm just going to throw it out there: this might be the worst goals of the week post of all
time. Nothing spectacular at all this weekend, most goals were very plain and ordinary. Of the 18
goals scored this weekend, about 3 are top goal worthy. But let's see this week's goals of the week
(hoping that Giornata 7 brings us better ones):
Anyone who even lightly follows Serie A (like me) knows that Napoli is in a bit of trouble.
Currently standing at the bottom half of the league tables, Napoli's performances have been
considered disappointing this season, even after an exciting 2-1 win against Siena this weekend, in
a match that was billed to be a make or break for their head coach, former Italian National manager
and Metrostars player, Roberto Donadoni.
Sampdoria are top of the table alone for the first time in 18 years. A week ago I wrote an
article saying that Sampdoria could be the surprise of the season, and right now that hypothesis is
still holding up. While it's almost impossible for them to win the scudetto and considering the
fact that Gigi Del Neri's teams usually suffer a drop in form after the winter break, they should
be challenging for a spot in Europe next season, whether that be Europa League or Champions League
that remains to be seen.
Liverpool's dynamic duo of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are fast being accepted as the
world's best goal-scoring double act. Liverpool have recorded six successive victories in all competitions ahead of Tuesday's clash with
Fiorentina in the Champions League. Fiorentina moved into fourth spot in Serie A on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Livorno, while Liverpool
thrashed Hull 6-1 with a hat-trick from Torres and one from Gerrard. Click to continue reading...
As the Calciopoli scandal fades from memory, Livorno are bluntly calling into question the
advantage larger clubs seem to have in the wake of their 1-0 loss to Fiorentina on Saturday.
Said club president Aldo Spinelli:
"It is not possible that we have to be the sacrificial lamb in football.
After picking up injuries in the 2-0 win over Sampdoria, Fiorentina midfielder Mario Santana and
defender Gianluca Comotto are likely to miss the matches against Livorno and Liverpool, according
to Rai Sport. Comotto will definitely miss both matches, being out of action for ten days, but there is a slight
chance that Santana may be available for the Champions League match next Tuesday at the Stadio
Artemio Franchi. Click to continue reading...
I always like to watch videos of bloopers, and this time I've found a Serie A blooper video from
the early 2000's. Always entertaining, and it includes a mistake from Buffon!! (how often do you
see those?)
Video after the jump.
And since we're on the topic of Buffon mistakes, here's another one I remember from a couple of
years ago:
It's crunch time in Serie A, as clubs must play three games in the span of 8 days this week, and
even more over the next eleven days if they are playing in international competitions.
It's a Bad Month to Be a Milan Fan: Not only is rival Inter atop the Serie A
standings, Milan lost yesterday to Udinese for its second defeat on the year.
(video gol e highlights di Udinese-Milan) TABELLINO UDINESE (4-4-2): Handanovic, Isla (27' pt Basta), Coda, Domizzi, Lukovic, Lodi (37' st Sammarco),
Inler, D'Agostino, Pepe (32' st Sanchez), Floro Flores, Di Natale. All.: Marino MILAN (4-3-1-2): Storari, Oddo, Nesta, Kaladze, Zambrotta, Gattuso (14' st Abate), Pirlo, Flamini,
Seedorf, Pato (14' st Ronaldinho), Inzaghi (28' st Huntelaar) All. Click to continue reading...
Sampdoria coach Luigi Del Neri has heaped praise on talisman Antonio Cassano after seeing his side
go top of Serie A. Champions Inter Milan welcome Napoli to the San Siro, AC Milan go to Udinese, Roma and Palermo
clash in Sicily and Lazio square off with Parma in the Eternal City. Click to continue reading...
Lots of goals scored this week, with only one 0-0 draw (Napoli-Udinese) and many teams scoring
3+ goals. There were some nice ones this week. Goals after the jump.
Emanuel Rivas vs. Atalanta - The Bari midfielder scores a nice opening goal. Dribbles to the
center and unleashes a laser strike from around 20 yards out.
