None of the top five won at the weekend which meant Roma's impressive home win over Inter was all the more sweeter as they are moved to joint sixth with Napoli and just five points behind Inter with a game in hand. AC Milan were unable to overcome a plucky Napoli side in a match where Zlatan Ibrahimovic disgraced himself by earning a red card for fighting.

...It just doesn't look the same without Elaines wonderful art, does it?

And the Azzurri side doesn't look the same without Antonio Cassano, Guiseppe Rossi or Sebastian Giovinco either...:(

Anyways, heres the lineups and whatnot for tonights game, heres to a good start to the Euro 2012 preparations!

AC Milan vs Parma 4-1 Highlights Video 2011 Nocerino Hat trick is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

AC Milan vs Parma 4-1 Highlights Video 2011 Nocerino Hat trick is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter AC Milan vs Parma 2011 Score and result:- Milan vs Parma 4-1 ( Nocerino*3, Ibrahimovic/ Sebastian Giovinco) San Siro, Milan- Serie A- 26th October, 2011 Antonio Nocerino's hat trick allows Milan to beat [.

Against Lecce we saw the very best and the very worst of Milan. Luckily, despite being 3-0 down at half-time we were able to come back and win in the most dramatic of circumstances. The team will head into the Parma fixture inspired by their win at the Stadio via del Mare. Kevin Prince [...]

Inspired performances by Andrea Pirlo and Antonio Cassano lead Italy to a memorable 3-0 victory over an ordinary Northern Ireland side in Pescara. Qasa Alom reports AC Milan's Antonio Cassano was warned prior to the match that this would be his last chance in the national set-up after offensive comments to a journalist last week – and FantAntonio really didn't disappoint with a brilliant brace.

Gazzetta dello Sport Turbo Juventus! Marchisio brace defeats Milan. Old Lady go first Rocchi stopped for two or three games, but it's a no to an Inter veto Udinese still top with super Di Natale Palermo and Cagliari fly Lazio strike, Fiorentina KO Tuttosport Immense Juve Milan dominated and trounced aside from the 2-0 Marchisio double, stadium to scream about: Bianconeri first Udine also top.

It was an eventful start to the new Serie A season in Italy with champions AC Milan coming from behind to gain a useful point at home to Lazio whilst local rivals Internazionale were defeated in an amazing game by four goals to three away at Palermo. Juventus were the big winners of the weekend when putting AC Parma to the sword by four goals to one in the first official league match played at their new Juventus Arena stadium.

2010 -11 Recap A mid-table finish last term does not tell the whole story of a nerve wracking campaign for I Ducali which saw them flirt with relegation right up until the closing few weeks of the season. A change at the helm in early April, which saw former Bologna tactician Franco Colomba substitute Pasquale Marino in the Ennio Tardini hot-seat, proved a season saving move by larger than life.

Sebastian Giovinco doesn't want to remove his shirt, but unfortunately we're commanding him to via our exciting new telekinesis app. It is futile to resist, Seb. Just get it off, will ya? Image: Getty Images/Zimbio.

So the news is back! Sorry for the delays with some of my recent articles, but Wordpress has been acting up. The transfer window is very much alive, unfortunately.

• Juventus continue to pursue a striker in La Liga, but it's no longer Sergio Aguero, instead Villarreal's Giuseppe Rossi might be on his way to Turin.

We are loving Sebastian Giovinco's t-shirt tie up situ. You? Image: Getty Images/Zimbio

Has it really been a year since we enjoyed the players of Parma FC frolicking about in fountains as part of their pre-season training? We seriously need to take control of our lives. Before we know it we'll be far to old for footballers to be interested in us for anything other than their club approved 'care in the community' stint.

It may not seem so now, but Parma was once a major protagonist in Italian football. After financial turmoil and relegation a short few years ago, it may seem that the club is a far cry from the likes of Inter and Milan, but the truth is quite the opposite. As recently as 2002 the side won the Coppa Italia as well as the UEFA Cup: two competitions in which Parma were regulars in between the late.

Parma have acquired half the sporting rights of Italian midfielder Sebastian Giovinco from Juventus.

Le ultime da casa Juve passano da Parma e dalle parole di Sebastian Giovinco "Ringrazio Conte, so che ha molta stima di me ma io l'anno prossimo voglio giocare". Parole di chiusura nei confronti di un ritorno "Napoli? Può succedere di tutto ma io voglio continuit e, ora come ora, Parma è la squadra dove [.

Inter's continual collapse Last season's treble winners have impressed no one in recent weeks. Losing to relegation-threatened, massively-underachieving Parma made matters far worse for the Nerazzurri and increased the pressure massively on coach Leonardo. Even more insulting, the two goalscorers on the weekend were Sebastian Giovinco and Amauri, two attacking players very much associated with.

Most Serie A weekends feature a handful of decent games, a few that may seem promising, and maybe one or two truly mouth-watering clashes. Match Day Thirty-One, however, offers no less than three games that appear ever-s- tantalizing on paper, as well as one that will likely germinate goals galore. Two trios of attacking prowess, the slide of a once-great side, and the ponderings of reciprocation.

Prandelli's Blueprint Notes on the new Italy is a post from: Just Football

You do remember Italy at World Cup 2010 right? Hopeless. David Swan reports on the newly evolving Azzurri:

There is nothing Italy loves more than being written off, ignored, and forgotten.

Now that we know the squad that Cesare Prandelli is taking with him it is time to discuss the matches coming up. Italy have two games within a 4 day stretch, and they will be the away side for both games. However, there is a big difference between the two games. One is a Euro Qualifier that, with a win, could send Italy to a very safe place in group C and the other is an international friendly.

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.

Some of the less heralded teams in the Italian top flight are also getting into the act. Sebastian Giovinco is having a breakthrough season with Parma, while Davide Santon will now get first team football each and every week with Cesena. The young talents that Italy has to offer are finally getting opportunities to showcase their ability, something that should be very exciting for fans on the.

Cesare Prandelli has a big test coming up, when the Italian national team faces Germany in Dortmund on February 8th. His list of 23 called up players features some new faces, along with a few returning veterans. Yet the squad which has been called up is missing some important players who are injured.

Cesare Prandelli has a big test coming up, when the Italian national team faces Germany in Dortmund on February 8th. His list of 23 called up players features some new faces, along with a few returning veterans. Yet the squad which has been called up is missing some important players who are injured.

The 19th Giornata has ended, which means the first part of the season is officially over. So this weekend the Serie A calendar will start all over again from the beginning, just inverted. It was an interesting weekend in Serie A with 30 goals scored and lots of great games. Milan continue to lead the way with 40 points, while Napoli are sole second with 36 points.

Leonardo good off to a winning start in charge of Inter as Thiago Motta scored twice to help Inter beat Napoli 3-1. in a 3-1 success against SSC Napoli in the final game of a full Epiphany programme in Serie A.

Thiago Motta was the hero for the home side with the first and the last goal in a pulsating game.

Rodney Strasser's goal proved the difference for Milan against Cagliari

Little known Rodney Strasser scored the decisive goal just six minutes from the end as AC Milan finally got the better of hosts Cagliari in the latest round of Serie A matches. Earlier in the day Juventus were thumped at home by AC Parma whilst Lazio could only draw away at Genoa.

Juventus vs Parma Stadio Olimpico, Turin- January 6, 2011- Thursday Final score :- Juventus 1-4 Parma ( Nicola Legrottaglie/Sebastian Giovinco*2, Hernan Crespo, Rafael Palladino) Sebastian Giovinco scored a brace against his former club as Juventus were thrashed 4-1 by Parma in their first Serie A game of 2011.

There's little doubt the dirtiest play of the year in 2010 was Nigel De Jong's ode to Carl Douglas in the World Cup final - Dirty Tackle seems to agree, and by golly if they aren't the authority on the subject.

Felipe Melo got to setting the bar supremely high for 2011, leaping out well ahead of the pack with some studs to the face of Parma's Massimo Paci all of 15 minutes after the Serie A campaign had rebooted.