La Juve di Momo La Juventus rimane seconda in classifica, ma c'è poco da festeggiare. Contro l'Udinese, Diego e compagni hanno giocato male per quasi tutto il macht, trovando un attimo di pace solo quando in campo è entrato Momo Sissoko, che ha cambiato la rotta di una squadra lenta, macchinosa nella manovra, e poco efficace in attacco. Click to continue reading...

21/11/2009Bologna - Inter ore 18.00Fiorentina - Parma ore 20.4522/11/2009Roma - Bari ore 15.00Napoli - Lazio ore 15.00Livorno - Genoa ore 15.00Milan - Cagliari ore 15.00Palermo - Catania ore 15.00Siena - Atalanta ore 15.00Sampdoria - Chievo ore 15.00Juventus - Udinese ore 20.45Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...

Finishing up our "what did we miss out on?" series today:

FELIPE MELO Arsenal were probably linked with Felipe Melo this summer more than any other player. The biggest difference between Arsenal's 2007-2008 season and our 2008-2009 season, which saw the club take a large step backwards, was the absence of Mathieu Flamini.

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Livorno midfielder Antonio Candreva made his debut for Italy at the weekend in a 0-0 friendly with the Netherlands with the versatile midfielder attracting a lot of interest from the likes of Inter Milan and Juventus .

Candreva's club form has not gone unnoticed with teams said to be circling for the players signature.

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Andrea Dossena's agent hopes his client will be allowed to leave Liverpool so he can secure a World Cup place.
The Italian left-back has struggled to make much of an impact since moving to Anfield from Udinese in the summer of 2008.
He has been heavily linked with a return to his homeland, with Napoli making no secret of their interest, but a move failed to materialise in the summer. Click to continue reading...

The agent of Liverpool left-back Andrea Dossena has revealed that Serie A side Roma are prepared to battle Napoli during the January transfer window for the signature of the Italian international.
"Roma have made an initial approach," representative Roberto La Florio told Romanews.eu. Click to continue reading...

Fairly good week for goals, as only one game finished 0-0 (Catania-Napoli, but ask Takayuki Morimoto about that). The top scorer table is still wide open, as Di Natale started strong but now has cooled off so he remains at 9, while Hamsik is second with 7 and that's impressive for a midfielder.

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Milan has really jumped up the table these past few weeks. After the horrible start where everyone condemned the Rossoneri to a season of misery, Leonardo's squad has made a complete turnaround, finally playing well and becoming contenders once again. They now find themselves 5 points behind leaders Inter and only 2 behind Juventus and saying the word Scudetto shouldn't be met with laughter.

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Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by a determined Roma at the San Siro on Sunday night - but still moved five points clear at the top of Serie A. In-form city rivals AC moved up to third after inflicting a 2-1 home defeat on Lazio which leaves the Rome side hovering just above the relegation zone. Click to continue reading...

(video gol highlights di Udinese-Fiorentina)
UDINESE (4-3-3): Handanovic, Basta, Coda, Zapata, Pasquale, Inler, D'Agostino (25′ st Sammarco), Asamoah, Lodi. (37′ st Romero), Pepe (37′ pt Corradi), Di Natale (6 Belardi, 18 Kitoko, 80 Domizzi, 4 Cuadrado). All: Marino.
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Frey, De Silvestri (10′ st Castillo), Natali, Kroldrup, Gobbi, Montolivo, Donadel, Marchionni, Santana (40′ pt Comotto), Vargas (40′ st Pasqual), Gilardino. Click to continue reading...

The agent of Andrea Dossena has released a statement denying that the player is in talks with Napoli ahead of a potential return to Serie A in the January transfer window.

The Italian international has struggled to settle in the Premier League following his £7m transfer from Udinese in the summer of 2008 and has failed to hold down a regular starting place in a Liverpool shirt.

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Liverpool flop Andrea Dossena is set to end his Liverpool nightmare by securing a January loan switch to Napoli.
Dossena, 28, is one of under-fire Reds boss Rafa Benitez's worst signings and has failed to convince the Spaniard he deserves a first-team berth.
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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.

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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.

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For a long while there, Stephen Appiah was an international footballer only. The midfielder has not played a kick of club soccer since late 2007, but still managed to captain Ghana through a successful World Cup 2010 qualification campaign. Which is ridiculously impressive when you think about it.

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(video gol highlights di Chievo-Udinese)
CHIEVO: Sorrentino; Frey, Mandelli, Yepes, Mantovani; Luciano (20' st Bentivoglio), Iori (38' st Ariatti), Marcolini; Pinzi; Pellissier, Granoche (14' st Bodgani). All: Di Carlo.
UDINESE: Handanovic; Cuadrado, Zapata, Coda, Lukovic; Inler, D'Agostino (44' st Sammarco), Asamoah; Pepe, Floro Flores (41' pt Di Natale), Sanchez (23' pt Lodi). Click to continue reading...

John Arne Riise has sent a 'come and get me back' plea to Rafa Benitez.
The Roma left-back, sold for £5million in 2008, is hoping to convince Benitez to push for a swap deal involving his replacement Andrea Dossena.
Benitez would need persuading to make such a move, especially with Emiliano Insua, 20 fast emerging on the left side of the Reds' defence. Click to continue reading...

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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31/10/2009Juventus - Napoli ore 18.00Milan - Parma ore 20.4501/11/2009Roma - Bologna ore 15.00Sampdoria - Bari ore 15.00Fiorentina - Catania ore 15.00Siena - Lazio ore 15.00Chievo - Udinese ore 15.00Cagliari - Atalanta ore 15.00Livorno - Inter ore 15.00Palermo - Genoa ore 20.45Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...

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.

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(video gol highlights di Udinese-Roma)
(video gol, 2-1. Floro Flores)
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What a tumultuous ten weeks it has been. When the season kicked off, even the most Italian-friendly pundits were predicting that this season, dubbed 'Year Zero' by the AC Milan fans, would be the dullest season in Italian history.

But it is now clear how wrong that prediction was. In the first two games of the season, most predictions were proven true as AC Milan were pummelled 4-0 by rivals Inter Milan, while Roma slumped to two successive defeats and Genoa and Juve both played with style.

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A late goal from Antonio Flores gave Udinese all three points against Roma.

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Andrea Dossena would like to return to Italy, according to his agent.
The Liverpool left-back has recovered from a groin injury and could feature in the Carling Cup tie at Arsenal.
The 28-year-old was strongly linked with a move to Napoli this summer after just one season in the Premier League with Liverpool following his move from Udinese. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool defender Andrea Dossena is hoping to fight his way back into Rafa Benitez's side according to his agent.
Federico Pastorello claims the left-back wants to further his international career with Italy and hopes more involvement at Anfield could enhance his chances.
Dossena has been forced to watch recent Liverpool matches from the stands after suffering a groin injury in the Carling Cup win over Leeds last month but the Italian is now itching to make his return. Click to continue reading...

Full back looks to restart his stuttering career back in Italy.

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According to agent, Federico Pastorello, Liverpool defender Andrea Dossena hopes to return to Italy after having a tough time breaking into Rafa Benitez's starting lineup.

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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.

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(video gol, 1-0. Bovo)
(video gol, highlights di Palermo-Udinese)
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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.

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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.

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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.

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(video gol, 0-1. Tiribocchi)
(video gol, 1-1. Lodi)
(video gol, 1-2. Valdes)
(video gol, 1-3. De Ascentis)
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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...

Ci siamo. Poche ore e l'Italia scenderà in campo a Dublino nel penultimo impegno di qualificazione ai mondiali del Sudafrica (che si svolgeranno il prossimo giugno). Nella tana dell'Eire del Trap (e del vice Tardelli), gli azzurri del viareggino Lippi cercano il pass per la competizione mondiale. Con un vantaggio di quattro punti sui verdi del focoso Giovannino, basta l'ultimo sforzo per poter brindare alla qualificazione. Click to continue reading...

Wenger target considers Serie A departure.

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Udinese midfielder Gokhan Inler has hinted that he may leave the club next summer.
The 25-year-old defensive midfielder has made more than 50 appearances for the Serie A side since arriving from FC Zurich in summer 2007, helping the Zebrette reach the UEFA Cup quarter-finals last season.

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