Zenoni sent Valiani clear of Palermo's offside trap and Di Vaio got
between two defenders to convert the winger's centre. Di Vaio missed
further chances to bury Palermo and the home side were hanging on from
grim death at the end. Succi rattled the underside of the crossbar from a
yard out, Antonioli denied Miccoli on the rebound and Simplicio's header
was hacked off the line. Antonioli made a sensational save from a Miccoli
free kick before Succi earned the visitors a deserved point with a
scissor kick following a goalmouth scramble.
Attendance : 17,837
Assists : Valiani, n/a
CHIEVO 0
SIENA 2 (Galloppa 83 Pen, Maccarone 88 Pen)
Malago pulled back Portanova as he tried to attack a corner to concede
the first penalty. The second was bullshit, Frick threw himself over
Sorrentino and Maccarone converted to score his first goal of the season.
Milito sent a soft penalty into outer space. Carrizo went up for a cross
but missed the ball, Motta's pass took a deflection off Lichtsteiner and
Milito fired the rebound into the bottom right corner. Dabo ran onto a
deep headed clearance and caught the ball on the volley with a fierce
drive from about 35 yards but straight at Rubinho however having caught
the ball the Brazilian fumbled it into his own net.
Attendance : 27,000
Assists : n/a, n/a
LECCE 0
ROMA 3 (Vucinic 11, Juan 33, Totti 49)
Roma's revival following a switch to a two man attack continued. Vucinic
took advantage of the space left by Lecce's centrebacks to open the
scoring against his former club. Brighi hammered a loose ball towards
goal, it bounced off Baptista leaving Juan with a tap-in. Brighi broke up
an attack deep in his own half and ran 60 yards before passing to Totti
who lobbed over the advancing Benussi.
Denis miss controlled Mannini's centre, Lavezzi got the jump on a
defender and touched back for Hamsik to slot into the corner. Napoli
should have been at least four goals to the good before Cagliari scored
from a corner. Iezzo made a fantastic point blank save from Conti's
header but Lopez poked in the rebound. Denis missed an open goal then
Lavezzi restored Napoli's lead with a magnificent free kick. In the fifth
minute of injury time a feeble challenge allowed Jeda to run onto a throw
in as four defenders tracked him back they failed to pick up the unmarked
Conti who turned in the Brazilian's centre at the back post.
In this match-up between two thirty something playmakers Reggina's Cozza
stole the show. He opened the scoring with a superb free kick and Corradi
headed in his corner to make it 2-0. Atalanta hit the woodwork twice at
the end of the first half. Corradi ran onto a loose ball and as a
defender dived at his feet he appeared to score with a fantastic lob but
the replays show a deflection off his shoulder took the ball into the
bottom corner. Seconds after Reggina should have made it 4-0 on the break
Doni headed in a corner.
SAMPDORIA 3 (Bellucci 6, Cassano 62, Cassano 91)
CATANIA 0
Having discovered their goalscoring touch against Lecce Samp hit three
goals for a second successive week. Cassano pulled a crossfield pass out
of the air with trademark ease and angled a ball out wide to the
overlapping Stankevicius and Bellucci tapped his centre over Bizarri.
Stankevicius launched a throw-in into the box, Del Vecchio flicked the
ball to the back post and Cassano gently tapped into the bottom right
corner, through a defenders legs. Samp tore Catania apart in the
remaining half hour but had to wait until the 91st minute before
confirming their superiority when Cassano beat Bizarri at his near post
on a counter attack.
Attendance : 22,000
Assists : Stankevicius, Del Vecchio, Dessena
TORINO 2 (Stellone 24, Rosina 78 Pen)
MILAN 2 (Pato 28, Ronaldinho 34 fk)
Gattuso gave away possession with a sloppy pass out of defence and
Stellone got in front of the useless Kaladze to head Torino into the
lead. Seedorf, Kaka' and Gattuso were involved in the build-up to the
equaliser, Pato turned onto the Italian's pass before ending his goal
drought with an emphatic finish. Ronaldinho, Milan's player of the
season, put the Rossoneri in front with another brilliant free kick.
Torino were on top in the second half and deservedly drew level from the
penalty spot. Rosina crossed from the left, the ball bounced off
Kaladze's knee and his was slow to pull his arm out of the way. Rosina
kept his nerve to beat Abbiati with ease. The Milan goalkeeper hasn't
made a single noteworthy save all season. Ronaldinho blazed a free kick
high into the stands and Kaka' capped off a miserable performance by
earning a booking for diving. RUBBISH.
Once again with Milan leading away from home by a single goal Ancelotti
brought on Emerson to shut up shop and it backfired.
Floro Flores found a gap between three defenders to fire a shot up and
over Frey. He almost scored an even better second but Frey flew across
his box to make a spectacular two handed save from the striker's rasping
right foot volley.
The ref pointed to spot after Gilardino fell all too easily when
challenging a defender for a cross. Mutu converted with a Panenka style
penalty. Frey made an amazing point blank save to deny the luckless Floro
Flores and Fiorentina went downfield to score a second on the break,
Montolivo side footing Mutu's pass into the corner. Montolivo ran onto a
clearance and thumped Fiorentina into the lead and a minute later
Gilardino finished off another fast counter attack, Mutu's cutback
leaving him with the easiest of finishes. Floro Flores stepped away from
Dainelli's desperate sliding tackle and left Frey grounded but as he
lobbed the ball towards an empty net Comotto dived across goal and
punched clear earning an inevitable red card. Di Natale who like Mutu
also missed a penalty at Euro 2008 made no mistake.
Chiellini made an excellent recovery tackle to deny Stankovic as he bore
down on goal and Muntari headed a Adriano free kick against the crossbar.
Juve were keeping a high line and Legrottaglie's poor control gifted
Ibrahimovic possession on the centre circle but he failed to make the
most of a clear run on goal and shot wide. Manninger made a fantastic
save from a deflected Muntari effort. Materazzi and Samuel were booked in
quick succession for fouls on Del Piero and Amauri.
Nedved went sprawling after running into Cambiasso, Stankovic took
possession and found Ibrahimovic with a glorious crossfield pass and the
Swede's first touch was just as good but once again he was let down by a
poor finish. Ibrahimovic and Chiellini challenged for a Julio Cesar
goalkick, both missed, two defenders stopped Adriano as he tried to run
through and Ibrahimovic pulled the ball to the back post for Muntari to
tap in the winner. Julio Cesar made a fantastic save from a Del Piero
header, the only noteworthy effort Juve managed.
The most eagerly anticipated match of the season was more one sided than
the scoreline suggests. Inter literally bullied Juve and Ranieri's side
had no answer to Mourinho's primitive longball tactics. He didn't help
matters by playing a high line which is the single most useless tactic in
football today. A bad result for Serie A and a bad result for football in
general. Jose Mourinho - tactically setting back Serie A 10 years.
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