Serie A 2005-2006 Round 2

11 September 2005

CAGLIARI	1-1	LAZIO
Suazo 35 secs		Siviglia 13

Patrick Swayze finished off a wonderful move in the opening minute. Capone started it with a pass out wide to Gobbi, Gobbi returned the pass via Conti's dummy, Capone made his way into the box and brilliantly skipped a tackle from Bizera while rolling the ball to Swayze who took one touch to control before firing into the corner. Terrible defending from a corner gifted Lazio the equaliser. Attendance : Capone, n/a Assists : 10,000

CHIEVO	1-0	PARMA
Mandelli 11

Attendance : 5,500 Assists : Giunti (ck)

EMPOLI	0-4	JUVENTUS
		Trezeguet 10, 59
		Vieira 14
		Coda 16 (og)

This was like a training ground match. With his back to play Ibrahimovic received a pass from Vieira, as he turned he flicked the ball to his right, taking out two defenders and Trezeguet blasted into the bottom corner. Vieira scored his first Juve goal from a Nedved corner. Camoranesi's speculative shot took a wicked deflection off Coda before looping over Berti in the Empoli goal. Abbiati intercepted a pass and launched the ball downfield to Nedved who hit a lofted ball into the path of Trezeguet and he lobbed over the onrushing 'keeper into an empty net. Attendance : 14,000 Assists : Ibrahimovic, Nedved (ck), n/a, Nedved

MESSINA	2-2	FIORENTINA
Di Napoli 57		Toni 9
Zoro 61		Bojinov 41

Toni followed up his mid-week hat-trick with a goal inside ten minutes which owed much to poor handling for Marco 'George Michael' Storari in the Messina goal. Storari made up for his mistake with four superb saves but Fiorentina's relentless pressure eventually paid off when Bojinov turned onto Fiore's pass and slammed the ball into the bottom corner. Slack defending cost Fiorentina the points, and it won't be the first time this season that happens. Three tall defenders watched Iliev's cross float into the box and Di Napoli directed his header down into the corner. Fiorentina tried to play offside after a free kick had been charged down but didn't notice Zoro making a run on the blindside and, showing great composure for a defender, he side footed the ball high into net. Zampagna almost completed a remarkable comeback but Frey tipped his volley over. Attendance : 22,000 Assists : Pancaro, Fiore, Iliev, Aronica

SAMPDORIA	3-2	REGGINA
Bonazzoli 18		Cozza 28
Volpi 58 (fk)		Missiroli 91
Gasbarroni 85

On the 18th minute Bonazzoli scored the goal of the season, one which will draw comparisons with van Basten's legendary goal against the USSR in the 1988 European Championship final. Flachi headed on a long ball towards Bonazzoli who was standing wide right inside the box, Bonazzoli bounced the ball off his chest before hit a stunning right foot volley which dipped wickedly into the top corner. Cozza capitalised on a dreadful blunder to equalise. Volpi restored Sampdoria's lead with a magnificent free kick. Gasbarroni made sure of the points with an exquisite lob over Pagliuca. Missiroli slammed in a late consolation goal after Carobbio fired the ball across the face of goal. Pelizzoli saved an injury time penalty from Flachi. I doubt you'll see three better goals in one match all season. Attendance : 20,000 Assists : Flachi, n/a, Gasbarroni (won fk), ?, Carobbio

PALERMO	3-2	INTER
Corini 20 (fk)		Cruz 85, 94
Terlizzi 50
Makinwa 67

Corini shot Palermo into the lead with a free kick which sailed over the Inter wall into the top corner. Palermo were creating chances at will against a lethargic looking Inter and doubled their advantage when Terlizzi met Corini's corner with a bullet header. Makinwa, who was strongly linked with Inter over the summer, headed in a third after Santana tortured Ze Maria on the left wing before sending a cross to the back post. Cruz tapped in an Adriano centre and headed in a second consolation goal in the last minute. In between Santana left the crossbar trembling with a fabulous shot having forced Julio Cesar into a magnificent save earlier in the match. Palermo also hit the woodwork in the first half. Attendance : 31,309 Assists : Caracciolo (won fk), Corini (ck), Santana, Adriano, Veron (ck)

MILAN	3-1	SIENA
Ambrosini 15		Tudor 45
Shevchenko 31
Kaka' 80

Shevchenko ran onto a pass from Stam and pulled the ball back for Ambrosini to give Milan an early lead. Stam received a pass from Pirlo then flew past a defender on the right flank before hitting a fine cross to the back post (shame he's forgotten how to defend) but Rui Costa volleyed wide. Shevchenko's thunderous first time strike from a slack clearance should have been the platform for a rout but Milan's ageing back-line decided to make a game of it by not defending a corner, giving former Juventino Tudor a free header. The second half was embarrassingly open but Kaka' came off the bench to settle the nerves with a fine solo goal. He ran half the length of the pitch dribbling with his right foot, skipped past a defender then gently stroked the ball into the corner with his left. Gilardino had a stinker of a game missing three great chances. He looked more like the new Inzaghi than the new Muller but it's early days for him. Milan's defence is more of a concern. Attendance : 56,468 Assists : Shevchenko, n/a, Alberto, Gattuso