Serie A 2005-2006 Round 24

8 February 2006

CHIEVO	1-1	SAMPDORIA
Scurto 61		Kutuzov 30

Kutuzov showed an outstanding first touch to bring a high long ball under control before lobbing over the onrushing Fontana. Scurto volleyed in the equaliser from a corner. Attendance : 5,005 Assists : Volpi, Semioli

FIORENTINA	2-1	INTER
Brocchi 10		Recoba 84 (fk)
Jimenez 60

Fiorentina took the lead through an unlikely source. Brocchi, who hasn't scored since the last day of the 2003-2004 season, latched onto a clearance from a corner and hit a shot which bounced in front of Cesar and over his head. At the other end Lobont kept Fiorentina in the lead with two brilliant saves from Veron and Stankovic. Jimenez had an immediate impact when coming on as a sub for the extremely poor Bojinov. Fiore crossed from the right and the midfielder managed to get in front of Samuel to volley past Cesar, excellent finish. From a silly angle Recoba blasted a free kick in off a post. Attendance : 40,000 Assists : n/a, Fiore, n/a

JUVENTUS	1-1	PARMA
Ibrahimovic 44		Dessena 39

Parma shocked Juve with a crap goal. Bresciano inadvertently dummied the ball when trying to collect a pass, Cannavaro slipped, Balzaretti, who has been getting a fair amount of playing time in recent weeks, was slow to react and Dessena tapped into an empty net after Buffon decided to take a walk. A magnificent pass from Mutu and a slip from Cannavaro Jr allowed a newly shorn Ibrahimovic to volley Juve Blasi sold Buffon short with a hospital pass but big donkey Corradi failed to take advantage and missed an open goal. Del Piero hit the crossbar twice, on the second occasion from the penalty spot following Vieira's ridiculous dive. Attendance : 25,719 Assists : Marchionni, Mutu

LECCE	1-2	EMPOLI
Ledesma 80 (Pen)		Almiron 2
		Tavano 41 (Pen)

Almiron usually scores blockbuster goals but this one was fairly routine after he ran onto Tavano's KNOCKDOWNNNNNNNNNNN (watch Fight Club on Eurosport). enussi should have been sent off for checking Tavano in the box but the striker gained revenge from the penalty spot. Another stupid challenge saw the ref point but despite Ledesma's penalty Lecce failed to trouble Empoli. Attendance : 9,753 Assists : Tavano, Tavano (won pen), Vucinic (won pen)

MILAN	5-0	TREVISO
Kaka' 14
Shevchenko 53, 65
Gilardino 62
Inzaghi 73

After some failed experiments with alternative formations Ancelotti went back to something like the usual 4-1-3-2 only Pirlo didn't play and I'm not sure where Vogel lined-up. Kaka' began the rout with a beautiful goal. Serginho lobbed a pass over the Treviso defence to Gilardino, he controlled the ball on his thigh before laying it off to Kaka' who hit a rising, first time shot into the top corner. Shevchenko held off his marker to score from a deflected pass and, despite more blatant shirt pulling, Gilardino held off a defender to make it 3-0. Shevchenko got his second with a brilliant strike. He collected a pass on the right wing and cut inside Reginaldo before unleashing a left foot shot with beat Sereni all ends up. As I've said before I've never seen a striker shoot with so much power off both feet. Ancelotti denied Shevchenko the chance to sore a guaranteed hat-trick when he substituted him for Inzaghi a minute later and he duly added a fifth when Sereni failed to hold from Kaka'. Attendance : 50,017 Assists : Gilardino, n/a, Seedorf, Gilardino, n/a

PALERMO	3-1	LAZIO
Gonzalez 12		Belleri 84
Tedesco 56
Caracciolo 65

Attendance : 27,074 Red Card : Behrami 62 (Lazio) Assists : Caracciolo, n/a, Gonzalez, Tare

ROMA	4-3	CAGLIARI
Perrotta 25		Bovo 15 (og)
De Rossi 35		Langella 19
Totti 79 & 91 (Pens)		Cufre 55 (og)

Suazo's shot took a wicked deflection off Bovo and looped over Doni's head before dropping into the back of the net. Langella profited from Mexes going to sleep on a cross to make it 0-2. Roma began the comeback with another of their slick goals. Perrotta volleyed forward Aquilani's pass, Totti held up the ball before playing it back and Perrotta picked his spot. De Rossi equalised with a close range header after Panucci helped on a free kick. Bizera should have been sent off for a flying elbow attack on Taddei. The ref, probably realising his mistake, made amends when he gave the defender a second yellow for a nothing challenge on Taddei. Cagliari went back in the lead when Cufre deflected Conti's free kick past his own 'keeper. Bovo was given his marching orders for bringing down Suazo. Totti drew Roma level again from the penalty sport after Canini pulled him down and converted a second in injury time to make it 8 wins in a row. Attendance : 0,000 Red Cards : Bizera 45 (Cagliari), Bovo 75 (Roma) Assists : n/a, Esposito, Totti, Panucci, n/a, Totti (won pen), Alvarez (won pen)

UDINESE	1-2	REGGINA
Iaquinta 16		Amoruso 41, 61

Things seemed to be going well for struggling Udinese when Iaquinta, back from injury, headed in a free kick. He had a shot cleared off the line and presented Felipe with an absolute gift but the defender slipped when trying to attack his team-mates cross. Amoruso got Reggina level completely against the run of play when he latched onto Tedesco's poorly struck shot and held off Natali to score. In the second half Amoruso intercepted Zapata's poor clearance, feigned to shoot with his left foot, taking him inside Natali, the fired into the bottom corner with his right. Udinese are closer to the relegation zone than the UEFA Cup. I don't know how Cosmi is still in charge though I blame the Iaquinta mess at the start of the season for the team's problems, they never recovered. Attendance : 14,000 Assists : Baronio (fk), Tedesco, n/a