| 29 October 2006 |
| ASCOLI | 0-1 |
SIENA |
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Codrea 85 |
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| Attendance : 6,500 Red Card : Pesce 32 (Ascoli), Codrea 94 (Siena) Assist : Candela |
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| CAGLIARI | 1-0 |
SAMPDORIA |
| Conti 46 (fk) |
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| Attendance : 10,500 Assist : Suazo (won fk) |
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| FIORENTINA | 2-3 |
PALERMO |
| Barzagli 32 (og) |
Di Michele 8 |
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| Mutu 87 |
Amauri 80, 91 |
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| Amauri showed incredible balance and strength
to fight off Ujfalusi and Dainelli on the left flank and after breaking free he chipped a ball into the box, the bounce took it wide but Di Michele finished superbly with a low volley into the bottom left corner. Pasqual forced the equaliser when 'Jimmy' Fontana parried his cross against the back of Barzagli. The next 50 or so minutes were off the charts with both teams, but the home side in particular, creating chance after chance. Palermo struck the woodwork once, Fiorentina twice. Amauri put Palermo back in front with a tremendous header. Mutu, who had a deflected free kick tipped onto a post, looked to have earned Fiorentina a point when he tapped in Montolivo's centre but Amauri struck in injury time with another superb goal. He chased down a longball and beat Dainelli and Reginaldo on the left flank before firing a right foot shot into the bottom left corner. GAME OF THE SEASON. If Amauri keeps playing like this he could win a call-up to the Brazil squad, especially as Dunga has shown a willingness to experiment and reward players regardless of where they play. Just to show how impressive his performance was he was given a 9 by the Italian highlights show which is almost unheard of. Attendance : 34,000 Assists : Amauri, n/a, Zaccardo, Montolivo, n/a |
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| LAZIO | 0-0 |
REGGINA |
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| Attendance : 15,000 Red Card : Ledesma 93 (Lazio) Assist : n/a |
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| MESSINA | 2-1 |
CHIEVO |
| Rigano 45 |
Tiribocchi 33 |
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| Chievo scored a brilliant opening goal. With
his back to play Tiribocchi flicked a cross over the head of a defender, Pellissier volleyed it back into his path and Tiribocchi let the ball bounce once before half volleying inside a post. Rigano equalised on half time after turning in Floccari's flick on at the far post. Rigano returned the favour by cheating down De Vezze's cross for Floccari to blast in a last second winner. Attendance : 12,000 Assists : Pellissier, Floccari, Rigano |
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| CATANIA | 1-1 |
TORINO |
| Spinesi 20 (Pen) |
Franceschini 85 |
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| Caserta won a penalty with the most blatant
dive of the season. Mascara was sent off for throwing an elbow on Cioffi, who was wearing a protective mask for a fractured cheekbone. Shortly after Abbiati made a fantastic save from Caserta Torino equalised from a free kick. Gallo swung a cross towards the back post and Franceschini thundered a volley past a helpless Pantanelli. Attendance : ? Red Card : Mascara 52 (Catania) Assists : Caserta (won pen), Gallo (fk) |
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| PARMA | 3-1 |
ATALANTA |
| Budan 1 |
Doni 58 |
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| Grella 70 Pen |
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| Muslimovic 88 |
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| Morfeo chipped a ball into the box, centre
back Rivalta left the ball for his 'keeper only when Calderoni went to pick it up he crashed into Rivalta and missed the ball leaving Budan with a tap-in. Doni equalised with an excellent near post volley from Bombardini's driven cross. The referee, Herber, made the world handball decision of all time when pointing to the spot after Budan's shot struck defender Loria in his stomach. Grieco converted and Muslimovic capitalised on Bellini's slip to complete the robbery. Attendance : 14,500 Red Card : Loria 83 (Atalanta) Assists : n/a, Bombardini, n/a, Morfeo |
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| LIVORNO | 0-0 |
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| Attendance : 8,379 Assist : n/a |
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| 28 October 2006 | ||
| MILAN | 3-4 |
INTER |
| Materazzi 50 (og) |
Crespo 17 |
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| Gilardino 76 |
Stankovic 23 |
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| Kaka' 90 |
Ibrahimovic 47 |
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Materazzi 68 |
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| Crespo gave Inter the lead with a fantastic
header inside a packed penalty area from Stankovic's in-swinging free kick. Maicon made a run down the right before knocking the ball infield to Stankovic, he took one touch to bring it under control with his left foot then with his right curled inside Dida's right hand post. Man of the match Stankovic broke on a rapid counter attack and played the ball out wide to Ibrahimovic and despite Maldini's sliding tackle he managed to keep his balance and scored thanks largely to weak handling by Dida. Seedorf gave Milan a glimmer of hope when his speculative shot took a massive deflection off Materazzi. Materazzi took advantage of slack marking on a free kick to score Inter's fourth and was then shown a second yellow for pulling his shirt over his head as he celebrated. Gilardino finally ended his goal drought with a header from Cafu's cross. Minutes after making a fantastic save from Seedorf, Julio Cesar rushed off his line to punch out a Cafu cross but didn't get enough distance and Kaka', standing just inside the box, sent a volley sailing over his head into an empty net. Oliveira almost snatched an equaliser but his header bounced wide of the right post. You have to hand it to Inter after 9 weeks of the season they've beaten all but one of the 'top teams' i.e. Fiorentina, Roma and now Milan. Don't be surprised to see Lippi sitting on the Milan bench if they have another month like this (1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats). Attendance : 80,000 Red Card : Materazzi 69 (Inter) Assists : Stankovic (fk), Maicon, n/a, n/a, Figo (fk), Cafu, n/a |
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| UDINESE | 0-1 |
ROMA |
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Ferrari 66 |
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| Attendance : 15,000 Red Card : Muntari 70 (Udinese) Assist : n/a |
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