2 December 2013

FIORENTINA 4 (Valero 5, Valero 14, Vargas 43, Rossi 54 Pen)
VERONA 3 (Romulo 6, Iturbe 13, Jorginho 72)

Valero flicked a ball past a defender, pushed it onto his left foot then thumped a shot inside the right post. Verona equalised straight away, Neto parried from Iturbe and Romulo smashed in the rebound. Iturbe put Verona in front with a stunning shot from 25 yards. Incredibly Fiorentina hit back within a minute. Valero was given far too much space near the edge of the box, he dropped a shoulder to go past two defenders and his shot flew in off Gonzalez. A goalkeeping mistake restored Fiorentina's lead. Rossi added to his misleading goals tally from the penalty spot. Jorginho tapped in a rebound after Neto failed to keep Toni at his near post.

Attendance : 33,976
Red Card : Jankovic 53 (Verona)
Assists : Joaquin, n/a, Toni, Cuadrado, Vecino, n/a, n/a


LAZIO 2 (Behrami 26 og, Keita 88)
NAPOLI 4 (Higuain 24, Pandev 50, Higuain 72, Callejon 91)

A super turn on the half way line took Higuain away from Cana and he raced into space and held off Ciani to score. Behrami put through his own net after Candreva caused chaos in the Napoli defence. Pandev scored against his former club following some truly awful defending and that continued when Cana was again made to look like a fool by Higuain, his desperate tackle leaving the Argentinean him with a clear sight on goal. Lazio's teenage striker scored a brilliant solo effort, with his back to play he turned onto a ball, ran past five players then smashed a right foot shoot past Reina. Ciani ended hopes of a comeback when he tried to be a smartarse and dribble the ball out of defence, Mertens stripped him of possession and put in Callejon for the fourth.

Attendance : 30,000
Assists : Inler, n/a, Maggio, Pandev, n/a, Mertens


1 December 2013

CATANIA 1 (Castro 13)
MILAN 3 (Montolivo 19, Balotelli 63, Kaka' 81)

Castro seized on a mistake by Nocerino, smashed a shot against Bonera and the ball looped over Gabriel. Montolivo, Milan's Cambiasso (i.e. a lightweight) volleyed the visitors level from Emanuelson's cross. Balotelli hammered a free kick through the wall. Kaka' finished off Catania when he smashed a high shot into the roof of the net.

I'm so glad to see Catania struggling in Serie A. They started 7 Argentinean's. It's bad for Serie A, it's bad for any league to do so foreigner dependent.

Attendance : 17,383
Red Card : Tachtsidis
Assists : n/a, Emanuelson, n/a, Montolivo


INTER 1 (Guarin 18)
SAMPDORIA 1 (Renan 89)

Inter failed to build on an early goal, brilliantly created by Alvarez. Renan equalised with a venomous shot from 25 yards.

Attendance : 43,706
Assists : Alvarez, n/a


CHIEVO 3 (Rigoni 36, Thereau 56, Paloschi 79)
LIVORNO 0

Estigarribia flicked a ball inside two defenders and Rigoni fired into the right corner. Thereau made his trademark late run into the box to double Chievo's lead. Paloschi ended a lean spell by tapping in his own rebound.

Attendance : 6,000
Assists : Estigarribia, Hetemaj, n/a


CAGLIARI 2 (Nene 73, Sau 87)
SASSUOLO 2 (Marzorati 14, Zaza 19)

Sassuolo, who fielded an all Italian XI for the fifth successive game stormed into an early lead. Marzorati headed in a corner and Zaza tapped in Berardi's pass. Nene began the comeback with a bullet header and Sau ran in his own rebound.

Attendance : 4,500
Assists : Berardi (ck), Berardi, Pisano, n/a


ATALANTA 1 (Brivio 51)
ROMA 1 (Strootman 90)

De Sanctis, who has been excellent so far for Roma, made one of the bizarre goalkeeping mistakes he makes several times a season, beaten by an awful free kick that was right at him. Strootman kept Roma's unbeaten record in tact when he tapped in Ljajic's centre.

Totti is back next week and Roma have desperately missed his presence.

Attendance : 15,362
Assists : n/a, Ljajic


JUVENTUS 1 (Llorente 91)
UDINESE 0

Attendance : 32,279
Assist : Lichtsteiner


30 November 2013

PARMA 1 (Cassano 23)
BOLOGNA 1 (Kone 10)

Kone thumped a half volley past Mirante. Cassano meet Sansone's free kick on the run with a volley into the left corner. Brilliant shot.

Attendance : 11,973
Red Card : Sorensen 54 (Bologna)
Assists : Bianchi, Sansone


GENOA 1 (Biondini 69)
TORINO 1 (Farnerud 7)

Farnerud scored with a deflected shot. Fetfatzidis made the equaliser with a tremendous pass.

Attendance : 19,262
Assists : n/a, Fetfatzidis