13 January 2014

SAMPDORIA 3 (Eder 16 Pen, Eder 47, Gastaldello 87)
UDINESE 0

Kelava fouled Eder to concede the penalty. Allan was sent off for a second bookable offence. Two minutes into the second half Gabbiadini split the Udinese for Eder's ninth of the season. Soriano was sent off for a studs up challenge but with Di Natale officially past it and Muriel injured there was little hope of a comeback, especially when Silva was sent off for leaning into a player with his elbow, a ridiculous decision. Gastaldello headed in a free kick as Sampdoria's revival under Mihajlovic continued.

Attendance : 19,980
Red Cards : Allan 35 (Udinese), Soriano 61 (Sampdoria), Silva 69 (Udinese)
Assists : Eder (won pen), Gabbiadini, Gabbiadini (fk)


INTER 1 (Nagatomo 12)
CHIEVO 1 (Paloschi 8)

Ronaldo and Juan ran into each other when tackling Drame, the ball broke for Paloschi and as the rest of the Inter defence backed off he whacked a shot over Handanovic. Nagatomo tapped in an Alvarez centre but Inter failed to find a winning goal as they lost further ground in the hunt for a European place.

Attendance : 32,765
Assists : Drame, Alvarez


12 January 2014

LIVORNO 0
PARMA 3 (Palladino 2, Amauri 86, Amauri 93 Pen)

Palladino volleyed Parma into a second minute lead. They had to wait until the last five minutes before securing all three point. Amuari tapped in a rebound then converted from the spot after Emerson kissed the turf.

Attendance : 9,039
Assists : Biabiany, n/a, Emerson


BOLOGNA 0
LAZIO 0

Attendance : 16,243
Assists : n/a


TORINO 0
FIORENTINA 0

Attendance : 16,000
Assists : n/a


ATALANTA 2 (Denis 67 Pen, Moralez 86)
CATANIA 1 (Leto 89)

Biraghi dived to win the penalty and Moralez turned a defender inside out before blasting in the second. Leto tapped in a late consolation goal.

Attendance : 14,000
Assists : Biraghi (won pen), Bonaventura, Boateng


CAGLIARI 1 (Pinilla 21)
JUVENTUS 4 (Llorente 31, Llorente 77, Lichtsteiner 80)

Conti flicked on a cross and Pinilla, who took one of the poorest penalties you'll ever see last week, managed to keep the ball down and fired home. Llorente headed in the equaliser ten minutes later. Vidal touch a throw in to Marchisio and from 30 yards out he hammered a shot inside the left post though Adan should have saved it.

Davis Moyes was in the stands. There's lots of speculation as to who he was watching - Astori, Vidal and Pogba, the latter two he has no chance of signing. Pirlo however I think he could get and he's certainly better than the crap they have in central midfield. Man of the match Lichtsteiner laid on a second for Llorente before punishing more bad goalkeeping.

Juve's 11th successive win which is a record for them.

Attendance : 6,000
Red Card : Pinilla 87 (Cagliari)
Assists : Conti, Lichtsteiner, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, n/a


VERONA 0
NAPOLI 3 (Mertens 27, Insigne 72, Dzemaili 76)

Napoli hammered Verona in a battle of the Champions League chasing clubs. Mertens scored his third goal of the week, cutting in from the left and curling a shot inside the opposite corner. Insigne became the first Italian to score for Napoli this season when he tapped in Maggio's centre. Dzemaili tapped in Napoli's third on the rebound.

Attendance : 20,000
Assists : Higuain, Maggio, n/a


ROMA 4 (Florenzi 25, Totti 30, Maicon 43, Benatia 52)
GENOA 0

Manfredini sliced a clearance up in the air and Florenzi jumped to volley an overhead kick into the bottom left corner. Perrin was beaten at his near post from a Totti drive and Florenzi picked out Maicon with a superb cross for the third. Benatia headed in a corner to complete the rout.

Attendance : 40,000
Red Card : Matuzalem 61 (Genoa)
Assists : n/a, Gervinho, Florenzi, Totti


SASSUOLO 4 (Berardi 15, Berardi 28, Berardi 41, Berardi 47)
MILAN 3 (Robinho 9, Balotelli 13, Montolivo 86)

Cristante tackled Chisbah as he tried to dribble out of defence, De Jong passed to Robinho and as he didn't have to shoot first time he scored. Cristante punished more sloppy defending to lay on the second for Balotelli. Bonera was too busy appealing for offside as Berardi gathered a pass and beat Abbiati at his near post. Bumblefuck Bonera was facing a longball as it came into his half yet managed to miss it and as he turned, he slipped and headed it forward, Berardi chased it down, Bonera got a block in but Berardi turned to rifle in the rebound. Longhi swung a cross in-between Zapata and Bonera and Berardi completed his hat-trick with a first time shot. Berardi started and finished the move for his fourth goal, Zaza gave his pass out wide to Kurtic and Berardi got in front of Zaza to blast in his centre. Honda stuck the woodwork before follow second half substitute Montolivo scored with a fine shot from outside the box. Pazzini headed a rebound against the crossbar but Sassuolo desperately hung on.

Four goals for Berardi on the week I dropped him from my Fantasy league. WANKER. He's the first player to ever score four goal against Milan.

Allegri was sacked the following day. Allegri was a divisive figure among Milan supporters but divisive in a good way. The idiots, those who think FIFA is a good game and that Pato shouldn't have been sold (at that time not now he was predictably died on his arse) didn't like him. The sensible fans, including the ultras, blame management (Galliani) for the financial mismanagement that has saw Milan lose their best players year on year and look for bargain basement replacements.

Seedorf, equally divisive on the pitch takes over this weekend. Seedorf was never the most popular of players with his own supports on account of being bone idle and mailing it barring the big games.

Attendance : 12,000
Assists : de Jong, Cristante, Kurtic, n/a, Longhi, Kurtic, de Jong