19 January 2014

UDINESE 2 (Di Natale 8 Pen, Badu 68)
LAZIO 3 (Candreva 63 Pen, Lazzari 82 og, Hernanes 90)

Cavanda fouled Maxwell to concede the penalty. Pereyra dived to earn Onazi an unjust dismissal and suddenly the game came to life. A combination of goalkeeper and defender took out Klose for the penalty. Badu restored Udinese's lead with an incredible goal. He bounced a deflected cross off his chest before ripping a left foot volley past Berisha. Brkic punched a cross against Lazzari to give Lazio a freak equaliser. In the last minute Hernanes throw off a defender with a step over before ramming a left foot shot inside a post.

This was Lazio's first away win of the season.

Attendance : 13,000
Red Card : Onazi 54 (Lazio)
Assists : Maxwell (won pen), Klose (won pen), n/a, Candreva


ATALANTA 1 (Bonaventura 68)
CAGLIARI 0

Attendance : 14,000
Red Card : Ibarbo 92 (Cagliari)
Assist : Moralez


BOLOGNA 2 (Bianchi 37, Bianchi 90)
NAPOLI 2 (Higuain 61 Pen, Callejon 80)

Napoli were the victims of the new coach bounce (and their own lethargy) as they lost further ground on Juventus. Bianchi ran between two static defenders to head in a teasing cross. Napoli didn't look like scoring until Kone fouled Dzemaili to concede the penalty. Higuain touched on a Hamsik pass to Callejon for what many thought would be the winning goal and in a week in which Napoli were once again linked to several midfielders (because dumb bastard Benitez can't see the wood for the trees) as his Serie B level defence ball watched a last minute corner and Bianchi hammered high into the net to leave Napoli a massive 12 points behind Juventus and just three in front of Fiorentina.

Attendance : 21,000
Assists : Diamanti, Dzemaili (won pen), Hamsik, n/a


CATANIA 0
FIORENTINA 3 (Fernandez 25, Matri 28, Matri 41)

With Rossi ruled out long/short term and no date set for Gomez's return Fiorentina signed Milan rejected Matri who promptly turned in a man of the match performance. Typical. He backed into a defender and laid off a pass to Fernandez for the opener and three minutes later slid to convert Pasqual's centre. Despite tapped in a rebound late in the first half his chances of a rare hat-trick went up in smoke when he pulled up with a muscle injury.

Attendance : 14,000
Assists : Matri, Pasqual, n/a


CHIEVO 1 (Paloschi 15)
PARMA 2 (Cassano 27, Lucarelli 93)

Paloschi tapped in a rebound following a goalmouth scramble. Amauri missed a penalty for handball but Parma were quickly level. Cassano dribbled in and out of two defenders before firing into the bottom corner and Lucarelli scored an injury time winner when his cross beat Puggioni at his near post.

Attendance : 11,000
Assists : n/a, Parolo, Cassano


GENOA 1 (Antonelli 83)
INTER 0

Just thought I'd point Gandalf Gasperini, the coach Inter didn't want and didn't give a chance to, the coach who trusts young players, got his revenge over his former club to leave their season in tatters.

Attendance : 20,274
Assists : Bertolacci


SASSUOLO 0
TORINO 2 (Immobile 25, Brighi 49)

Immobile chased down a hospital pass on a bog of a pitch to give Torino the lead. Pegolo parried from Cerci and Brighi tapped in the rebound.

Attendance : 13,000
Assists : n/a, n/a


MILAN 1 (Balotelli 82 Pen)
VERONA 0

Attendance : 30,593
Assists : Kaka' (won pen)


18 January 2014

ROMA 3 (Destro 6, Strootman 36, Ljajic 78)
LIVORNO 0

Gervinho tried to back heel a cross, with predictable results, but Destro was on hand to tap in the rebound. Strootman played a one-two with Destro before smashing in Roma's second. Ljajic added a third with a low drive inside the left post.

Attendance : 35,000
Assists : Gervinho, Destro, Nainggolan


JUVENTUS 4 (Vidal 18, Llorente 24, Vidal 41 Pen, Pogba 78)
SAMPDORIA 2 (Barzagli 38 og, Gabbiadini 70)

Potentially the most expensive midfield pairing in Europe combined for the opener, Pogba split the Sampdoria defence with a reverse pass which Vidal nonchalantly flicked into the corner. Llorente headed in a Tevez corner. Barzagli deflected a Gabbiadini cross into his own net. Vidal dived to win the penalty. Gabbiadini tapped in a rebound after Juve once again failed to deal with a set piece. Gabbiadini hammered a shot against the crossbar before Pogba settled Juve nerves with a brilliant shot from 25 yards.

Attendance : 39,588
Assists : Pogba, Tevez (ck), n/a, Vidal (won pen), n/a, Vidal