16 September 2013

PARMA 1 (Biabiany 39)
ROMA 3 (Florenzi 47, Totti 70, Strootman 85 Pen)

Biabiany gave Parma the lead with a brilliant flick header. Florenzi equalised two minutes after the restart with a fantastic half volley. An embarrassingly poor attempt at offside left Totti with all day in front of goal and Gervinho ended a counter attack with a dive for the late penalty.

Attendance : 13,232
Assists : Cassani, Pjanic, Strootman, Gervinho (won pen)


15 September 2013

FIORENTINA 1 (Valero 72)
CAGLIARI 1 (Pinilla 89)

Fiorentina lost Cuadrado and Mario Gomez to injury during the match. Rossi headed a cross against a defender and Valero read the bounce to beat Agazzi. Pinilla got between two defenders to head in the equaliser. Pizarro was sent off for protesting over the non award of a penalty after Rossi slipped and fell in the box.

Attendance : 31,690
Red Card : Pizarro 91 (Fiorentina)
Assists : n/a, Ibarbo


VERONA 2 (Martinho 12, Romulo 93)
SASSUOLO 0

Maietta fouled Magnanelli from behind and released Hallfredsson and from a tight angle Martinho lashed his pass into the net. A brilliant run from Jorginho left Romulo with a tap-in at the back post.

Attendance : 25,000
Assists : Hallfredsson, Jorginho


LAZIO 3 (Candreva 8, Cavanda 38, Lulic 41)
CHIEVO 0

Lazio countered a counter attack, Ederson stripped a midfielder with an excellent tackle from behind to release Candreva and he scored via a massive deflection. Puggioni flapped horribly at a cross and Cavanda hooked the ball in at the back post to score his first ever professional goal. Puggioni was also at fault for the third, he rushed off his line to block from Lulic but the ball went in off his body.

Attendance : 31,000
Assists : Ederson, Ledesma, Onazi


LIVORNO 2 (Paulinho 66, Paulinho 72)
CATANIA 0

Greco played a ball out wide to Schiattarella and Paulinho tapped in his centre. Bellusci and his goalkeeper got into a mix-up when trying to deal with a longball, Emeghara touched the ball back to Paulinho and he kept his cool as Alvarez dived in with a suicidal tackle then shot into an empty net.

Attendance : 12,000
Assists : Schiattarella, Emeghara


UDINESE 1 (Di Natale 85)
BOLOGNA 1 (Diamanti 72)

Diamanti gave Bologna the lead with a fantastic free kick. Di Natale marked his 300th appearance for Udinese with a goal, volleying in from close range after Muriel weaved his way between three defenders before dropping a pass over his shoulder.

Attendance : 14,000
Assists : Diamanti (won fk), Muriel


SAMPDORIA 0
GENOA 3 (Antonini 9, Calaio 50, Lodi 66 fk)

Milan rejected Antonini gave Genoa a perfect start with a terrific right foot volley from Biondini's inswinging cross. Gilardino laid off a longball with a pass out wide to Vrsaljko and Calaio got in front of his marker to tap-in the centre. Lodi completed an emphatic derby rout with another brilliant free kick.

Attendance : 23,000
Assists : Biondini, Vrsaljko, Gilardino (won fk)


14 September 2013

INTER 1 (Icardi 73)
JUVENTUS 1 (Vidal 75)

This was an excellent game with plenty of goalmouth action though lacked the tension of previous encounters due to the relative standings of both teams. Alvarez tackled Bonucci in midfield and sprang a counter attack, Icardi made a run in between two defenders before firing Alvarez' pass over Buffon and into the roof of the net - his fourth goal against Juventus in three games. Asamoah danced past Jonathan and rode Campagnaro's dangerous tackle in the box before pulling back a centre, Vidal pushed the ball past Guarin with his right foot before shooting into the bottom corner with his left. Juve finished stronger but Inter held on for a morale boosting and deserved point.

Attendance : 83,000
Assists : Alvarez, Asamoah


NAPOLI 2 (Higuain 71, Callejon 81)
ATALANTA 0

Benitez rotated against of the Champions League and Napoli didn't take the lead until the introduction of Hamsik. He tried to control an Insigne pass, the ball broke to Higuain and he curled a first time shot into the bottom right corner. Dzemaili made the second with a deft back heel to the unmarked Callejon.

Attendance : 40,000
Red Card : Cigarini 74 (Atalanta)
Assists : n/a, Dzemaili


TORINO 2 (D'Ambrosio 47, Cerci 71)
MILAN 2 (Muntari 87, Balotelli 97 Pen)

Zaccardo was filling in as Milan's first choice right backs, Abate and De Sciglio, were both out injured. Predictably he was at fault for the opening goal as D'Ambrosio went past him before beating Abbiati at his near post. Immobile intercepted a De Jong pass and sent Cerci clear of the Milan defence and he baited Abbiati before lifting a shot into the corner. Speaking of shot there was great news for Milan when that waste of space Kaka' was substituted on 70 minutes with an injury that will keep him sidelined for a month. Muntari, who has a horrific first touch misskicked a volley so badly he inadvertently tapped the ball, then misskicked the follow up and Balotelli, clearly interfering with play, chased down Padelli as the ball tricked into the net. Pasquale conceded a last second penalty with an idiotic foul and for the second time in a week Balotelli converted.

Attendance : 15,000
Assists : Cerci, Immobile, n/a, Poli (won pen)