30 September 2013

FIORENTINA 2 (Rodriguez 64, Vargas 78)
PARMA 2 (Gargano 46, Gobbi 92)

Gargano, who is the spitting image of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, scored via a deflection off Rodriguez. He made for his earlier mistake by heading in the equaliser from Valero's corner. Pizarro ran into traffic and hung up a cross, Gobbi could only half clear and Vargas swivelled to volley Fiorentina into a deserved lead. They made the mistake of sitting back and Parma threw everything forward and forced the equaliser when Okaka fed Biabiany on the overlap and Gobbi jumped off Rodriguez to head in at the back post.

Attendance : 28,524
Assists : n/a, Valero (ck), n/a, Biabiany


29 September 2013

TORINO 0
JUVENTUS 1 (Pogba 54)

Attendance : 20,000
Assist : n/a


ATALANTA 2 (Denis 46, Denis 63)
UDINESE 0

In first half injury time Badu inadvertently flicked on a corner and Denis headed in at the back post. Cigarini made his second with an inch perfect pass over the top of a defender and he trapped the ball before shooting past Kelava as came off his line.

Di Natale won't be finishing top scorer this year. You can only flog a dead horse for so long.

Attendance : 15,000
Assists : n/a, Cigarini


CAGLIARI 1 (Nainggolan 83)
INTER 1 (Icardi 75)

Nagatomo made another goal, putting a cross onto the head of Icardi who could miss from a yard out. Nainggolan equalised via a massive deflection. Nainggolan has once again been linked with a move, this time to Inter but maybe it's a case of putting two and two together and he's Indonesian, just like Inter's new prospective owner.

Attendance : 6,000
Assists : Nagatomo, n/a


CATANIA 2 (Plasil 22, Castro 55)
CHIEVO 0

Barrientos laid off Bergessio's crossfield pass then leaned on a defender and Plasil ran into that space to score. Excellent hold-up play. From the edge of the box as Castro curled a shot towards the right post Barrientos ran across goal confusing Puggioni who tried to anticipate him making contact and missed the ball altogether.

Attendance : 14,000
Assists : Bergessio, Tachtsidis


VERONA 2 (Iturbe 41 fk, Jorginho 73 Pen)
LIVORNO 1 (Rinaudo 47)

Argentina U20 star Iturbe scored with a brilliant left footed free kick. In first half injury time Rinaudo headed in the equaliser. Toni went down under minimal contact to job Livorno out of a point.

Attendance : 21,000
Assists : Iturbe (won fk), Greco (ck), Toni (won pen)


SASSUOLO 2 (Schelotto 55, Floro Flores 77)
LAZIO 2 (Dias 50, Candreva 54)

Dias headed Lazio into the lead from Candreva's corner and four minutes later Candreva thumped a shot in off the right post. Sassuolo showed last week's point at Napoli was no fluke as they came storming back to snatch their second point of the season. Schelotto headed in a corner and journeyman Floro Flores, now at his 9th club, equalised with a brilliant free kick.

Attendance : 25,000
Assists : Candreva (ck), Cavanda, Kurtic (ck), Floro Flores (won fk)


ROMA 5 (Florenzi 8, Gervinho 17, Benatia 25, Gervinho 62, Ljajic 85)
BOLOGNA 0

Florenzi began the rout by heading in a rebound after Curci parried a Pjanic free kick. Roma countered from a Bologna corner to score a brilliant second. Torosids hit a Gervinho pass down the left flank to release Florenzi who was being tracked by the only Bologna player with the pace to match, Laxalt, Florenzi checked inside and passed to Totti, Gervinho made a ran on the overlap, Totti played him in with a reverse pass and he dribbled inside the box before firing inside a post. Benatia made it 3-0 with a superb left foot volley from a Totti corner. Despite torrential rain in the second half Roma kept their foot on the gas. Gervinho scored another fantastic goal on the counter attack, running from the half-way line, inside and out of Antonson and Mantovani before curling a shot into the top right corner. Ljajic arguably saved the best to last. From a ridiculous angle next to the right post he lobbed over Curci into the opposite corner.

Gerivnho is playing like Ronaldo. An amazing turnaround from his Arsenal form but of course it was under Rudi Garcia while at Lille where he made his name. Roma's first real test will be against Inter next week. Both teams don't have any European distractions so should be in the running for a top three place but Garcia has guided an unfashionable club to a title before and that counts for a lot.

Attendance : 38,467
Assists : n/a, Totti, Totti, Strootman, Pjanic


28 September 2013

GENOA 0
NAPOLI 2 (Pandev 14, Pandev 25)

Benitez rested the big guns ahead of their mid-week game against Arsenal, who should provide their first real test of their season. Kucka diverted an Insigne pass into Pandev's path and he squeezed a shot inside the right post and 10 minutes later he rifled Insgine's deflected pass into the bottom corner.

Attendance : 24,000
Assists : Insgine, n/a


MILAN 1 (Birsa 46)
SAMPDORIA 0

Attendance : 31,575
Assist : Robinho