Burning seats is not the biggest problem at Juventus – Serie A round-up
Milan demolished a sorry looking Juventus side in the late game on Sunday night in Turin. Milan 1st win away to Juventus since the 2003-04 season. This result now leaves Ciro Ferrara position as the coach in doubt. Diego had the 1st opportunity as his angled drive flashed across the face of goal after some good work. Chiellini had to be at his best to deny Marco Borriello opening the scoring as he blocked an effort on goal with his body. Milan did break the deadlock on the 29th minute as an Andrea Pirlo set piece was not cleared by Felipe Melo and an unmarked Nesta punished Juventus to make it 1-0 to Milan. It could have been 2-0 moments later as a Thiago Silva effort was turned around the post by Alex Manninger. From the corner Ronaldinho’s header was deflected inches over the cross bar by Christian Poulsen. Ciro Ferrara annoyed the fans after half time by not introducing Alex Del Piero, his name was chanted around the ground for him to come on. Juventus started more brightly in the 2nd half when Amauri header went just past Chiellini for him to have a potential tap in to equalise. The Juve fans got their wish when Del Piero was introduced in the 2nd half replacing Salihamidzic, so the formation was now a 4-2-3-1 with ADP to act behind Amauri. Del Piero almost made an instant impact on the game when his free kick was blasted over, but there was almost embarrassment at the other end when there was confusion between keeper Manninger and Chiellini almost allowing Borriello to have an effort on an open goal but Manninger got back in time to turn it around. Milan then doubled their lead on the 72 minute when a Pirlo corner and Ronaldinho was there to glance the header past Manninger, it did take a deflection off De Cegile. In the stands the home fans were making their feeling clear by protesting and other lighting fires and after a while the fire started to burn the seats and an artificial fog was surrounding the stadium. Milan then netted a 3rd when Ronaldinho fired home from close range.
Milan city rivals Inter came back from the brink of defeat to snatch a dramatic 4-3 home win over Siena as Jose Mourinho celebration showed. Siena took a shock lead at the San Siro when former Middlesbrough striker Massimo Maccarone netted a screamer, Maccarone picked up the ball from the centre circle and has the inter defence started backing he unleashed an effort from 25 yards out that left Julio Sergio rooted. It didn’t take Inter long to respond when Diego Milito equalised when he ran past Cribari and placed his shot passed the outstretched Curci. Wesley Sneijder who was brilliant in this game gave inter the lead with a picture perfect free kick after Dejan Stankovic was fouled. When celebrating the Inter team held up a T-Shirt which was a message for Cristian Chivu who suffered a Skull fracture. Less than 60 seconds later Siena made it 2-2 when Juventus owned Albin Ekdal was left unmarked a scored from 7 yards out. It was Ekdal 1st senior goal in Serie A. 20 Minutes into the second half Siena struck again as the provider for the 2nd goal Reginaldo chalked up another assist by feeding the ball to Maccarone to score outside of the box. Mourinho then changed his tactics to a 4-2-4 formation and it worked with 2 minutes left that man again Sneijder equalised with a fizzing free kick which when in off the inside of the post. He is turning into a real top class signing for inter. More drama when 70 seconds into added time Walter Samuel sprung the offside trap to drill in to the bottom corner sending the inter fans wild and his Manager Mourinho into a crazed celebration.
Roma climbed up to 4th place on Saturday evening as they beat Chievo at the Stadio Olimpico. The only goal of the game came really early into the game as in the 1st minute Daniele De Rossi nodded in from a Pizarro Corner. Doni who was deputising for the injured Julio Sergio got himself stupidly sent off for handling the ball outside of the area blocking a Simone Bentivoglio effort. Bogdan Lobont then replaced Mirko Vucinic who was then sacrificed as Roma went to a 4-4-1 formation with Luca Toni up front on his own. Toni then won a penalty as he skipped past a few Chievo players and was pulled pack by Mandelli. The Roma players were angry as he was already on a yellow card but he escaped without anything. The Chievo keeper Sorrentino pulled off a wonderful save to deny Pizarro from the penalty spot as he parried the effort over the cross bar. Chievo did nearly scare Roma at the death when a Bentivoglio free kick was denied by Lobont. After conceding 2 late goals in midweek this was a win that Roma clearly cherished.
Cagliari took all the points away at Bologna thanks to a goal from Alessandro Matri, who is turning some heads in Serie A this season with his performances for Cagliari. The only goal of the game came in the 66th minute as Parola cross-shot effort flashed across goal and Matri was there to slide in from a yard out.
Fiorentina beat a very plucky Bari side at the Stadio Franchi on Sunday afternoon. Bari took the lead when Rannocchia header was directed at goal and Barretto nodded from close range. Fiorentina then levelled when Mutu who could be bound for Upton Park headed home pass Gillet who let is squeeze past him. Bari were reduced to 10 men during the 2nd half as former Viola player Sergio Almiron was sent off for 2 yellows, the 2nd tackle was a bit of a naughty challenge on Martin Jorgensen. Jose Ignacio Castillo replaced Donadel and then got the winner when Man of the Match Riccardo Montolivo’s effort smashed the bar and Castillo was there to poke in the rebound. The game ended 10 players each as Castillo turned hero to villain as he was sent for a challenge on Kamata.
Genoa picked up some confidence after the thrashing in Milan by beating Catania 2-0 at the Ferraris. Genoa got the ball running after 36 minutes when Mesto was there to head the ball past Andjuar. Moments before that Catania were down to 10 men when Bellusci was sent off for 2 yellows after bringing down David Suazo. Sculli then made it 2-0 as he was on the end of a Mesto cross when Sculli got infront of his marker to make it 2-0.
Livorno got the better of high flying Parma thanks to old boy Cristiano Lucarelli. Francesco Tavano gave the home side the lead when he beat De Lucia with a snapshot effort across the keeper. Lucarelli then made it 2-0 as he is still owned by Parma this goal was a goal close to his heart, he sprung the offside trap getting the better of his brother at the heart of the Parma defence and beating Mirante past his near post. Parma got a goal back late when a Dzemaili effort was deflected in to catch De Lucia out.
Napoli beat Sampdoria 1-0 at the San Paolo thanks to a goal from German Denis. The only goal of the game came with 19 minutes to go when Hugo Camagnaro cross was met by Denis who towered above the Samp defence to keep Mazzarri run going as Napoli boss.
Edison Cavani was the man for Palermo as they beat Atalanta 1-0. Atalanta is still without a permanent coach after Antonio Conte quit after the home defeat to Napoli. The only goal of the game came 20 minutes from time as Cavani was fouled in the area by Talamonti, Cavani picked himself up and scored the penalty. The keeper got to the ball but it bounced upwards into the net. Atalanta were reduced to 10 men when Garics was sent off for picking up his 2nd yellow card
Udinese and Lazio played out a 1-1 as Serigo Floccari and Antonio Di Natale getting the goals. During this game Lazio wore a jersey with the design marking the 110 anniversary of the club.
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