Francesco Totti caught up with Antonio Di Natale at the top of the top scorer’s chart with 9 goals after his hat-trick vs. Bari at the Stadio Olimpico. That was Totti’s first hat-trick in 7 years, the last coming against Brescia in 2002. Both Totti and Di Natale have each scored a hat-trick this season. Giampaolo Pazzini and Diego Milito follow closely however, each with 8 goals. Totti is now at 187 goals in Serie A, 1 shy of Giuseppe Signori’s record of 188. Once he hits that his next target would be Kurt Hamrin at 190, and then an assault on Roberto Baggio at 205. If Totti eventually hits 200 goals enjoy it whether you like him or not, because it’s going to be a while before another player reaches that milestone. Goals of the week after the jump.

Francesco Totti vs Bari – This is a video of his 28 minute hat-trick. OK the first was a penalty, but the second and third are excellent strikes.

Marcelo Zalayeta vs Inter – Zalayeta loves to score vs. Inter. Here he traps a long ball excellently and then a nice finish past Julio Cesar.

Giampaolo Pazzini vs. Chievo – This is a great team goal. Quick exchange of passes and then Cassano puts in the assist for Pazzini.

Fabio Grosso vs. Udinese – Another great team goal. Great holding of possession by Juve, Grosso gives it to Poulsen and makes an excellent run into the box, Poulsen great ball to Caceres who gives a perfect assist to Grosso who taps it in.

Alexandre Pato vs. Cagliari – This is just a sublime finish. Unstoppable for Marchetti. Borriello to Ronaldinho, quick touch to Pato, and “il Papero” just unleashes an awesome strike.

Esteban Cambiasso vs. Bologna – This is a great goal because of Cambiasso’s work-rate. If you notice, Cambiasso starts this play with the long ball for Milito in his own half. He then sprints from his own half to the Bologna box, receiving the assist from Milito and finishing the play he started.

Fairly good week for goals, as only one game finished 0-0 (Catania-Napoli, but ask Takayuki Morimoto about that). The top scorer table is still wide open, as Di Natale started strong but now has cooled off so he remains at 9, while Hamsik is second with 7 and that’s impressive for a midfielder. Pazzini and Milito also are at 7 and they probably won’t stay there for long, while Trezeguet and Eto’o are starting to score regularly as well and are at 6. Most impressive on the top scorer list at the moment? Giandomenico Mesto at 4 goals. Mesto only scored 1 goal in 5 seasons at Reggina and 2 in a season with Udinese. He already has 4 this season. Amazing what a change of position can do to a player. Goals of the week after the jump.

Felipe Melo vs. Atalanta – This video is good because it first shows the perfectly valid goal that Melo scored that was called back and then a few seconds later he sticks it in the linesman’s face and unleashes an unstoppable blast past Consigli.

Fabio Ceravolo vs. Juventus – Nice assist from Simone Tiribocchi, and then Ceravolo cuts past Grosso and puts a perfect curling effort past the outstretched Buffon.

Riccardo Allegretti vs. Livorno – Allegretti was long known to be a free kick specialist, and Bari fans were waiting for him to finally score on a free kick in Serie A. It finally happened vs. Livorno.

Marco Di Vaio vs. Palermo – Di Vaio first misses the easy breakaway, but then makes up for it finishing from an almost impossible angle.

Mirko Vucinic vs. Inter – The Montenegrin scores a beautiful header. Marco Motta with the long searching pass, Vucinic jumps over Lucio and loops it over Julio Cesar.

Samuel Eto’o vs. Roma – This is a real striker’s goal. Amazing quick turn and pinpoint finish.

Alexandre Pato vs. Lazio – Nice buildup from the Rossoneri, Ronaldinho with the pinpoint cross and Pato with the perfect anticipation of Kolarov and perfect header past Muslera.

A few nice goals this week, but nothing extraordinary. Giuseppe Mascara scored one of his trademark wonder-goals, and Marco Borriello got back on the scoresheet with 2 goals (the second a nice scissor kick) after almost a year. Diego Milito got back to his scoring ways as well after being absent through injury, and Mirko Vucinic finally scored his first goal of the season. Simone Perrotta scored as well and did his best Cassano impression kicking down the corner flag and yelling obscenities at the crowd. Goals of the 11th Giornata after the jump.

Marco Borriello vs. Parma – Assist from Ronaldinho, and Borriello coordinates himself for the scissor kick and executes it perfectly, finishing past Mirante. Borriello said he “imagined this goal in his head” before the game.

Marek Hamsik vs. Juventus – Yeah the terrible clearance at the back set this up, but the finish was excellent, and it meant a historic win for the Partenopei.

Giuseppe Mascara vs. Fiorentina – Awesome goal from Mascara, who is always known to score goals like this. Runs on and hits it first time, perfect finish past Frey who can do nothing about it.

Marco Marchionni vs. Catania – Marchionni scores the first of 2 goals with a beautiful left footed finish into the far corner.

Diego Milito vs. Livorno – Milito scores a excellent finish. Some nice footwork to throw off the Livorno defense and then a pinpoint finish into the corner.

I didn’t put up a Weekend Round-up yesterday because I figured with the midweek round tomorrow, it would be pointless to update everything twice. So we’ll dive in straight to Goals of the Week. Not as great as last week, but still some good goals, especially Daniele Mannini’s one-time volley vs. Bologna. Goals after the jump.

Daniele Mannini vs. Bologna – Mannini has transformed into a bomber at Samp. This is probably the best goal of his career so far. Pazzini with a perfect assist to the winger who hits is brilliantly on the volley and it flies past Viviano.

Wesley Sneijder vs. Catania – The Dutch trequartista scores his second goal in Serie A with this pinpoint free kick.

Francesco Tavano vs. Roma – Tavano scores against his ex-team and grabs Livorno the 3 points at the Olimpico. I can’t find a non-replay video of this goal, because the replay in slow motion doesn’t do a great job of showing how hard his shot was.

Reto Ziegler vs. Bologna – The Swiss winger scores a nice goal with his favored left foot, turning the defender and finishing in the bottom right corner.

Cesare Bovo vs. Udinese – It’s still debated whether this goal was deflected or not, but we’ll give it Bovo. It was a great volley. And I like this live at the stadium video.

This is going to be a good goals of the week post. There are many nice goals, and in particular the goals from Stankovic and Dessena are awesome to watch. Goals after the jump.

Dejan Stankovic vs. Genoa – Stankovic notices that Amelia makes an error on the clearance and moves to the right, hitting the ball on the volley from way out and it sailed over Amelia and into the net.

Daniele Dessena vs. Catania – This is probably the most spectacular goal of the day. Cross from the right wing, and Dessena hits a perfect bicycle kick that is unstoppable for the Catania goalkeeper.

Adrian Ricchiuti vs. Cagliari – This is an awesome team goal and excellent set piece. Four touches and a goal.

Sergio Almiron vs. Chievo – Nice header from Almiron. Comes towards the ball and manages to place it into the upper corner.

Adailton vs. Napoli – Unstoppable free kick from the Brazilian midfielder with his left foot.

Jamie Valdes vs. Udinese – The Chilean scores a wonderful goal, taking the ball to about 20 yards out and unleashing a perfect strike into the upper corner.

Diego De Ascentis vs. Udinese – De Ascentis said this is the best goal he ever scored in his career and we can see why.

Alexandre Pato vs. Roma – Ronaldinho with a perfect searching pass, and Pato with the excellent control and finish.

Sorry I didn’t get up a weekend round-up yesterday, it was a really busy day. However I don’t want to disrupt the weekly order so I’ll go straight to Goals of the Week. Last week was probably the worst goals of the week post of all time. I think this week made up for it with some quality strikes. Goals of the week after the jump.

Ronaldinho vs. Atalanta – Alessandro Nesta plays a great ball in to Ronaldinho, who with a excellent trap and finish scores his first goal of the season and saves Milan from another loss.

Michele Marcolini – Marcolini always scores a couple of these screamers every season. Awesome left foot volley that is too powerful for Marchetti to block.

Dejan Stankovic vs. Udinese – Stankovic puts the Nerazzurri ahead with this pinpoint strike that sails past Handanovic into the far upper corner.

Edinson Cavani vs. Juventus – Javier Pastore robs the ball from Felipe Melo and slides a pass through for Cavani who powers one past Buffon.

Francesco Totti vs. Napoli – Totti reaches Batistuta’s goalscoring record of 184 goals in Serie A with this perfect strike.

Daniele Galloppa vs. Sampdoria – The Parma winger caps a great team move by Parma. Three touches and then the finish from Galloppa.

Giampaolo Pazzini vs. Parma – Perfect header from Pazzini. Very difficult to do.

But I think the goal of the week in Italy goes to Pasquale Schiattarella of Ancona in Serie B vs Torino:

I’m just going to throw it out there: this might be the worst goals of the week post of all time. Nothing spectacular at all this weekend, most goals were very plain and ordinary. Of the 18 goals scored this weekend, about 3 are top goal worthy. But let’s see this week’s goals of the week (hoping that Giornata 7 brings us better ones):

Massimo Maccarone vs. Napoli – The Siena striker controls a long pass very nicely in the area, shakes off Leandro Rinaudo, and scores with a precision finish.

Daniele Dessena vs. Parma – The Cagliari midfielder scores against his hometown club. He receives a pass from Cossu in the area, turns around Dzemaili, and finishes with his left foot.

Jeda vs. Parma – This is a nice triangle play between Jeda and Cossu. Jeda lays it out wide to Cossu, who puts in a pinpoint cross for the Brazilian who made a nice run and finishes it past Mirante.

Antonio Di Natale vs. Genoa – The Udinese number 10 is still the top scorer and this goal added to his tally. A nice combination play with Alexis Sanchez, and then the turn and finish past Marco Amelia.

Hopefully next week is better.

Lots of goals scored this week, with only one 0-0 draw (Napoli-Udinese) and many teams scoring 3+ goals. There were some nice ones this week. Goals after the jump.

Emanuel Rivas vs. Atalanta – The Bari midfielder scores a nice opening goal. Dribbles to the center and unleashes a laser strike from around 20 yards out.

Jorge Martinez vs. Lazio – Catania’s Uruguayan striker receives a nice touch from Morimoto and unleashes a superb strike that powers past Muslera.

Claudio Marchisio vs. Livorno – Marchisio is gaining comparisons to Marco Tardelli and this is exactly why. He makes an excellent run, Camoranesi finds him, and he puts a delicate chip over De Lucia.

Clarence Seedorf vs. Bologna – The best thing about this goal isn’t shown on the replay, as Seedorf ran all the way from his own box to score this goal. The nice move past Raggi and finish are nice as well.

Daniele De Rossi vs. Fiorentina – Excellent triangle between the two bandiere of Roma, Totti and De Rossi. De Rossi with the long pass for Totti, who stops it and puts in a perfect cross for the head of De Rossi, who finishes past Frey.

Some nice goals this week. We’re still very early into the season, but two possible goal of the year candidates were scored this weekend. Samuel Eto’o’s strike vs. Parma and Giandomenico Mesto’s screamer vs. Napoli are joys to behold. Goals of the week after the jump.

Samuel Eto’o vs. Parma - The Cameroonian striker puts Inter ahead with this wonder strike. Balotelli passes it to him and he unleashes and unstoppable shot that sails into the upper corner.

Diego Milito vs. Parma - Inter go on the counter-attack and finish off Parma. The ball is sent out wide to Balotelli who puts a perfect cross to Milito and the Argentine striker finishes it off with a quick stop and deft touch.

Giandomenico Mesto vs. Napoli - The Genoa fullback receives a long ball from Marco Amelia, passes Cigarini by flicking it over his head, and then unleashes a laser that Morgan De Sanctis can only look at.

Jon Arne Riise vs. Siena - Riise is not new to scoring goals like this, and here he gifts Roma an important 3 points with this missile.

Antonio Floro Flores vs. Catania - Floro Flores leads the Udinese attack this season and he makes Udinese fans happy with this strike. Excellent stop and volley past Andujar.

Alberto Gilardino vs. Cagliari - Perfect cross from Vargas on the left, perfect header from Gila into the upper corner.

It was a weekend of some nice goals. First, let’s just say that Fabio Quagliarella ALMOST scored the goal of the season (he did however score 2 goals on the night). You can watch that video here. Diego scored his first goals in Serie A, Julio Cruz scored his first goals for Lazio, Alberto Paloschi continues to look more and more like the new Pippo Inzaghi, Giampaolo Pazzini continues to score, and Antonio Cassano worked some magic again. Goals of the week after the jump.

First, one kind youtube user made his own Top 5 Goals of the 2nd Giornata video and it includes 5 of the goals I wanted to show, so that makes my work a little easier. I’d also like to add that last year every single goal scored on the weekend would be on youtube Monday morning, but this season so far individual goal videos have been extremely hard to find. Maybe later in the season it’ll be like last season, but please bear with the inconvenience for the time being.

Added to that, I’d like to include:

Antonio Cassano vs. Udinese - Classic Cassano goal, dribble on the outside of the area and precise finish in the lower corner.

Diego vs. Roma - The Brazilian fantasista scores his second of the match. A Brazilian-like assist from Iaquinta, and then Diego does the rest.