Goals of the Week: Giornata 12
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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.
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Tags: AC Milan, Alexandre Pato, Atalanta, Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Calcio, Catania, Chievo, Fabio Ceravolo, Felipe Melo, Fiorentina, football, Futbol, Genoa, Goals of the Week, Inter Milan, Italy, Juventus, Lazio, Livorno, Marco Di Vaio, Mirko Vucinic, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Players, Riccardo Allegretti, Roma, Rumors & News, Sampdoria, Samuel Eto'o, Serie A, Siena, Soccer, UdineseSerie A and B Weekend Round-up: Giornata 12
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Milan has really jumped up the table these past few weeks. After the horrible start where everyone condemned the Rossoneri to a season of misery, Leonardo’s squad has made a complete turnaround, finally playing well and becoming contenders once again. They now find themselves 5 points behind leaders Inter and only 2 behind Juventus and saying the word Scudetto shouldn’t be met with laughter. Ronaldinho looks to have found motivation to play again and has been excellent, Pato is scoring crucial goals, and even Massimo Oddo has been placing his crosses into the box instead of row Z of the stadium. If Milan can keep it up, they can make this season a lot more interesting. Serie A round-up after the jump.
The Re-emergence of Raffaele Palladino
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One of the players playing extremely well at the moment is Genoa fantasista Raffaele Palladino. Palladino has always been a player that could do things with the ball that others could only dream of doing, but he never had the consistency to show that talent at a high level. Palladino is now an important part of Gian Piero Gasperini’s Genoa side, and he’s the one that can make the difference up front for the Rossoblu. It looks like now at the age of 25 he has finally reached the point where he can be consistent enough to show his incredible skill.
Great Serie A Games: Roma-Inter 1998/99
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Roma-Inter from May of 1999 is another highly entertaining game from one of the most entertaining Serie A seasons of all time. The 1998-99 season had 3 leaders of the table (for the first part of the season it was Fiorentina, who were winter champions but were then hurt by the injury of Batistuta, then Lazio, who looked on their way to the Scudetto but fell off form towards the end, and then Milan who surprised everyone and stole the Scudetto on the last day). Juventus had a bad year, with Del Piero suffering a big injury and Lippi being replaced mid-season by Carlo Ancelotti. Inter were expecting big things with their strike pair of Roberto Baggio and Ronaldo, but various injuries led to the latter two not playing much together all season, and Inter went through 3 coaches before finishing the season with Roy Hodgson. For Roma, this was their last season of the Zdenek Zeman era, as Fabio Capello would take over in the summer. Roma practiced the Zeman philosophy, 4-3-3 formation, free-flowing constant attacking football, leaving many defensive holes. It’s no surprise that this game ended 5-4 in Inter’s favor. Game story after the jump.
Goals of the Week: Giornata 11
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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.
Category: AC Milan, Atalanta, Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Chievo, Fiorentina, Genoa, Goals of the Week, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Livorno, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Players, Roma, Rumors & News, Sampdoria, Serie A, Siena Tags: AC Milan, Atalanta, Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Calcio, Catania, Chievo, Diego Milito, Fiorentina, football, Futbol, Genoa, Giuseppe Mascara, Goals of the Week, Inter Milan, Italy, Juventus, Lazio, Livorno, Marco Borriello, Marco Marchionni, Marek Hamsik, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Players, Roma, Rumors & News, Sampdoria, Serie A, Siena, SoccerSerie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 11
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Napoli won vs. Juventus in Torino for the first time since November 20, 1988, when Maradona’s Napoli won 5-3. Since then, there had been 11 wins and 5 ties, and Napoli hadn’t scored in Torino since March of 1998. This Napoli side has been rejuvenated under Walter Mazzarri, and they have shown they have a never say die attitude that keeps them working for the full 90 minutes. If Napoli can ride this wave of enthusiasm and keep playing like they have these past 3 games, they should have no problem finishing in the higher places in the table by the end of the season. Round-up after the jump.
Fabrizio Miccoli: Giant Killer
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Fabrizio Miccoli has really become the undisputed leader of Palermo. The diminutive fantasista, or il Romario del Salento as he is so aptly nicknamed, has been putting in great performances this season and had a great year last season, and it looks like he has finally found a place to show all of his talent. When he returned to Italy with Palermo back in the summer of 2007 nobody knew what to expect of Miccoli. He had just spent two years playing for Benfica in Portugal and he seemed to be lost as a player, another one of those players that never live up to their potential. Perhaps staying at Juve in 2003 when he had Del Piero, Trezeguet, and Di Vaio all in front of him in the pecking order impeded his explosion. But luckily, Miccoli’s talent shone through, and he is now showing calcio fans everywhere what he’s made of. His play right now deserves a national team look, but Lippi will never call him, and that’s a whole different story. We’re focused on how Miccoli is a giant killer.
Category: AC Milan, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Palermo, Players, Roma, Rumors & News, Serie A, video of the weekThe Biggest Serie A Flops of the Last 9 years
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Although we are only 10 games into the season, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is starting to look more and more like a big flop. 15 million euro were spent on the Dutch striker, and even if he reaches 5 goals this season it would seem like a big achievement. Sure you can say that he needs time to adapt to a new style of play, new language, new culture, but it’s already November almost and we still have not seen Huntelaar’s name on the score sheet. Will Huntelaar be considered one of the biggest Serie A flops at the end of this season? It remains to be seen. But I thought it would be fun to go through players that were flops from 2000-2009. Flops after the jump.
Goals of the Week: Giornata 9
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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.
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The Great Serie A Game posts continue with Roma-Juve 2003/2004. The 2003/2004 season was an interesting one. Milan, fresh from a Champions League victory and with some new young Brazilian player named Kaka, were dominating Serie A. While Marcello Lippi’s Juve looked to be favorites to combat the Rossoneri to the Scudetto, it was not the case. Instead, Fabio Capello’s Roma were breathing down Milan’s necks all the way until the end. Francesco Totti and Antonio Cassano had formed a special partnership, where everything they touched turned to gold. Ivan Pelizzoli in net looked to be the next Buffon, some unknown Brazilian named Amantino Mancini started to shine, and they played smart, organized, fun football. Lippi’s Juve on the other hand struggled to perform. Even with the additions of players like Fabrizio Miccoli and Nicola Legrottaglie and the dynamic duo of Del Piero and Trezeguet up front, the Bianconeri just weren’t the same Juve, and Lippi couldn’t seem to work his magic anymore. Juve wound up finishing a disappointing 4th place, and Lippi left the Juve bench to take over the National Team (and he was replaced by Capello). Game Story and video after the jump.
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