Serie A Midweek Round-up: Giornata 21

By: Francesco | January 29th, 2009

Funny sign caught in the stands this week. It says “To the Sheik, if you want Kaka now you’ll have to eat prunes.” I thought that was pretty clever and funny. The midweek round was supposed to be Milan and Juventus’ chance to catch Inter as they had a difficult away tie in Catania. Unfortunately both sides failed to do that, with Diego Milito scoring a late equalizer at the San Siro to grab a precious point and Udinese finally breaking their long slump with a win over Juventus. Inter got the job done vs. Catania in 10 men, with a hard-fought 2-0 win. Full results after the jump.

Atalanta-Bologna 0-1
Scorers: 79´ Volpi (Bol)
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Cagliari-Siena 1-0
Scorers: 37´ Acquafresca (Cag)
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Catania-Inter 0-2
Scorers: 5´ Stankovic (Int); 71´ Ibrahimovic (Int)
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Chievo-Lecce 1-1
Scorers: 56´ Vives (Lec); 88´ Mantovani (Chi)
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Fiorentina-Napoli 2-1
Scorers: 47´ Santana (Fio); 49´ Vitale (Nap); 79´ Montolivo (Fio)
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Milan-Genoa 1-1
Scorers: 33´ Beckham (Mil); 87´ Milito (Gen)
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Roma-Palermo 2-1
Scorers: 24´ Totti (Rom); 31´ Cavani (Pal); 47´ Brighi (Rom)
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Sampdoria-Lazio 3-1
Scorers: 13´ Delvecchio (Sam); 30´ Rocchi (Laz); 51´ Cassano (Sam);
55´ Stankevicius (Sam)
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Torino-Reggina 0-0
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Udinese-Juventus 2-1
Scorers: 20´ Quagliarella (Udi); 74´ Di Natale (Udi); 77´ rig. Iaquinta (Juv)
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SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 49; Juventus 43; Milan 41; Genoa 37; Roma 36; Fiorentina 35; Napoli 33; Palermo 32; Cagliari 31; Lazio 31; Atalanta 27; Udinese 26; Catania 26; Siena 25; Sampdoria 23; Bologna 22; Lecce 19; Torino 17; Chievo 17; Reggina 14

NEXT MATCHES

Atalanta-Catania; Bologna-Fiorentina; Chievo-Sampdoria; Genoa-Palermo; Inter-Torino; Juventus-Cagliari; Lazio-Milan; Napoli-Udinese; Reggina-Roma; Siena-Lecce

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK

Antonio Cassano vs. Lazio – Antonio Cassano shows the talent he possesses when he scores a goal like this. He starts on the left, skips past two defenders, and places the ball in the far upper corner.

David Beckham vs. Genoa – Beckham scores his second goal in Serie A on a trademark free-kick. Surprises Rubinho and curls it into the net.

Giuseppe Vives vs. Chievo – The Lecce defender scores a powerful half-volley from a corner. What a rocket.

Antonio Di Natale vs. Juventus – The Nazionale striker scores a wonderful goal, with a great run down the flank then a cut inside and great finish past Buffon.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs. Inter – Great ball by Stankovic and great timing from Zlatan who beats the offside trap and flicks the ball over the keeper’s head and finishes.