Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 12 (plus Serie B and other news)

By: Francesco | November 17th, 2008

Roma, languishing in the relegation zone before the derby, took on Lazio, who are flying high in the upper echelons of the table. Roma needed a victory over their rivals to kick-start their season and boost morale, while Lazio were looking to confirm themselves as a side to be reckoned with this season. While the game itself was hard-fought by both sides, the Giallorossi came out on top, with Julio Baptista scoring the lone goal of the match. Roma fans everywhere hopes this wakes up the squad. Full Giornata 12 results after the jump.

Atalanta-Napoli 3-1
Scorers: 62´ Ferreira Pinto (Ata); 73´ rig. Hamsik (Nap); 89´ Manfredini (Ata);
91´ Floccari (Ata)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Cagliari-Fiorentina 1-0
Scorers: 31´ rig. Acquafresca (Cag)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Catania-Torino 3-2
Scorers: 6´ Colombo (Tor); 8´ Mascara (Cat); 39´ Mascara (Cat);
50´ rig. Amoruso (Tor); 80´ Mascara (Cat)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Juventus-Genoa 4-1
Scorers: 6´ Grygera (Juv); 26´ Amauri (Juv); 85´ Iaquinta (Juv);
89´ rig. Milito (Gen); 90´ aut. Papastathopoulos (Juv)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Milan-Chievo 1-0
Scorers: 15´ rig. Kaka` (Mil)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Palermo-Inter 0-2
Scorers: 46´ Ibrahimovic (Int); 62´ Ibrahimovic (Int)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Roma-Lazio 1-0
Scorers: 50´ Baptista (Rom)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Sampdoria-Lecce 3-2
Scorers: 11´ Delvecchio (Sam); 14´ Cassano (Sam); 55´ Tiribocchi (Lec);
60´ Stankevicius (Sam); 82´ Tiribocchi (Lec)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Siena-Bologna 1-1
Scorers: 45´ rig. Di Vaio (Bol); 67´ Ghezzal (Sie)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Udinese-Reggina 0-1
Scorers: 60´ Brienza (Reg)
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SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 27; Milan 26; Juventus 24; Napoli 23; Lazio 22; Udinese 21; Catania 21; Genoa 20; Fiorentina 20; Atalanta 17; Palermo 16; Cagliari 13; Siena 13; Sampdoria 13; Lecce 12; Torino 11; Roma 11; Bologna 8; Reggina 8; Chievo 6

NEXT MATCHES

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

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOAL OF THE WEEK

This week there are three goals that merit this top honor, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s two goals vs Palermo and Antonio Cassano’s sublime finish vs. Lecce.

First goal by Ibra

Second goal by Ibra

Cassano vs. Lecce

ZENGA BRAWLS WITH VARRIALE ON TV

Every coach is contracted by RAI to appear for a mandatory post-match interview after every game. Last week, Catania coach Walter Zenga chose not to appear and RAI analyst Enrico Varriale said “Every coach is under contract to give an interview, Zenga is not being professional and courteous, especially after we [RAI] gave Zenga a job last year as an analyst when everyone forgot about him.” This week Zenga appeared and got into a big fight with Varriale. Varriale ended up saying “You were a great goalkeeper who made few mistakes, but this is a mistake, just like the one you made that cost us the World Cup in 1990.” Zenga was furious and eventually stormed off. Today they supposedly made peace. Here’s the video:

NATIONAL TEAM CALL-UPS

Goalkeepers: Curci (Siena), De Sanctis (Galatasaray)

Defenders: Bonera (Milan), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Chiellini (Juventus), Dossena (Liverpool), Gamberini (Fiorentina), Grosso (Lione), Legrottaglie (Juventus)

Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus), D’Agostino (Udinese), De Rossi (Roma), Gattuso (Milan), Maggio (Napoli), Montolivo (Fiorentina), Perrotta (Roma)

Strikers: Gilardino (Fiorentina), Iaquinta (Juventus), Pepe (Udinese), Quagliarella (Udinese), Rossi (Villareal), Toni (Bayern Monaco)

The new face is Udinese midfielder Gaetano D’Agostino, who has really deserved this call-up after his fine play this season.

SERIE B

Ascoli-Parma 0-1
Marcatori: 76´ Paponi (Par)

Avellino-Brescia 1-1
Marcatori: 1´ Caracciolo (Bre); 78´ Vasko (Ave)

Bari-Ancona 2-1
Marcatori: 26´ Barreto (Bar); 31´ rig. Barreto (Bar); 71´ Soddimo (Anc)

Cittadella-AlbinoLeffe 0-0

Empoli-Grosseto 17/11/2008

Livorno-Treviso 0-0

Mantova-Pisa 2-1
Marcatori: 10´ Godeas (Man); 36´ rig. Genevier (Pis); 59´ Tarana (Man)

Modena-Frosinone 2-0
Marcatori: 45´ Fantini (Mod); 75´ Troiano (Mod)

Piacenza-Sassuolo 2-2
Marcatori: 25´ Zampagna (Sas); 37´ Rantier (Pia); 46´ Rea (Sas);
60´ rig. Moscardelli (Pia)

Salernitana-Rimini 2-3
Marcatori: 8´ Docente (Rim); 16´ rig. Di Napoli (Sal); 44´ Vantaggiato (Rim);
79´ Scarpa (Sal); 82´ rig. Vantaggiato (Rim)

Triestina-Vicenza 2-1
Marcatori: 24´ Della Rocca (Tri); 38´ Di Cesare (Vic); 62´ Tabbiani (Tri)

STANDINGS

Grosseto 24; Sassuolo 24; Empoli 24; Bari 24; Livorno 23; Triestina 23; Parma 22; Mantova 22; Vicenza 20; Brescia 20; AlbinoLeffe 19; Salernitana 19; Pisa 17; Piacenza 17; Ancona 16; Frosinone 16; Rimini 15; Avellino 13; Cittadella 12; Ascoli 11; Modena 10; Treviso 9

NEXT MATCHES

AlbinoLeffe-Salernitana; Ancona-Mantova; Brescia-Vicenza; Frosinone-Ascoli; Grosseto-Triestina; Parma-Livorno; Piacenza-Avellino; Pisa-Cittadella; Rimini-Bari; Sassuolo-Modena; Treviso-Empoli