Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 16

By: Francesco | December 15th, 2008

Alessandro Del Piero and Paolo Maldini. Two Italian legends, inspirational captains, and “bandiere” going at it (and for one of the last times since Maldini retires in June). Del Piero and Juventus came out on top, winning 4-2 at the Stadio Olimpico. Results after the jump.

Bologna-Torino 5-2
Scorers: 7´ Barone (Tor); 48´ Volpi (Bol); 53´ Abate (Tor);
55´ Di Vaio (Bol); 62´ Di Vaio (Bol); 68´ rig. Bernacci (Bol); 79´ rig. Di Vaio (Bol)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Fiorentina-Catania 2-0
Scorers: 56´ Mutu (Fio); 79´ Gilardino (Fio)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Genoa-Atalanta 1-1
Scorers: 17´ Floccari (Ata); 87´ Sculli (Gen)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Inter-Chievo 4-2
Scorers: 3´ Maxwell (Int); 47´ Stankovic (Int); 51´ Pellissier (Chi);
65´ Bentivoglio (Chi); 79´ Ibrahimovic (Int); 87´ Ibrahimovic (Int)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Juventus-Milan 4-2
Scorers: 16´ rig. Del Piero (Juv); 31´ Pato (Mil); 34´ Chiellini (Juv);
41´ Amauri (Juv); 56´ Ambrosini (Mil); 69´ Amauri (Juv)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Napoli-Lecce 3-0
Scorers: 11´ rig. Hamsik (Nap); 42´ Pazienza (Nap); 65´ Denis (Nap)
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Palermo-Siena 2-0
Scorers: 30´ Cassani (Pal); 54´ Simplicio (Pal)
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Reggina-Sampdoria 0-2
Scorers: 75´ rig. Bellucci (Sam); 81´ Padalino (Sam)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Roma-Cagliari 3-2
Scorers: 39´ Totti (Rom); 58´ Conti (Cag); 69´ Jeda (Cag);
77´ Perrotta (Rom); 90´ Vucinic (Rom)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Udinese-Lazio 3-3
Scorers: 9´ Di Natale (Udi); 15´ Quagliarella (Udi); 55´ Di Natale (Udi);
60´ Zarate (Laz); 72´ Diakite (Laz); 85´ Ledesma (Laz)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 39; Juventus 33; Napoli 30; Milan 30; Fiorentina 29; Genoa 26; Atalanta 24; Lazio 24; Palermo 23; Roma 23; Udinese 22; Catania 22; Cagliari 20; Sampdoria 19; Siena 19; Bologna 14; Lecce 13; Torino 12; Reggina 12; Chievo 9

NEXT MATCHES

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

SERIE A TOP SCORERS

12 GOALS: Di Vaio (Bologna, 2 r), Gilardino (Fiorentina), Milito (Genoa, 4 r)

10 GOALS: Ibrahimovic (Inter), Amauri (Juventus)

8 GOALS: Floccari (Atalanta, 1 r), Zarate (Lazio, 2 r)

7 GOALS: Mascara (Catania, 2 r), Ronaldinho (Milan, 2 r), Denis, Hamsik (Napoli, 2 r), Miccoli (Palermo, 2 r), Corradi (Reggina, 3 r), Di Natale (Udinese, 2 r)

6 GOALS: Mutu (Fiorentina, 1 r), Sculli (Genoa), Quagliarella (Udinese)

5 GOALS: Acquafresca (1 r), Jeda (Cagliari), Del Piero (Juventus, 2 r), Pandev (Lazio), Kaka` (Milan, 2 r), Cavani (Palermo), Totti (Roma, 1 r), Cassano (Sampdoria, 1 r)

4 GOALS: Paolucci (Catania), Tiribocchi (Lecce), Pato (Milan), Lavezzi (Napoli), Bellucci (Sampdoria, 1 r), Amoruso (Torino, 2 r)

(I told you Di Vaio was rejuvenated at Bologna. He just keeps on scoring…)

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK

Alberto Gilardino vs. Catania - The Biella-born bomber scores a nice goal, flicking the ball over the last defender and then the goalkeeper and finishing calmly to score his 12th goal of the season.

Francesco Totti vs. Cagliari - Er Pupone is on a roll. Another goal from the Roma captain, this time with his unfavored left foot. A difficult shot that curls away from the keeper and sneaks in. 170th goal in Serie A.

Daniele Conti vs Roma - What an ironic but beautiful goal. Daniele Conti, son of Roma legend Bruno Conti, scores an absolutely perfect free kick vs the team that he played with as a youngster (with his dad looking on, no less).

Sergio Floccari vs Genoa - The Calabrese striker flicks the ball over Greek defender Sokratis and then dribbles around the box and finishes nicely.

Dejan Stankovic vs Chievo - Nicely worked team goal. Maicon down the wing, crossed to Ibra, flicks it back to Stankovic with his heel, who powers it past Sorrentino.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs Chievo - What can you say about Ibra. If you want to learn how to strike a soccer ball, watch this video. This shot was clocked at 120 kilometers per hour and was unstoppable for poor Sorrentino.

SERIE A’s UGLIEST FOOTBALLER

Today is the last day for voting before the final round! So get your votes in before 12 AM and tomorrow we’ll see which 10 footballers advance to the final round! Vote here.

SERIE B

AlbinoLeffe-Frosinone 2-2
Marcatori: 45´ rig. Dedic (Fro); 58´ Antonazzo (Fro); 74´ Ruopolo (Alb);
81´ Caremi (Alb)

Ascoli-Empoli 1-0
Marcatori: 66´ Belingheri (Asc)

Avellino-Salernitana 1-1
Marcatori: 21´ Soligo (Sal); 22´ Koman (Ave)

Bari-Piacenza 1-0
Marcatori: 61´ Kamata` (Bar)

Cittadella-Brescia 2-0
Marcatori: 18´ Meggiorini (Cit); 51´ Carteri (Cit)

Grosseto-Rimini 1-3
Marcatori: 17´ Carparelli (Gro); 39´ Vantaggiato (Rim); 49´ Docente (Rim);
51´ Vantaggiato (Rim)

Mantova-Modena 2-2
Marcatori: 10´ Tarana (Man); 15´ Rizzi (Man); 29´ rig. Bruno (Mod);
76´ Bruno (Mod)

Pisa-Parma 2-1
Marcatori: 30´ rig. Lucarelli C. (Par); 57´ Braiati (Pis); 60´ Joelson (Pis)

Sassuolo-Ancona 1-0
Marcatori: 66` Zampagna (Sas)

Triestina-Livorno 1-1
Marcatori: 7´ Diamanti (Liv); 25´ Minelli (Tri)

Vicenza-Treviso 1-1
Marcatori: 24´ Sgrigna (Vic); 28´ Bonucci (Tre)

SERIE B STANDINGS

Sassuolo 32; Empoli 31; Livorno 29; Parma 29; Grosseto 29; Brescia 29; Triestina 28; Bari 28; Vicenza 27; Pisa 26; AlbinoLeffe 26; Mantova 24; Rimini 22; Frosinone 21; Ancona 20; Cittadella 20; Salernitana 20; Piacenza 17; Avellino 17; Treviso 15; Modena 15; Ascoli 15

NEXT MATCHES

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

COPPA ITALIA

Coppa Italia is back this Wednesday, Fiorentina-Torino and Roma-Bologna are the games. GolTV will be showing them in North America.