Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 17

By: Francesco | December 22nd, 2008

I’m not just putting this picture up to rile up the Inter fans, but this shows just how bad the linesman was Saturday night. Actually, something I noticed this season is that the linesmen have been poor all around in games featuring all teams. It’s like they’re too lazy to do their job and keep up with the last defender. Collina needs to use this Christmas break to do some linesmen training. Which brings me to my next point: what the hell am I going to watch with no Serie A until January 11? I guess I can afford to watch the EPL for a few weeks (but I probably won’t). Results after the jump.

Atalanta-Juventus 1-3
Scorers: 32´ Del Piero (Juv); 38´ Legrottaglie (Juv); 48´ Vieri (Ata);
81´ Amauri (Juv)
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Cagliari-Reggina 1-1
Scorers: 1´ Acquafresca (Cag); 61´ rig. Brienza (Reg)
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Catania-Roma 3-2
Scorers: 34´ Baiocco (Cat); 40´ Morimoto (Cat); 56´ Morimoto (Cat);
74´ Vucinic (Rom); 78´ Menez (Rom)
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Chievo-Genoa 0-1
Scorers: 89´ Olivera (Gen)
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Lazio-Palermo 1-0
Scorers: 67´ Rocchi (Laz)
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Lecce-Bologna 0-0
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Milan-Udinese 5-1
Scorers: 4´ Pato (Mil); 13´ Kaka` (Mil); 17´ Di Natale (Udi);
18´ Pato (Mil); 43´ Seedorf (Mil); 52´ Kaka` (Mil)
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Sampdoria-Fiorentina 0-1
Scorers: 19´ Montolivo (Fio)
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Siena-Inter 1-2
Scorers: 35´ Maicon (Int); 44´ Kharja (Sie); 83´ Maicon (Int)
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Torino-Napoli 1-0
Scorers: 53´ Bianchi (Tor)
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SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 42; Juventus 36; Milan 33; Fiorentina 32; Napoli 30; Genoa 29; Lazio 27; Catania 25; Atalanta 24; Palermo 23; Roma 23; Udinese 22; Cagliari 21; Sampdoria 19; Siena 19; Bologna 15; Torino 15; Lecce 14; Reggina 13; Chievo 9

NEXT MATCHES

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

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK

Houssain Kharja vs. Inter – A brave and well executed diving header from the Moroccan attacking midfielder.

Ruben Olivera vs. Chievo – the Uruguayan midfielder gets Genoa the three points with a nice stop and then a dribble past a few defenders and a nice finish.

Riccardo Montolivo vs. Sampdoria – Montolivo scores the only goal of the match with a excellent first time shot from outside the area.

Kaka vs. Udinese – Jankulovski comes forward and the ball comes to Kaka, who scores with a trademark finish. Just slams it home.

WEIRD SERIE A STORY OF THE WEEK

Sampdoria’s Argentinian central defender Jonathan Bottinelli may have to end his Serie A adventure early. According to reports, Bottinelli’s girlfriend has a son from a previous marriage, and the father of the child says it is against the custody agreement for his son to be living so far away on another continent. Bottinelli doesn’t want to stay alone in Italy and may be forced to go back to Argentina on loan for the rest of the season to settle this whole problem. We’ll see in January I guess.

UGLIEST SERIE A FOOTBALLER

Today is the last day to vote! Tomorrow at 12 PM EST the voting will stop and we will crown Serie A’s Ugliest Footballer. So if you haven’t voted already, vote here.

SERIE B

Ancona-Triestina 2-1
Marcatori: 41´ Rincon (Anc); 51´ Ardemagni (Tri); 86´ Vanigli (Anc)

Brescia-Grosseto 1-0
Marcatori: 33´ Caracciolo (Bre)

Empoli-Mantova 1-1
Marcatori: 36´ Corona (Man); 79´ Saudati (Emp)

Frosinone-Vicenza 0-0

Livorno-Sassuolo 3-2
Marcatori: 2´ Loviso (Liv); 38´ Tavano (Liv); 45´ Zampagna (Sas);
76´ Masucci (Sas); 94´ Tavano (Liv)

Modena-Bari 0-2
Marcatori: 17´ rig. Barreto (Bar); 83´ Caputo (Bar)

Parma-Cittadella 1-0
Marcatori: 74´ Paloschi (Par)

Piacenza-Pisa 1-0
Marcatori: 53´ Guzman (Pia)

Rimini-AlbinoLeffe 1-1
Marcatori: 71´ Madonna (Alb); 72´ Vantaggiato (Rim)

Salernitana-Ascoli 1-2
Marcatori: 11´ rig. Soncin (Asc); 22´ Cani (Asc); 69´ Gerardi (Sal)

Treviso-Avellino 2-1
Marcatori: 2´ Musetti (Tre); 52´ Pepe (Ave); 72´ Guigou (Tre)

SERIE B STANDINGS

Livorno 32; Sassuolo 32; Parma 32; Empoli 32; Brescia 32; Bari 31; Grosseto 29; Vicenza 28; Triestina 28; AlbinoLeffe 27; Pisa 26; Mantova 25; Ancona 23; Rimini 23; Frosinone 22; Cittadella 20; Piacenza 20; Salernitana 20; Treviso 18; Ascoli 18; Avellino 17; Modena 15

NEXT MATCHES

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