Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 18

By: Francesco | January 13th, 2009

How great it was to have Serie A back after the winter break. I missed my weekly calcio fix. Roma-Milan highlighted the return of Serie A. Both teams desperate for the 3 points, as Roma wanted to inch closer to the top half of the table and Milan wanted to get closer to Juventus and Inter. The game of course was overshadowed by the big Beckham circus, but the play on the field was beautiful, with both teams fighting hard and playing to an entertaining 2-2 draw. The two strikers of each side, Pato and Mirko Vucinic, both grabbed braces, and both can truly improve a lot more in the future and truly become world class. Full results after the jump.

Bologna-Chievo 1-1
Scorers: 43´ Pellissier (Chi); 45´ rig. Di Vaio (Bol)
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Fiorentina-Lecce 1-2
Scorers: 6´ Giacomazzi (Lec); 25´ Felipe Melo (Fio); 28´ Castillo (Lec)
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Genoa-Torino 3-0
Scorers: 18´ Biava (Gen); 48´ Jankovic (Gen); 84´ Motta (Gen)
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Inter-Cagliari 1-1
Scorers: 65´ Acquafresca (Cag); 77´ Ibrahimovic (Int)
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Juventus-Siena 1-0
Scorers: 34´ Del Piero (Juv)
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Napoli-Catania 1-0
Scorers: 80´ Maggio (Nap)
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Palermo-Atalanta 3-2
Scorers: 22´ Miccoli (Pal); 39´ Bresciano (Pal); 65´ Floccari (Ata);
78´ Ferreira Pinto (Ata); 81´ Cavani (Pal)
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Reggina-Lazio 2-3
Scorers: 4´ rig. Corradi (Reg); 14´ Pandev (Laz); 22´ Pandev (Laz);
63´ Cozza (Reg); 77´ Pandev (Laz)
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Roma-Milan 2-2
Scorers: 22´ Vucinic (Rom); 48´ Pato (Mil); 53´ Pato (Mil);
71´ Vucinic (Rom)
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Udinese-Sampdoria 1-1
Scorers: 57´ Delvecchio (Sam); 62´ Domizzi (Udi)
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SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 43; Juventus 39; Milan 34; Napoli 33; Fiorentina 32; Genoa 32; Lazio 30; Palermo 26; Catania 25; Atalanta 24; Roma 24; Udinese 23; Cagliari 22; Sampdoria 20; Siena 19; Lecce 17; Bologna 16; Torino 15; Reggina 13; Chievo 10

NEXT MATCHES

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

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK

Robert Acquafresca vs. Inter – The Italy U21 striker scores against the team that owns him with a nice control and finish.

Alessandro Del Piero vs. Siena – Del Piero scores one of his trademark free-kicks (his 6th free kick goal of the season) to earn 3 points for Juve vs. Siena

Guillermo Giacomazzi vs. Fiorentina – Giacomazzi breaks free from the offside trap, then fakes out Frey and chips it calmly over him.

Fabrizio Miccoli vs. Atalanta – Miccoli with a nice control from a long ball and then an outside of the boot finish past Coppola.

Mirko Vucinic vs. Milan – The Montenegrin striker controls Riise’s cross excellent, than makes a quick fake to skip past the defender and finishes nicely.

Pato vs. Roma – Pato uses all of his speed to just gallop down the left flank, he jets past Mexes and then finishes with a beautiful chip over Doni.

COPPA ITALIA AND MID-WEEK GAME

The Coppa Italia continues this week. Today Inter takes on Genoa at the San Siro, and tomorrow Juventus takes on Catania at the Stadio Olimpico. (Both games will be on GolTV). Wednesday the make-up game between Roma and Sampdoria takes place after it was originally postponed because of the torrential downpour in Rome the first time around. This game will be live on RAI International.

SERIE B

AlbinoLeffe-Livorno 0-1
Marcatori: 64´ Pulzetti (Liv)

Ascoli-Treviso 1-0
Marcatori: 87´ Gaeta (Asc)

Avellino-Modena 4-3
Marcatori: 6´ Koman (Ave); 18´ De Zerbi (Ave); 32´ Catellani (Mod);
44´ De Zerbi (Ave); 52´ Biabiany (Mod); 66´ Longo (Mod); 69´ Sforzini (Ave)

Bari-Salernitana 1-0
Marcatori: 28´ Barreto (Bar)

Cittadella-Frosinone 0-0

Grosseto-Ancona 2-1
Marcatori: 12´ Turati (Anc); 57´ Pellicori (Gro); 60´ Freddi (Gro)

Mantova-Piacenza 0-0

Pisa-Rimini 1-3
Marcatori: 15´ Vitiello (Rim); 45´ rig. Vantaggiato (Rim); 47´ Vantaggiato (Rim);
69´ Greco (Pis)

Sassuolo-Brescia Postponed because of icy pitch

Triestina-Empoli 2-0
Marcatori: 29´ Antonelli (Tri); 60´ Granoche (Tri)

Vicenza-Parma 1-1
Marcatori: 68´ Reginaldo (Par); 76´ Sgrigna (Vic)

SERIE B STANDINGS

Livorno 35; Bari 34; Parma 33; Sassuolo 32; Empoli 32; Brescia 32; Grosseto 32; Triestina 31; Vicenza 29; AlbinoLeffe 27; Mantova 26; Pisa 26; Rimini 26; Ancona 23; Frosinone 23; Cittadella 21; Piacenza 21; Ascoli 21; Salernitana 20; Treviso 18; Avellino 16; Modena 15

NEXT MATCHES

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