Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 19 + Oscar Del Calcio Winners

By: Francesco | January 19th, 2009

After a day full of tension, Berlusconi announced late today that Kaka will be staying at Milan and that he closed the deal himself. So Milan fans everywhere can now breathe a sigh of relief (unless you were in favor of him leaving). We’ll see what happens over the next few days though. Regarding Serie A, we are now officially at the half-way point. The return fixtures start this weekend.

Atalanta-Inter 3-1
Scorers: 18´ Floccari (Ata); 28´ Doni (Ata); 33´ Doni (Ata);
90´ Ibrahimovic (Int)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.

Cagliari-Udinese 2-0
Scorers: 4´ Conti (Cag); 20´ Biondini (Cag)
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Catania-Bologna 1-2
Scorers: 49´ Di Vaio (Bol); 54´ Adailton (Bol); 85´ Paolucci (Cat)
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Chievo-Napoli 2-1
Scorers: 32´ rig. Marcolini (Chi); 51´ Lavezzi (Nap); 74´ rig. Marcolini (Chi)
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Lazio-Juventus 1-1
Scorers: 25´ Ledesma (Laz); 30´ Mellberg (Juv)
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Lecce-Genoa 0-2
Scorers: 69´ Jankovic (Gen); 90´ Sculli (Gen)
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Milan-Fiorentina 1-0
Scorers: 7´ Pato (Mil)
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Sampdoria-Palermo 0-2
Scorers: 45´ Bresciano (Pal); 58´ Bresciano (Pal)
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Siena-Reggina 1-0
Scorers: 74´ Frick (Sie)
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Torino-Roma 0-1
Scorers: 90´ Baptista (Rom)
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SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 43; Juventus 40; Milan 37; Genoa 35; Napoli 33; Fiorentina 32; Lazio 31; Roma 30; Palermo 29; Atalanta 27; Cagliari 25; Catania 25; Udinese 23; Siena 22; Sampdoria 20; Bologna 19; Lecce 17; Torino 15; Chievo 13; Reggina 13

NEXT MATCHES

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

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK

Julio Baptista vs. Torino – The Brazilian gifts Roma 3 points with this beautiful bicycle kick in stoppage time. Excellent goal from “La Bestia”.

Bosko Jankovic vs. Lecce – The Serbian midfielder finishes with a cheeky heel flick to put Genoa ahead 1-0. In the post-match interview, Jankovic said he has scored even better goals than this in his career. No small feat.

Sergio Floccari vs. Inter – Floccari puts Atalanta ahead of Inter with a nice goal. Doni heads it down to the striker who turns excellently around Maxwell and puts it past Julio Cesar.

Ezequiel Lavezzi vs. Chievo – El Pocho scores a typical Lavezzi goal, slaloming in the area and finishing past Sorrentino.

Christian Ledesma vs. Juventus – Call it a fluke or an error by Manninger, but that doesn’t take away the fact that Ledesma hit a nice free kick from the left wing that curled into the net.

OSCARS DEL CALCIO

Every year Serie A holds it’s annual awards ceremony to commemorate the best of the best in the last year of calcio action. Here were the winners for 2008:

Best Player Outright: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter)
Best Italian Player: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
Best Foreign Player: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter)
Best Young Player: Marek Hamsik (Napoli)
Best Goalkeeper: Gigi Buffon (Juventus)
Best Defender: Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
Best Coach: Cesare Prandelli (Fiorentina)
Best Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Best fan: Stefano Borgonovo

COPPA ITALIA

The Coppa Italia quarter-finals start Wednesday (still one-off games, no two legs until the semi-final) with Udinese and Sampdoria dueling in the early game and Inter and Roma facing off in what should be an entertaining encounter in the late game. Both games will be on GolTV in the USA (RAI in Italy).

SERIE B

Ancona-AlbinoLeffe 1-0
Marcatori: 26´ Nassi (Anc)

Brescia-Pisa 4-0
Marcatori: 24´ Zoboli (Bre); 34´ Zoboli (Bre); 72´ Nsereko (Bre);
73´ Nsereko (Bre)

Empoli-Avellino 1-1
Marcatori: 24´ Sforzini (Ave); 27´ Lodi (Emp)

Frosinone-Grosseto 2-0
Marcatori: 10´ Cavalli (Fro); 84´ Di Roberto (Fro)

Livorno-Ascoli 1-0
Marcatori: 61´ Rossini (Liv)

Modena-Triestina 0-0

Parma-Sassuolo 1-1
Marcatori: 61´ rig. Lucarelli C. (Par); 92´ Erpen (Sas)

Piacenza-Vicenza 1-0
Marcatori: 81´ Guzman (Pia)

Rimini-Cittadella 1-0
Marcatori: 10´ Ricchiuti (Rim)

Salernitana-Mantova 2-1
Marcatori: 39´ Di Napoli (Sal); 43´ Scarpa (Sal); 86´ Corona (Man)

Treviso-Bari 0-2
Marcatori: 30´ aut. Pianu (Tre); 89´ aut. Mezzano (Tre)

SERIE B STANDINGS

Livorno 38; Bari 37; Brescia 35; Parma 34; Sassuolo 33; Empoli 33; Triestina 32; Grosseto 32; Vicenza 29; Rimini 29; AlbinoLeffe 27; Ancona 26; Mantova 26; Frosinone 26; Pisa 26; Piacenza 24; Salernitana 23; Cittadella 21; Ascoli 21; Treviso 18; Avellino 17; Modena 16

NEXT MATCHES

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