Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 20

By: Francesco | January 26th, 2009

Inter defeated Sampdoria 1-0 to give themselves breathing room from Juventus. It was supposed to be the game where we would see the geniuses of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Antonio Cassano do battle, but unfortunately both players were unavailable for selection. The game wasn’t pretty, but Jose Mourinho’s squad got the job done once again, grinding out a 1-0 victory from a goal from Adriano, who seems to be reborn. (However he just got a 3 game suspension for punching Samp defender Daniele Gastaldello in the stomach during a corner kick). Sampdoria suffer another defeat in their disappointing season, and they are still hanging around in the relegation zone. Nothing seems to be going their way at the moment, and they really need to turn the ship around. Full results after the jump.

Bologna-Milan 1-4
Scorers: 9´ rig. Di Vaio (Bol); 13´ Seedorf (Mil); 17´ rig. Kaka` (Mil);
44´ Kaka` (Mil); 60´ Beckham (Mil)
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Genoa-Catania 1-1
Scorers: 67´ Martinez (Cat); 74´ Milito (Gen)
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Inter-Sampdoria 1-0
Scorers: 45´ Adriano (Int)
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Juventus-Fiorentina 1-0
Scorers: 21´ Marchisio (Juv)
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Lazio-Cagliari 1-4
Scorers: 3´ Rocchi (Laz); 5´ Jeda (Cag); 9´ Jeda (Cag);
21´ rig. Acquafresca (Cag); 41´ Matri (Cag)
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Lecce-Torino 3-3
Scorers: 12´ Munari (Lec); 45´ Munari (Lec); 47´ Saumel (Tor);
56´ Dellafiore (Tor); 73´ Castillo (Lec); 77´ Natali (Tor)
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Napoli-Roma 0-3
Scorers: 18´ Mexes (Rom); 32´ Juan (Rom); 50´ Vucinic (Rom)
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Palermo-Udinese 3-2
Scorers: 2´ Pepe (Udi); 17´ Simplicio (Pal); 54´ Simplicio (Pal);
57´ Cavani (Pal); 63´ Di Natale (Udi)
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Reggina-Chievo 0-1
Scorers: 90´ Italiano (Chi)
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Siena-Atalanta 1-0
Scorers: 44´ Frick (Sie)
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SERIE A STANDINGS

Inter 46; Juventus 43; Milan 40; Genoa 36; Napoli 33; Roma 33; Fiorentina 32; Palermo 32; Lazio 31; Cagliari 28; Atalanta 27; Catania 26; Siena 25; Udinese 23; Sampdoria 20; Bologna 19; Lecce 18; Torino 16; Chievo 16; Reggina 13

NEXT MATCHES (MIDWEEK ROUND TO BE PLAYED THIS WEDNESDAY)

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

FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK

Vincenzo Italiano vs. Reggina – The Chievo midfielder wins the game for the Flying Donkeys in stoppage time with this laser beam from some way out.

Gianni Munari vs. Torino – The Lecce midfielder scores an excellent goal vs Toro. A long range effort that bends into the far upper corner.

Claudio Marchisio vs. Fiorentina – The Italy U21 midfielder scores his first goal of the season after a beautiful assist from Del Piero throws off the Viola defense and Marchisio makes an excellent run and finish.

Kaka vs. Bologna – The Brazilian midfielder, after refusing the Manchester City transfer, scores a nice effort from outside the area.

SERIE B

AlbinoLeffe-Modena 2-1
Marcatori: 47´ Biabiany (Mod); 79´ Cisse (Alb); 86´ Perico (Alb)

Ancona-Treviso 2-1
Marcatori: 18´ Nassi (Anc); 33´ Zigoni (Tre); 44´ Nassi (Anc)

Brescia-Empoli 2-0
Marcatori: 16´ Mareco (Bre); 39´ rig. Possanzini (Bre)

Cittadella-Piacenza 4-4
Marcatori: 30´ Guzman (Pia); 42´ rig. Iori (Cit); 61´ Moscardelli (Pia);
66´ rig. Guzman (Pia); 69´ Bonvissuto (Cit); 71´ Gorini (Cit); 75´ Oliveira (Cit);
95´ Rickler (Pia)

Frosinone-Mantova 1-2
Marcatori: 29´ rig. Corona (Man); 39´ Scarlato (Fro); 83´ Corona (Man)

Grosseto-Pisa 4-1
Marcatori: 18´ rig. Genevier (Pis); 38´ Pellicori (Gro); 40´ Cordova (Gro);
86´ Pichlmann (Gro); 89´ Pichlmann (Gro)

Livorno-Avellino 0-0

Rimini-Parma 0-0

Sassuolo-Salernitana 1-0
Marcatori: 74´ Pensalfini (Sas)

Triestina-Bari 1-2
Marcatori: 46´ Barreto (Bar); 65´ rig. Granoche (Tri); 71´ Barreto (Bar)

Vicenza-Ascoli 3-1
Marcatori: 20´ Forestieri (Vic); 28´ Bucchi (Asc); 95´ Margiotta (Vic)

SERIE B STANDINGS

Bari 40; Livorno 39; Brescia 38; Sassuolo 36; Parma 35; Grosseto 35; Empoli 33; Vicenza 32; Triestina 32; AlbinoLeffe 30; Rimini 30; Ancona 29; Mantova 29; Frosinone 26; Pisa 26; Piacenza 25; Salernitana 23; Cittadella 22; Avellino 20; Treviso 18; Ascoli 17; Modena 16

NEXT MATCHES

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