Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 24
By: Francesco | February 16th, 2009
Inter-Milan yesterday turned out to be one of the better derbies of recent years. It was filled with intensity, exciting play, and featured two star-studded squads. Adriano’s goal was subject to much debate, but even a Milan fan like myself has to admit that it was a call that could have gone either way. On the one hand, you can see that Adriano went to head the ball, mishit it, it hit his arm involuntarily, and went into the net. On the other hand, you can say a handball is a handball and it shouldn’t have counted. It depends on the referee, and as a Mourinho said yesterday, it was a valid goal, but if it had been disallowed it wouldn’t have been scandalous. However both Inter goals showed Milan’s weakness, their defense. Both the first and second goals can be attributed to defensive errors, and if Milan want to get to the top of Italy and Europe again, they need to fix that this summer. Inter went to +9 over Juve and +11 over Milan, and barring one of the greatest slip-up/comeback stories in calcio history, the Nerazzurri look on their way to yet another title. Full results after the jump.
Atalanta-Roma 3-0
Scorers: 52´ Capelli (Ata); 56´ Doni (Ata); 59´ Doni (Ata)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Cagliari-Lecce 2-0
Scorers: 50´ Fini (Cag); 90´ Matri (Cag)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Chievo-Catania 1-1
Scorers: 12´ rig. Ledesma (Cat); 90´ Colucci (Chi)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Genoa-Fiorentina 3-3
Scorers: 12´ Motta (Gen); 38´ Palladino (Gen); 56´ rig. Milito (Gen);
59´ rig. Mutu (Fio); 80´ Mutu (Fio); 90´ Mutu (Fio)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Inter-Milan 2-1
Scorers: 29´ Adriano (Int); 43´ Stankovic (Int); 71´ Pato (Mil)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Juventus-Sampdoria 1-1
Scorers: 10´ Pazzini (Sam); 62´ Amauri (Juv)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Lazio-Torino 1-1
Scorers: 36´ Abate (Tor); 75´ Siviglia (Laz)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Napoli-Bologna 1-1
Scorers: 20´ Maggio (Nap); 23´ Di Vaio (Bol)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Reggina-Palermo 0-0
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
Siena-Udinese 1-1
Scorers: 50´ Maccarone (Sie); 72´ Di Natale (Udi)
Report. Player Ratings. Highlights.
SERIE A STANDINGS
Inter 56; Juventus 47; Milan 45; Fiorentina 42; Genoa 41; Roma 40; Cagliari 37; Atalanta 36; Palermo 36; Napoli 35; Lazio 32; Udinese 31; Siena 27; Catania 27; Sampdoria 26; Bologna 23; Lecce 22; Torino 20; Chievo 20; Reggina 17
NEXT MATCHES
Bologna-Inter; Catania-Reggina; Fiorentina-Chievo; Lecce-Lazio; Milan-Cagliari; Napoli-Genoa; Palermo-Juventus; Roma-Siena; Sampdoria-Atalanta; Torino-Udinese
FRANCESCO’S SERIE A GOALS OF THE WEEK
Michele Fini vs. Lecce – The Cagliari midfielder puts the Rossoblu ahead with this great strike that arrows into the side of the net.
Ignazio Abate vs. Lazio – The U21 winger scores a great goal vs. Lazio. Collects the ball from a mistake by Dabo and then unleashes an angled drive that blazes past Muslera.
Thiago Motta vs. Fiorentina – Nice play from Motta and Milito that leads to Genoa’s opening goal vs Fiorentina. Marco Rossi gives it to Motta who plays a beautiful 1-2 with Milito and finishes it off.
Adrian Mutu vs. Genoa – In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, with Fiorentina down 3-2, the Viola go on one last attack and put the ball in the box. It scrambles around, and then Mutu shows up and places it past Rubinho to give Fiorentina the draw at the last possible moment. (that was his 3rd goal of the game too.)
Amauri vs. Sampdoria – Great assist by Giovinco but great bravery from Amauri who executes a perfect diving header that powers past Castellazzi to bring Juve level.
Pato vs. Inter – Ronaldinho unlocks the Inter defense with a great pass for Jankulovski who completes the triangle with an assist to Pato who slots it home. Nice team play.
SERIE B
Ascoli-Brescia 1-0
Marcatori: 6´ aut. Zoboli (Bre)
Avellino-AlbinoLeffe 0-0
Bari-Vicenza 1-1
Marcatori: 25´ Bjelanovic (Vic); 37´ Caputo (Bar)
Empoli-Rimini 2-1
Marcatori: 24´ Corvia (Emp); 56´ Corvia (Emp); 82´ La Camera (Rim)
Mantova-Cittadella 2-1
Marcatori: 51´ Caridi (Man); 55´ rig. Caridi (Man); 90´ Bonvissuto (Cit)
Parma-Grosseto 4-0
Marcatori: 4´ Vantaggiato (Par); 41´ Leon (Par); 53´ Leon (Par);
85´ Vantaggiato (Par)
Piacenza-Ancona 2-0
Marcatori: 44´ Ferraro (Pia); 75´ Olivi (Pia)
Pisa-Livorno 2-1
Marcatori: 10´ Greco (Pis); 43´ Diamanti (Liv); 45´ Viviani (Pis)
Salernitana-Modena 3-2
Marcatori: 1´ Soligo (Sal); 3´ Bruno (Mod); 22´ rig. Fava (Sal);
55´ Fava (Sal); 83´ Stanco (Mod)
Sassuolo-Triestina 1-1
Marcatori: 7´ Granoche (Tri); 48´ Erpen (Sas)
Treviso-Frosinone 1-2
Marcatori: 30´ Antonazzo (Fro); 47´ Smit (Tre); 85´ Tavares (Fro)
SERIE B STANDINGS
Livorno 45; Bari 45; Sassuolo 42; Parma 41; Brescia 40; Empoli 40; Grosseto 38; Vicenza 36; Triestina 36; Ancona 32; AlbinoLeffe 32; Mantova 32; Rimini 32; Pisa 31; Frosinone 29; Salernitana 29; Cittadella 28; Piacenza 28; Ascoli 26; Treviso 22; Avellino 21; Modena 18
NEXT MATCHES
AlbinoLeffe-Sassuolo; Ascoli-Mantova; Brescia-Ancona; Cittadella-Treviso; Frosinone-Parma; Grosseto-Avellino; Livorno-Bari; Modena-Empoli; Rimini-Piacenza; Triestina-Salernitana; Vicenza-Pisa
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Gianfranco, Abate is going to be an important player for Milan and Italy in the future. I just hope that, unlike in the past, Milan realizes the talent he has and doesn’t sell him off.
He’s one of the few Italian pure wingers out there.
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Difference in the goals was that Kaladze made a big mistake that led to the goal. Inter just got completely fooled by Dinho’s pass, which lead to Pato being unmarked. One came from a hoofed long ball, one came from an intelligent through ball. Both count equally and you won the game, so I really don’t see what the problem is.
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francesco at times he reminds me of Donadoni marauding the wing, granted Milan has not employed wingers in ages, but it would be a good change of pace and stretch out Zambro’s career on defense.
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I dont wanna get involved where I dont belong. But when I saw that goal I thought it should have been called a hand ball and I didnt care which team won. At the end of the game it looked like the refs wouldn’t let Milan tie it up, just my 2 cents.
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Johanna, you will be waiting forever for empirical proof that Inter are allegedly tampering with refs. I am still waiting to see that scientific evidence for the judgements against Milan.
There was no real scientific evidence for the calciopoli (nothing that i have seen) mostly heresay, and phone conversations tapped by the owner of Inter and a hasty trial carried out by an ex-Inter director.
If there is some real statistical and empirical evidence out there for calciopoli, I would love to see it as well. And even with these stats, the question is are the big clubs in Italy favored any more than big clubs in England or in Spain? Is it a unconcious ref bias or a concious one?
Statistically we have no data. So if you would like all the judgements to be handled scientifically, you may have to give back a couple of those scudettos.:p
But I dont want to open that can of worms. But i suppose I just did.
And in terms of unfair calls, that statement was mainly for the single Derby game. Not over the season. During the game, there are small calls and big calls and the majority of the big calls went against us (handball, 2 alleged penalties) where as the alleged big call that went against us was the expectation of a 2nd yellow for Ambro.
But all that doesnt bother me. At all. Its a game, and occasionally calls can go either way. Penalties, cards, etc.
I just cant get over the handball. It was clear as day. When Gila did it, and the ref missed it he was banned for 2 games. The basic assumption here is that what he did was illegal. Was Gila’s handball any less inadvertant than adriano’s? So is Adriano going to be banned now?
I said this elsehwere earlier. Its NOT about the fairness of the rule, its the fairness of application. Personally, that handball did not look any less inadvertant than the one Gila did. So if that goal should have been called of, so should this. If Gila was suspended so should Adriano. Will it happen? I doubt it, but lets see.
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There is going to be a hearing to look into the handball. Adriano may yet be banned. It all depends on what it says in Rosetti’s report – I think.
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“On the other hand, you can say a handball is a handball and it shouldn’t have counted.”
Hey! It’s called a handling offence! Don’t you ever listen to MAD?
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MAD when you posting things like you just did I start thinking that you are .. mad, for real. What kind of BS you trying to pull here? His hand changed the path of the ball in teh box, its a handling offense, both ways.
As for the empirical evidence, keep dreaming… Look at Inter boards, Inter interviews, blah blah…
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Er, I write the Inter board. I have no evidence.
I was just saying that I am tired of hearing people’s sour grapes. If they have evidence – real evidence – bring it on.
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It should be called a handball FIRST AND FOREMOST b/c it changed the flight of the ball off of Adri’s head. I’m not arguing whether it would have gone in anyways or not.
As for intention, no one can judge that now, can they? Except for the big guy upstairs. But I mean when have you seen someone take a header like that … Usually arms are back so you can get as much momentum as possible to the exact point of your forehead where the ball makes contact. But hey, maybe I’m just overanalyzing it as one who doesn’t particularly like the organization that is Internazionale.
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Francesco …Good Job of summary and highlights
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bitter grapes from serie B
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“It should be called a handball FIRST AND FOREMOST b/c it changed the flight of the ball off of Adri’s head.”
This fact has no bearing on judging whether or not illegal handling has occurred. It’s either the ball moves to hand/arm – no intent, or moving the hand/arm to the ball – intent.
It’s clearly the ball moving to the hand/arm in this case, as an impartial third party has ruled this morning, after Berlusconi’s goons tried to ban Adriano.
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If the FIGC banned Gilardino for his handball, Adriano certainly should have.
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The FIGC banned Gila for a deliberate handling of the ball into the net. Adriano’s case is/was completely different as there never was intent.
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I dont see how Gila’s handball was deliberate. Or any less inadvertant than adrianos.
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And there you go Johanna, that takes care of the lack of fairness in application.
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MAD: I’ve seen more innocent handballs being called. That goal should have definitely been disallowed. I don’t necessarily agree with banning a player based on video evidence (unless it’s for violent conduct), but any fair person could see clearly it was a handball. This incident is why I’m confounded why FIFA or UEFA haven’t really considered the idea of implementing video technology more seriously.
I also thought Milan had 2 strong penalty claims during the match.
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k: I’d love to see the calciopoli evidence against Milan, too. From what I’ve read and gathered there wasn’t really any strong evidence we tried to pay referees. In fact, if I recall correctly, most of the “allegedly” fixed games that involved Milan, Milan actually lost or drew those games.
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Only fixed matches that the FIGC concluded were matches that saved Fiorentina from relegation. There’s no mention in the entire 100page report about any others being confirmed as fixed.
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Gilardino’s handling offense also didn’t touch his head he was like sliding towards the ground and hit it. I don’t know, to me that one seemed more intentional.
I just feel like weaker handballs have been called than that one and they should not have counted it, just by precedent.
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Gilardino is a dirty, dirty whore
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with a shit haircut.
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Capunk: I obviously disagree. It was said last year that a handling offense was ruled as a penalty incorrectly last year (Inter-Parma). If the exact same thing happens this year then they have to give the ruling that they said was correct. For example, as I have said several times, Seedorf should have had a goal last week.
I see the problem as the fact that there is handling that isn’t an infraction of the rules and handling that is. If the arm moves to the ball then it’s an infraction. Adriano is clearly trying to head the ball in. His head is down, his eyes look closed and the ball hits his arm after it hits his head. I don’t know anyone who isn’t saying the ball didn’t hit his arm. The question is, is it an infraction. The ref said no, the judge at Sports Court said no. Most of the reliable press I have heard said no. My gut says no.
Gilardino was on the ground and pushed his hand to the ball which was in the air or on the ground (I can’t remember) in front of him. He was looking at it and he did it on purpose. These are really two different cases, in my mind.
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MAD its IRRELEVANT what you said last year, two years ago and what opinion you maintain on that particular matter. There are rules that we we should follow and respect. If they become archaic, then we change them, but in no way using you hand, however inadvertently it was, to change ball’s path ever will be amended. It wasn’t a regular handball, it was a mother of handballs.
The only handling that is not infraction of the rules is when defenders are shot from close range, but then again it all depends on the wingspan.
As for Gila, his case was 50/50, he was tackled from behind, was falling down and his hand movement was automatic (the laws of physics anyone????) from that fall.
I guess we will see another calciopoli and Inter, so “clean and nice”, never did anything wrong, will go to Serie C.
Amen.
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