Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 3

By: Francesco | September 22nd, 2008

The third giornata of Serie A had less drama and surprises then the last two weeks, but it was interesting and exciting nonetheless. All the big teams won (including Milan for the first time): Inter swept aside Torino, Juventus won a tricky away game vs. Cagliari, Roma ended their “crisis” by soundly defeating Reggina 3-0, Milan finally won with a 4-1 victory over Lazio, and Fiorentina keep chugging along (with Gila scoring goals) with a win vs. Bologna. On the other side of things, Cagliari still find themselves without any points, while Sampdoria are still without a win. Catania are impressing and defeated Atalanta at home, while Lecce and Siena shared points in Puglia. Udinese and Napoli, a game which was hyped up to be a goal-fest, turned out to be a 0-0 draw. There were lots of great goals scored from far outside the box this weekend, I’ve never seen so many in a single giornata. Make sure to watch Maicon’s vs. Torino, Zambrotta’s vs. Lazio, Bovo’s vs. Genoa, and Aquilani vs. Reggina. Detailed round-up after the jump.

Cagliari-Juventus 0-1
Scorers: 39´ Amauri (Juv)
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Catania-Atalanta 1-0
Scorers: 59´ Paolucci (Cat)
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Fiorentina-Bologna 1-0
Scorers: 37´ Gilardino (Fio)
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Lecce-Siena 1-1
Scorers: 38´ Ficagna (Sie); 56´ Caserta (Lec)
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Milan-Lazio 4-1
Scorers: 8´ Seedorf (Mil); 26´ Zarate (Laz); 35´ Zambrotta (Mil);
49´ Pato (Mil); 60´ Kaka` (Mil)
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Palermo-Genoa 2-1
Scorers: 39´ Cavani (Pal); 59´ Bovo (Pal); 89´ Milito (Gen)
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Roma-Reggina3-0
Scorers: 45´ Panucci (Rom); 51´ Aquilani (Rom); 90´ Perrotta (Rom)
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Sampdoria-Chievo 1-1
Scorers: 49´ Franceschini (Sam); 51´ Langella (Chi)
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Torino-Inter 1-3
Scorers: 24´ aut. Pisano (Tor); 26´ Maicon (Int); 52´ Ibrahimovic (Int);
76´ Abbruscato (Tor)
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Udinese-Napoli 0-0
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SERIE A TABLE

Inter 7; Juventus 7; Lazio 6; Atalanta 6; Catania 6; Palermo 6; Napoli 5; Roma 4; Siena 4; Torino 4; Udinese 4; Fiorentina 4; Chievo 4; Lecce 4; Genoa 3; Milan 3; Bologna 3; Sampdoria 2; Reggina 1; Cagliari 0

TOP SCORERS

4 GOALS: Zarate (Lazio, 1 r)
2 GOALS: Gilardino (Fiorentina), Milito (Genoa, 1 r), Ibrahimovic (Inter), Amauri (Juventus), Pandev (Lazio), Caserta (Lecce), Hamsik (Napoli), Cavani, Miccoli (Palermo), Aquilani (Roma), Di Natale (Udinese)
1 GOAL: Guarente, Padoin (Atalanta), Di Vaio, Valiani (Bologna), Larrivey (Cagliari), Mascara, Paolucci, Plasmati (Catania), Italiano, Langella, Marcolini (Chievo, 1 r), Mutu (Fiorentina), Sculli (Genoa), Maicon (Inter), Nedved (Juventus), Foggia (Lazio), Castillo (Lecce), Ambrosini, Kaka`, Pato, Seedorf, Zambrotta (Milan), Maggio (Napoli), Bovo, Bresciano (Palermo), Corradi (Reggina, 1 r), Baptista, Panucci, Perrotta (Roma), Delvecchio, Franceschini (Sampdoria), Calaio`, Ficagna, Ghezzal (Siena), Abbruscato, Amoruso, Bianchi, Rosina (1 r), Zanetti (Torino), Inler (Udinese)

OWN GOALS: Terlizzi, Mascara (Catania), Di Loreto, Pisano (Torino)

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

SERIE B

AlbinoLeffe-Avellino 2-1
Marcatori: 12´ rig. Ruopolo (Alb); 30´ Doudou (Ave); 74´ Carobbio (Alb)

Ancona-Piacenza 0-1
Marcatori: 89´ Ferraro (Pia)

Brescia-Ascoli 2-1
Marcatori: 53´ Pesce (Asc); 72´ Nsereko (Bre); 85´ Possanzini (Bre)

Cittadella-Mantova 0-2
Marcatori: 59´ Godeas (Man); 68´ rig. Caridi (Man)

Frosinone-Treviso 1-0
Marcatori: 6´ Eder (Fro)

Grosseto-Parma 1-0
Marcatori: 16´ Lazzari (Gro)

Livorno-Pisa 1-1
Marcatori: 73´ Diamanti (Liv); 80´ rig. Genevier (Pis)

Modena-Salernitana 0-1
Marcatori: 38´ rig. Fava (Sal)

Rimini-Empoli 0-1
Marcatori: 76´ Pasquato (Emp)

Triestina-Sassuolo 1-1
Marcatori: 51´ Zampagna (Sas); 85´ rig. Princivalli (Tri)

Vicenza-Bari 1-2
Marcatori: 14´ Sgrigna (Vic); 29´ Barreto (Bar); 68´ Barreto (Bar)

SERIE B TABLE

AlbinoLeffe 10; Salernitana 10; Grosseto 9; Sassuolo 7; Mantova 7; Piacenza 7; Livorno 6; Triestina 6; Bari 6; Brescia 6; Empoli 6; Ascoli 5; Parma 4; Rimini 4; Frosinone 4; Pisa 4; Cittadella 2; Ancona 2; Treviso 1; Vicenza 1; Modena 0; Avellino -2

NEXT MATCHES (TUESDAY)

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

Salernitana top of the table, that’s what I like to see! Forza Granata!