SuperCoppaItalia

By: Francesco | August 25th, 2008

So as you can see from the title, 2 things happened in the calcio world this weekend. We had the SuperCoppa, and we had the third round of the Coppa Italia. Let’s go backwards and begin with the SuperCoppa. Inter won the first trophy of the season, triumphing over Roma on penalties 8-7 after drawing 2-2 in regulation. Many did not get to see the game, because nobody in the US was broadcasting it, but I got to watch it on a stream, as others did. Inter went ahead in the first half on a goal from new signing Sulley Muntari. In the second half, Daniele De Rossi drew level with a rocket from distance. 7 minutes before full time, Mexes mistimed a header and Mario Balotelli ran onto the ball, chipping it over an onrushing Doni to put Inter ahead. Just when Inter thought they had it won, Mirko Vucinic tied the game in stoppage time on a header from a corner. In extra time Inter pushed but Roma defended and the game went to penalties.

In penalties, Stankovic hit the crossbar and Totti could’ve won the game for the Giallorossi, but his powerful shot thumped the bar. In sudden death penalties Juan had his penalty saved by Julio Cesar and Javier Zanetti slotted home to win the SuperCoppa for Inter.

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Penalties:

Coppa Italia

The third round of the Coppa Italia was completed this weekend, and there were some surprises. Here are the results:

Siena - Albinoleffe 4-0
6′ pt Calaiò; 5′ st Portanova; 24′ st Kharja; 35′ st Maccarone
Atalanta – Modena 2-1
31′pt Manfredini (A), 37′pt Bruno (r) (M), 45’st Marconi (A)
Cittadella – Empoli 0-1
44’st Lodi
Lecce – Salernitana 0-1
21′ st Di Napoli
Reggina – Grosseto 3-0
45′ pt Corradi (rigore), 5’st Hallfredsson, 15’st Barillà
Cagliari – Triestina 1-0
29’st Matri (rig.)
Palermo – Ravenna 1-2
11′ e 27′ Succi, 37’st Cavani
Crotone – Livorno 0-3
Catania – Parma 2-1
14′ pts e 4′ sts Paolucci, 6′ sts Troest
Chievo – Padova 1-2
16′pt Bau,13′ st Pellissier, 30’st Varricchio
Bologna – Vicenza 2-0
33’st Di Vaio, 44’st Adailton
Ascoli – Bari 1-0
22’st Pesce
Lazio – Benevento 5-1
9′ Mauri, 23′ Colombini (aut.), 3′ st Clemente (B), 10′ st aut.Gori, 13′ st e 47′ st Pandev
Brescia-Torino 1 -2
35′Possanzini, 18’st Rosina, 14pts Di Michele
Genoa – Mantova 3-1
20′ e 45′ Olivera, 33′ st Milanetto, 45′ st Passoni (M)
Sassuolo – Reggiana 1-0
40′ st Salvetti

Ravenna knocked out Palermo, and Padova knocked out Chievo to continue the Lega Pro (Serie C) representation in the Coppa Italia. Salernitana knocked off Lecce.

Here are the fixtures for the next round, played on September 18 and October 2.

Bologna-Ascoli
Catania-Padova
Lazio-Atalanta
Ravenna-Genoa
Reggina-Cagliari
Salernitana-Sassuolo
Siena-Empoli
Torino-Livorno

And just to let everyone know, sometime this week I will post my Serie A 2008/2009 Preview.