December 1st, 2008
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Palermo 3 - AC Milan 1 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) In the 25th minute Palermo’s goalie Marco Amelia clattered into Pato on the edge of the box, with the ref pointing to the spot. Ronaldinho stepped up to convert the spot-kick but Amelia went from villain to hero saving the shot from the bucked-tooth Brazilian. And after the break Palermo may the Rossoneri pay as Fabrizio Miccoli fired home a brilliant opener after cutting in from the left hand side. Nine minutes later it was 2-nil as Edison Cavani headed home a second. The men in pink killed the game when Simplicio hit a third, Ronaldinho netting a late consolation from the penalty spot,
Inter Milan 2 - Napoli 1 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) Ivan Cordoba hooked Inter Milan into the lead against Napoli at the San Siro. Inter scored a brilliant second, Julio Cruz played a beautiful backheel into the path of Maicon, the Brazilian hit a cross-cum-shot and Sulley Muntari provided the deft finish to score. But Napoli got themselves back in the game when Ezequiel Lavezzi scored with a fine chip after a superb backheel from Marcelo Zalayeta.
Roma 1 - Fiorentina 0 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) The Giallorossi continued their superb recent form by beating the Viola, captain fantastic Francesco Totti scoring yet again to claim all three points.
Cagliari 1 - Sampdoria 0 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) A header from Jeda at the start of the second half was enough for the hosts to take all three points.
Genoa 1 - Bologna 1 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) Giuseppe Sculli headed Genoa in front on 55 minutes, but Marco Di Vaio’s close-range header eight minutes later clinched a draw for Bologna.
Udinese 0 - Chievo 1 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) Udinese, who had top striker Antonio Di Natale sent off, lost their fourth league game in a row when a late Felipe own goal gave bottom side Chievo a crucial away win and ended a six-game losing streak.
Siena 1 - Torino 0 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) Massimo Maccarone scored the only goal of the game with a low shot on 19 minutes as Siena won at home.
Atalanta 2 - Lazio 0 (Serie A, November 30, 2008) Jaime Valdes broke the deadlock on 54 minutes and Sergio Floccari added the second on 68 minutes from Simone Padoin’s pass.
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November 30th, 2008
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Juventus 4 - Reggina 0 (Serie A, November 29, 2008) Juventus took a two-goal lead into the break thanks to Mauro Camoranesi and Amauri. Second half goals from Giorgio Chiellini and an Alessandro Del Piero penalty completed the victory.
Catania 1 - Lecce 1 (Serie A, November 29, 2008) Catania moved ahead through forward Michele Paolucci’s angled drive on 61 minutes. But Jose Castillo snatched a point for the visitors a minute after coming on to make it honours even.
Mantova 0 - Brescia 2 (Serie B, November 29, 2008)
Vicenza 5 - Grosseto 0 (Serie B, November 29, 2008)
Avellino 0 - Rimini 2 (Serie B, November 29, 2008)
Bari 1 - Albinoleffe 2 (Serie B, November 29, 2008)
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November 24th, 2008
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Torino 2 - AC Milan 2 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) Roberto Stellone got in front of his marker to head Torino ahead. But a brilliant passing move from Milan carved through the Torino defence with Alexandre Pato finishing expertly for the equaliser. Ronaldinho’s quick thinking then sent the Rossoneri into the lead, the Brazilian curling a quick free-kick into the top corner. But in the 77th minute Kaladze handled in the box with Alessandro Rosina scoring from the spot.
All the goals from Sunday afternoon’s action in Serie A can be seen here.
Lecce 0 - Roma 3 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) Roma built on their derby win last weekend by taking early control of their match at Lecce, Mirko Vucinic fired the opener against his former club (and refused to celebrate) with Juan heading home the second at the back post in the 38th minute. after the break Francesco Totti conjured up a delicate chipped finish to sink Roma’s third.
Napoli 2 - Cagliari 2 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) Marek Hamsik gave Napoli the lead over Cagliari. Diego Lopez was in the right place to score the leveller from a corner early in the second half. The hosts looked like they had won all three points when Ezequiel Lavezzi curled home a stunning free-kick with six minutes left, only for Daniele Conti to claim a 95th minute equaliser as the home defense fell to pieces.
Sampdoria 3 - Catania 0 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) A wonderful attacking move from Sampdoria ending with a finish in the six-yard box from Bellucci after they ripped through the Catania defense. Antonio Cassano doubled the lead just after the hour mark, and Cassano then fired a shot inside the near post to kill the match in injury time.
Reggina 3 - Atalanta 1 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) An unstoppable free-kick from Francesco Cozza put Reggina in the lead over Atalanta. Bernardo Corradi, surrounded by Atalanta defenders, managed to head home a corner 10 minutes later. Corradi bagged a third to kill the game before Doni headed a late consolation for Atalanta.
Bologna 1 - Palermo 1 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) Marco di Viao tucked home Francesco Valiani’s right wing cross to give Bologna the lead over Palermo.
Lazio 1 - Genoa 1 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) Diego Milito fired Genoa in the lead in the 68th minute, but Ousmane Dabo earned Lazio a point with a 25-yard shot that keeper Rubinho made a complete hash of trying to save.
Chievo 0 - Siena 2 (Serie A, November 23, 2008) Bottom side Chievo conceded two late penalties, Daniele Galloppa converted the first of Siena’s spot-kicks on 83 minutes before Massimo Maccarone successfully stepped up from 12 yards on 88 minutes.
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November 23rd, 2008
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Inter Milan 1 - Juventus 0 (Serie A, November 22, 2008) (Longer highlights here.) It was a difficult start for Juve losing Tiago after just two minutes, while Inter were struggling to really test Manninger at the other end, Zlatan firing an easy shot for the keeper to save. Sulley Muntari saw his back post header saved by Manninger and Ibrahimovic dragged his one-on-one shot wide of the post as Inter began to turn the screw. After the break it was the same story, Zlatan again missing the target when clean through. But Inter’s dominance eventually paid dividends in the 72nd minute, Sulley Muntari tucking the ball home at the far post. Del Piero came close with a header in the final stages.
Fiorentina 4 - Udinese 2 (Serie A, November 22, 2008) Udinese moved ahead courtesy of a fine striker’s goal from Antonio Floro Flores who collected the ball on the edge of the box, spun and struck a beauty past Frey. After the break the Viola drew level as Adrian Mutu cheekily chipped in a penalty after Gillardino was brought down in the box, and it wasn’t long before the turnaround was completed when Riccardo Montolivo put the hosts up 2-1 with his first goal of the season. Montolivo was quick in chalking up his second, cleaning up a poor clearance with a left foot strike. A minute later it was four when Gilardino got on the scoresheet, but in a frantic ending Comotto saw red with Di Natale converting the resulting spot-kick.
Rimini 1 - Bari 1 (Serie B, November 22, 2008)
Brescia 2 - Vicenza 1 (Serie B, November 22, 2008) Volta had given the visitors the advantage, but nine minutes later Caracciolo set up Zambrella’s equaliser. Possanzini came off the bench to net the decisive goal, pouncing on Volta’s comical howler.
Ancona 2 - Mantova 1 (Serie B, November 22, 2008) Costacurta suffered his first defeat on the Mantova bench despute having led through Rincon’s deflected effort. A goal from Siqueira and a Nassi screamer turned it around for Ancona.
Treviso 2 - Empoli 0 (Serie B, November 22, 2008)
Parma 0 - Livorno 0 (Serie B, November 22, 2008)
Albinoleffe 1 - Salernitana 0 (Serie B, November 22, 2008)
Grosseto 1 - Triestina 0 (Serie B, November 22, 2008)
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November 22nd, 2008
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Piacenza 1 - Avellino 2 (Serie B, November 21, 2008) Vasko gave the visitors the lead against the run of play by nodding in a corner kick but Anaclerio equalised from close range. The turning point came on the hour mark, when Eramo hit his clearance on to teammate Abbate and the ball comically ricocheted into their own net.
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November 17th, 2008
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The goals from Sunday’s action in Serie A can be seen here.
Roma 1 - Lazio 0 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) Julio Baptista sent the Roma half of the Olympic Stadium wild when he headed home Totti’s cross in the 50th minute of the Rome derby. The game ended with each side a man down, Ledesma saw red for Lazio and Perrotta was dismissed three minutes from time.
AC Milan 1 - Chievo 0 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) After winning a penalty, Kaka stood up to fire in the spot kick for the Rossoneri.
Atalanta 3 - Napoli 1 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) Adriano Ferreira Pinto scored a superb goal after a twisting slalom run to give Atalanta the advantage. The visitors’ job became that much harder after Zalayeta was sent off, but Marik Hamsik found a leveller for Napoli from the spot. But the hosts stole the points at the death, first Thomas Manfredini struck a 25-yard beauty in the 89th minute before Sergio Floccari added a third in injury time.
Udinese 0 - Reggina 1 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) Franco Brienza kept up his recent goal-scoring run against high-flying Udinese, scoring a cute volley after a high ball fell to him in the box.
Cagliari 1 - Fiorentina 0 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) After a soft call, Robert Acquafresca scored a penalty on the half hour mark which downed the Viola.
Sampdoria 3 - Lecce 2 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) Gennaro Delvecchio opened the scoring for the home side at Stadio Luigi Ferraris before Antonio Cassano doubled the advantage on 14 minutes with a peach of a strike. Simone Tiribocchi struck back for Lecce in the second period but Marius Stankevicius put the game beyond doubt before Tiribocchi scored a late consolation.
Siena 1 - Bologna 1 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) Marco Di Vaio cancelled out Abdelkader Ghezzal’s opener.
Catania 3 - Torino 2 (Serie A, November 16, 2008) Riccardo Colombo broke the deadlock after just six minutes but Giuseppe Mascara restored parity a minute later before handing his team the lead prior to the break with a brilliant free-kick. Nicola Amoruso made it 2-2 from the penalty spot, however Mascara was on hand to secure the points for Catania with 11 minutes remaining.
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