Italian Football

[johntheclaret]

Yeah the Juve V Napoli game was a cracker to bad for me the game after wasnt Milan beat Lazio 2-1, this is a season to forget for Lazio at the moment in all reality we could be playing serie B next year if we keep this up

Long gone are the glory years of Maradonna it seems ID

[Il Duce]

Yeah the Juve V Napoli game was a cracker to bad for me the game after wasnt Milan beat Lazio 2-1, this is a season to forget for Lazio at the moment in all reality we could be playing serie B next year if we keep this up

Long gone are the glory years of Maradonna it seems ID

Yeah they are but Napoli are on the improve, btw I'm a Lazio fan Maradonna never played for us.

[johntheclaret]

Yeah the Juve V Napoli game was a cracker to bad for me the game after wasnt Milan beat Lazio 2-1, this is a season to forget for Lazio at the moment in all reality we could be playing serie B next year if we keep this up

Long gone are the glory years of Maradonna it seems ID

Yeah they are but Napoli are on the improve, btw I'm a Lazio fan Maradonna never played for us.

my bad. Should have said Gascoigne

[Il Duce]

yeah you should of, though the glory days of Sven Goran Eriksion would of been better

[Il Duce]

Games played November 28 and 29th

Udinese 2 - 0 Livorno
Genoa 3 - 0 Sampdoria
Atalanta 1 - 2 AS Roma
Bari 2 - 1 Siena
Cagliari 2 - 0 Juventus
Chievo 1 - 0 Palermo
Inter Milan 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Lazio 0 - 0 Bologna
Parma 1 - 1 Napoli

Game still to be played
Catania - AC Milan

[Il Duce]

Rank Team GP W D L GS GA P
1 Internazionale 14 11 2 1 33 11 35
2 Juventus 14 8 3 3 26 15 27
3 Milan 13 7 4 2 18 15 25
4 Sampdoria 14 7 3 4 20 19 24
5 Parma 14 7 3 4 18 17 24
6 Genoa 14 7 2 5 26 24 23
7 Cagliari 14 7 1 6 21 16 22
8 Bari 14 5 6 3 14 11 21
9 Roma 14 6 3 5 24 22 21
10 Fiorentina 14 6 3 5 15 13 21
11 Napoli 14 5 5 4 18 19 20
12 Udinese 14 5 3 6 17 17 18
13 Chievo 14 5 3 6 16 16 18
14 Palermo 14 4 5 5 17 19 17
15 Lazio 14 2 7 5 9 14 13
16 Bologna 14 3 4 7 14 21 13
17 Atalanta 14 3 3 8 14 22 12
18 Livorno 14 3 3 8 6 16 12
19 Catania 13 1 6 6 12 19 9
20 Siena 14 1 3 10 12 24 6

[pels]

Games played December 5th & 6th

Bologna Udinese 2 - 1
Fiorentina Atalanta 2 - 0
Genoa Parma 2 - 2
Juventus Inter 2 - 1
Livorno Chievo 0 - 2
Milan Sampdoria 3 - 0
Napoli Bari 3 - 2
Palermo Cagliari 2 - 1
Roma Lazio 1 - 0
Siena Catania 3 - 2

Table
Inter 35
Milan 31
Juventus 30
Parma 25
Fiorentina 24
Roma 24
Genoa 24
Sampdoria 24
Napoli 23
Cagliari 22
Bari 21
Chievo 21
Palermo 20
Udinese 18
Bologna 16
Lazio 13
Atalanta 12
Livorno 12
Catania 9
Siena 9

Another good win for Napoli

[pels]

Games played Dec 12 & 13

Atalanta Inter 1 - 1
Bari Juventus 3 - 1
Cagliari Napoli 3 - 3
Catania Livorno 0 - 1
Chievo Fiorentina 2 - 1
Lazio Genoa 1 - 0
Milan Palermo 0 - 2
Parma Bologna 2 - 1
Sampdoria Roma 0 - 0
Siena Udinese 2 - 1

CLASSIFICA
Inter 36
Milan 31
Juventus 30
Parma 28
Roma 25
Sampdoria 25
Bari 24
Chievo 24
Fiorentina 24
Genoa 24
Napoli 24
Cagliari 23
Palermo 23
Udinese 18
Lazio 16
Bologna 16
Livorno 15
Atalanta 13
Siena 12
Catania 9

A lot of upsets last week, 4th to 13th is seperated by 5 pts

[pels]

Games played Dec 20 & 21

Results
Bologna Atalanta postponed
Fiorentina Milan postponed.
Genoa Bari postponed
Inter Lazio 1 - 0
Juventus Catania 1 - 2
Livorno Sampdoria 3 - 1
Napoli Chievo 2 - 0
Palermo Siena 1 - 0
Roma Parma 2 - 0
Udinese Cagliari postponed

Table
Inter 39
Milan 31
Juventus 30
Roma 28
Parma 28
Napoli 27
Palermo 26
Sampdoria 25
Bari 24
Fiorentina 24
Chievo 24
Genoa 24
Cagliari 23
Udinese 18
Livorno 18
Lazio 16
Bologna 16
Atalanta 13
Catania 12
Siena 12

[RoosterMarty]

Amazing result for Juve there, they really are having a terrible end to the calendar year.

[pels]

Amazing result for Juve there, they really are having a terrible end to the calendar year.

Losing to the bottom team at home, makes my Monday morning even better after Napoli won.
Other than Inter its a really unpredictable Serie A this season.

[devilsadvocate]

Amazing result for Juve there, they really are having a terrible end to the calendar year.

Losing to the bottom team at home, makes my Monday morning even better after Napoli won.
Other than Inter its a really unpredictable Serie A this season.

Napoli fan hey! You don't have a mate that works in Ottoway by any chance?

[pels]

Amazing result for Juve there, they really are having a terrible end to the calendar year.

Losing to the bottom team at home, makes my Monday morning even better after Napoli won.
Other than Inter its a really unpredictable Serie A this season.

Napoli fan hey! You don't have a mate that works in Ottoway by any chance?

He is a Napoli fan we are all mates but I don't know him.There are plenty of Napoli fans around and they are very passionate.

[devilsadvocate]

Amazing result for Juve there, they really are having a terrible end to the calendar year.

Losing to the bottom team at home, makes my Monday morning even better after Napoli won.
Other than Inter its a really unpredictable Serie A this season.

Napoli fan hey! You don't have a mate that works in Ottoway by any chance?

He is a Napoli fan we are all mates but I don't know him.There are plenty of Napoli fans around and they are very passionate.

Nah, I work with a massive Juve fan who has a mate who's a Napoli fan, who hates Juve. Your post fits the profile, but I guess all Napoli fans would hate Juve!

[pels]

He is a Napoli fan we are all mates but I don't know him.There are plenty of Napoli fans around and they are very passionate.[/quote]
Nah, I work with a massive Juve fan who has a mate who's a Napoli fan, who hates Juve. Your post fits the profile, but I guess all Napoli fans would hate Juve![/quote]

Exactly right

[johntheclaret]

Wednesday 6th January

Chievo 0 - 1 Inter Milan
Atalanta 0 - 2 Napoli
Bari 2 - 0 Udinese
Cagliari 2 - 2 Roma
Siena 1 - 5 Fiorentina
AC Milan 5 - 2 Genoa
Lazio 4 - 1 Livorno
Sampdoria 1 - 1 Palermo
Parma 1 - 2 Juventus
Catania 1 - 0 Bologna

Pos Team P Pts
1 Inter Milan 17 39
2 AC Milan 16 31
3 Juventus 17 30
4 Roma 17 28
5 Parma 17 28
6 Napoli 17 27
7 Palermo 17 26
8 Sampdoria 17 25
9 Bari 16 24
10 Fiorentina 16 24
11 Genoa 16 24
12 Chievo 17 24
13 Cagliari 16 23
14 Udinese 16 18
15 Livorno 17 18
16 Lazio 17 16
17 Bologna 16 16
18 Atalanta 16 13
19 Catania 17 12
20 Siena 17 12

Round Up

Mario Balotelli's first-half goal proved to be enough to give Jose Mourinho's men the points in their first game after the winter break.
Goran Pandev was handed his debut following his arrival on a free transfer earlier this month and he was involved in the only goal of the game.
Neat work by Pandev and Wesley Sneijder sent Balotelli through on goal and his first shot was saved by Chievo keeper Stefano Sorrentino.
His second effort was cleared from the goal only for Pandev to nod home. However, replays showed Balotelli's second shot had crossed the line and he was awarded the goal.

Juventus got back to winning ways after losing their last three games in all competitions before the winter break with a 2-1 success at Parma.
Hasan Salihamidzic gave Juve the dream start with the opener after just three minutes only for former Juve forward Nicola Amoruso to head Parma level on 25 minutes.
Paolo Castellini's unfortunate own goal restored Juve's lead before the break and although Martin Caceres was sent off 17 minutes from time they held on for the three points.

Roma conceded twice in stoppage time as Cagliari staged a remarkable comeback to earn a 2-2 draw.
Roma looked to be heading for all three points thanks to David Pizarro's penalty and Simone Perrotta's 65th minute strike, but Cagliari hit back with injury-time goals from Diego Lopez and Daniele Conti.

Napoli climbed up to fourth spot with a 2-0 victory at struggling Atalanta.
Goals in each half from Fabio Quagliarella (7) and Michele Pazienza (58) were enough to give Napoli the spoils in Bergamo.

Fiorentina piled the misery on basement boys Siena with a thumping 5-1 victory.
Per Kroldrup set Fiorentina on their way after just five minutes and further goals from Mario Alberto Santana (29), Alberto Gilardino (36,66) and Adrian Mutu (79) rendered Massimo Maccarone's effort from the penalty spot a mere consolation.

Lazio climbed clear of trouble at the wrong end of the table with a 4-1 victory over Livorno.
Martin Bergvold gave Livorno the lead after just seven minutes, but Sergio Floccari netted twice on his Lazio debut to turn the game in the home side's favour.
Tommaso Rocchi's effort and Aleksandar Kolarov's injury-time penalty rounded off a good day for Lazio.

Catania boosted their survival hopes with a priceless 1-0 win over Bologna as Sinisa Mihajlovic got the better of his former employers.
Nicolas Spolli was the hero for Catania with the only goal of the game nine minutes from time.

New Udinese coach Gianni De Biasi suffered defeat in his first game in charge after seeing his troops go down 2-0 to Bari following goals from Riccardo Meggiorini (6) and Paulo Barreto (68)

Sampdoria missed the chance to leapfrog Palermo in the table after being held to a 1-1 draw by the Sicilian outfit.
Edinson Cavani gave Palermo the lead on 41 minutes, but Antonio Cassano responded for Sampdoria a minute later.

[pels]

Results from last weekend

Bologna Cagliari 0 - 1
Fiorentina Bari 2 - 1
Genoa Catania 2 - 0
Inter Siena 4 - 3
Juventus Milan 0 - 3
Livorno Parma 2 - 1
Napoli Sampdoria 1 - 0
Palermo Atalanta 1 - 0
Roma Chievo 1 - 0
Udinese Lazio 1 - 1

Table
Inter 45
Milan 37
Napoli 33
Juventus 33
Roma 32
Fiorentina 30
Palermo 30
Parma 28
Bari 27
Cagliari 27
Genoa 27
Sampdoria 26
Chievo 24
Livorno 21
Lazio 20
Udinese 19
Bologna 16
Catania 15
Atalanta 13
Siena 12

Juve losing has opened up 3rd & 4th for whoever wants it this year.
I would love to see Napoli in the CL

[johntheclaret]

Coppa Italia

Juventus eased the pressure on coach Ciro Ferrara with a 3-0 win over Napoli, while AC Milan left it late against Novara in the Coppa Italia.
The Biaconeri had lost four of their last five games in all competitions going into the game with Ferrara's position reported to be under threat if they suffered another defeat to Napoli.
Diego broke the deadlock on 24 minutes with a controversial strike as he carried on to score despite Napoli's Jesus Datolo lying injured on the floor.
Alessandro Del Piero put the game beyond Napoli with two second half goals - his second from the penalty spot - to set up a quarter-final meeting with Inter Milan.

Mathieu Flamini's late goal earned AC Milan a hard-fought 2-1 win over minnows Novara to send them into the last eight.
Milan coach Leonardo made a host of changes to his side for the game with the third tier outfit and one of those, Filippo Inzaghi, gave the hosts the lead after just 12 minutes.
However, Novara refused to be overawed and they drew level a minute after the restart with Pablo Gonzalez finding the net for the visitors.
Milan grabbed the winner nine minutes from time when former Arsenal midfielder Flamini scored with a powerful shot into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Catania dumped Genoa out of the competition after a 2-1 win at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
Sinisa Mihajlovic's men raced into a 2-0 lead in the opening 10 minutes with a brace from Gianvito Plasmati
Marco Rossi gave Genoa hope with a goal back on 57 minutes, but things took a turn for the worse for the home side just 60 seconds later with two players seeing red.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos was dismissed for a second bookable offence and Rossi joined him for protesting at the decision.
Catania will face Roma in the quarter-finals as reward for beating Genoa

[johntheclaret]

Saturday 16th January

Cagliari 3 - 0 Livorno
Bari 2 - 2 Inter Milan

Pos Team P Pts
1 Inter Milan 19 45
2 AC Milan 18 37
3 Juventus 19 33
4 Napoli 19 33
5 Roma 19 32
6 Fiorentina 18 30
7 Palermo 19 30
8 Parma 19 28
9 Cagliari 18 27
10 Bari 18 27
11 Genoa 18 27
12 Sampdoria 19 26
13 Chievo 19 24
14 Livorno 19 21
15 Lazio 19 20
16 Udinese 18 19
17 Bologna 18 16
18 Catania 19 15
19 Atalanta 18 13
20 Siena 19 12

[pels]

results from last weekend

Cagliari Livorno 3 - 0
Bari Inter 2 - 2
Atalanta Lazio 3 - 0
Chievo Juventus 1 - 0
Fiorentina Bologna 1 - 2
Milan Siena 4 - 0
Parma Udinese 0 - 0
Roma Genoa 3 - 0
Sampdoria Catania 1 - 1
Napoli Palermo 0 - 0

Table
Inter 46
Milan 40
Roma 35
Napoli 34
Juventus 33
Palermo 31
Cagliari 30
Fiorentina 30
Parma 29
Bari 28
Chievo 27
Genoa 27
Sampdoria 27
Livorno 21
Udinese 20
Lazio 20
Bologna 19
Atalanta 16
Catania 16
Siena 12