September 3, 2008
The Italian Serie A kicked off with some good matches earlier this week on Sunday. One match that I’m sure surprised us all was the Bologna-AC Milan match. Bologna’s Marco Di Vaio got the match going with a goal in the 18th minute. It took Milan some time to respond when Massimo Ambrosini headed in a cross by Ronaldinho during the 41st minute. Then later on in the 79th minute Francesco Valiani scored a beautiful goal from outside the box that found the upper left corner. Another match was Juventus vs Fiorentina. Last time these two teams faced each other it ended up with Juventus losing 3-2. This match was a different story, although neither side would come away with all three points. Both sides brought good lineups even with Fiorentina’s Adrian Mutu missing. Juventus scored first with a goal by Pavel Nedved in the 39th minute. The match appeared to be going Juve’s way when Felipe Melo was sent off in the 83rd minute. But when all seemed lost for Fiorentina ex-Milan player Alberto Gilardino scored in the 89th minute to tie up the match. Other scores: Inter Milan 1-1 Sampdoria; Cagliari 1-4 Lazio; Chievo Verona 2-1 Reggina; Torino 3-0 Lecce; Roma 1-1 Napoli; Catania Calcio 1-0 Genoa; Atalanta 1-0 Siena; Udinese 3-1 Palermo.
-Alexander-
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March 2, 2008
The Bianconeri who are desperate for points fell to the Viola earlier today. The game winner was scored by Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, who was later sent off for taking off his shirt. The action first started when Massimo Gobbi scored in the 19th minute with Buffon rapidly approaching he lightly tapped under the Italian goalkeeper. Juve’s response came 10 minutes later when former Aston Villa midfielder Mohamed Sissoko scored his first goal for Juve. It happened when Sebastian Frey punched away a dangerous ball put into the box by Christian Molinaro. Sissoko was glad to receive the ball biking the ball over Frey and several others. The Bianconeri were looking like themselves again in the beginning of the 2nd half. The second goal for Juventus was due to sloppy defending by the visiting side. Molinaro again lifted a dangerous ball into Fiorentina’s box, finding Mauro German Camoranesi who volleyed it low under Frey. However Juventus’s back line was weak and unfortunately it was to be their undoing. Papa Waigo who had been subbed in for Mario Santana exploited that weakness and found an equalizer. Then in stoppage time Osvaldo scored and the Viola found a win even with their lead scorer Adrian Mutu injured. Sadly Juve couldn’t keep their dreams of a scudetto alive.
-Alexander-
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February 17, 2008
Italian Serie A Update
Juventus closed in on the Romans yesterday with a stunning free kick scored by Alessandro Del Piero. It started out with Juventus getting the early chances. It started with Del Piero winning a corner kick in the second minute. The kick caused a few chances in the box until Roma cleared it away. The next chance for Juventus came a few minutes later when Daniele De Rossi jumped in the way of a powerful shot by Pavel Nedved. Roma’s chance came 18 minutes into the match with Mancini’s 18 yard shot. It deflected off of Francesco Totti and was then cleared by Cristian Molinaro. In the 39th minute David Trezeguet lobbed it to Vincenzo Iaquinta who vollyed it towards goal. Iaquinta was left with his mouth hanging open as Alexander Doni blocked the shot with a dive to his left. In the 43rd minute Nedved was challenged 20 yards away from Roma’s goal by Phillipe Mexes. 2 minutes were wasted by the Romans complaining. In the 45th minute Del Piero blasted the free kick into the one corner Doni had left open. Roma almost found the equalizer seconds later in stoppage time. The half ended with Roma still trying to get one past Gianluigi Buffon but were stopped by the post and the Italian goalkeeper. In the early stages of the second half Roma looked stronger dominating possesion. They almost scored when Matteo Ferrari flicked just wide of the post with his head in the 53rd minute. Roma built up pressure by forcing 3 consecutive corners that amounted to nothing. In between the first two corners Giorgio Chiellini recieved a yellow card. Juventus almost scored again when Jonathan Zebina took a shot from far out in the 57th minute that just went over. Soon after Mexes missed 3 headers in the 59th, 63rd, and 71st minutes. With 13 minutes left Buffon was forced to block a free kick from 30 yards out with a dive to the upper right corner. After that it was pretty much Juventus’s match although they were unable to increase their lead.
Player of the Match: Alessandro Del Piero
There are many reasons why I chose Del Piero as player of the match. He set up the early chances for Juventus allowing them to easily dominate the first 18 minutes of the match. Throughout the first half Del Piero continued to help Juventus offensively and in the midfield. Then he scored that free kick that gave them the lead in the 45th minute. In the early stages of the second half he came back to defend several times threatening the Roman offense with several good challenges. Del Piero also had several good chances .
-Alexander-
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February 16, 2008
Juventus will look to beat Totti and co. at the Stadio Olimico Grande Torino tommorow. Juventus will be trying to catch up with Roma. Roma on the other hand will be trying to keep their dreams of having the scudetto in their grasp alive. I will try to keep you posted on the game.
-Alexander-
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January 29, 2008
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
| STATUS |
HOME |
SCORE |
AWAY |
VENUE (ATT.) |
| Final |
Atalanta |
2 - 1 |
AC Milan |
Stadio Azzurri D`Italia |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| TIME |
HOME |
|
AWAY |
VENUE |
| 14:30 ET |
Reggina |
v |
AC Milan |
Stadio Oreste Granillo |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
| TIME |
HOME |
|
AWAY |
VENUE |
| 14:30 ET |
AC Milan |
v |
Livorno |
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza |
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Swedish defender Olof Mellberg will be going to Juventus. He has agreed to a three year deal with the Italian club. Mellberg will come to the club at the end of this season. 