Topic: Serie A & B

[conchita]

final score, Fiorentina 1 - 0 Cesena. quite a fairly open match. Fiore didn't impress, not too many great chances, the best: the goal of Gilardino in the 59th minute! wonderful ball control, spins around and a great shot, wonderful goal, the goalie not even saw the ball.
Cesena impressed. They have quite a good team for a newly promoted club, great defense but they had 30 minutes to try to equalise and didn't have chances.

the match between Juventus and Roma so far has been incredible, high level quality match! great to watch! still goaless draw but Juve had two great chances (Iaquinta) and they have more ball possession.
1-0 Juve, Iaquinta 34'. Aquillani, former Roma player, with the pass, great ball in, Iaquinta on the volley, scissor kick, wonderful finish, what a goal!
controversial decision just before halftime, almost a 50%-50% penalty not awarded for Roma. difficult to say.
more controversy, just in the last second, Totti strikes a free kick, handball by Pepe of Juventus inside the box and Roma equalises from the penalty spot, 1-1  Totti 45+4' and the end of the half. splending 1st half.
the 2nd half should be a cracking game!! Del Piero come is in in the 59' for Iaquinta! Roma dominating more, ball possession. Marchisio for Juve with a great chance in the 66'. Totti out for Borriello 69'. A great chance for Juve in the 80'. Quagliarell, what a shot in the 86'!
final score, Juventus 1 - 1 Roma, not a good result for both clubs. great match!

[conchita]

Serie A, very important matches this weekend!

saturday
Campo Di Marte, Fiorentina 1 - 0 Cesena
Olimpico Santa Rita, Juventus 1 - 1 Roma
sunday 
12:30 Olimpico Foro Italico, Lazio - Napoli
15:00 Rigamonti, Bari - Parma
15:00 Dall'Ara, Bologna - Brescia
15:00 Sant'Elia, Cagliari - Genoa
15:00 La Favorita, Palermo - Catania
15:00 Marassi, Sampdoria - Chievo
15:00 Friuli, Udinese - Lecce
20:45 Meazza, Inter - Milan

[conchita]

final scores:
Lazio 2 - 0 Napoli
Bari 0 - 1 Parma
Bologna 1 - 0 Brescia
Cagliari 0 - 1 Genoa
Palermo 3 - 1 Catania
Sampdoria 0 - 0 Chievo
Udinese 4 - 0 Lecce
 
20:45 Meazza, Inter - Milan

[conchita]

Milan Derby just to get underway at the Stadio Meazza!
It is called "Derby della Madonnina" in honour of one of the main sights of the city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of the Duomo, which is usually called "Madonnina".
It is the only derby in Europe played by two teams which has been champions of Europe and the world.

FORZA INTER!

nightmare start for Inter! clear penalty to Ibrahimovic and he scores in th 5'! 0-1! celebrating just in front of the Curva Nord! and the horrible start continues, Milan with 4 great chances to score the 2nd goal, total in control, Inter nothing so far. Yellow card Gattusso. Cambiasso in for injured Oli, 36'. Yet another injury for Inter who are lacking clear inspiration, no chances at all. Halftime 0-1. Milan dominating but Inter more in control after the substitution. Milito substituted at halftime! and the famous Milanese fog coming! Abate sent off in the 61'! Milan down to 10 men! Materazzi badly injured by a vicious foul from Ibrahimovic who only saw a yellow card! Inter with the game possession but no big chances to equalise yet! End of the match, 0-1! Seems Benitez has no clue of how to run Inter! Milan back at the top of serie A.

[Babblelot]

Serie A
CLUB   P   W   D   L   GD   Pts
AC Milan   12   8   2   2   10   26 - Milan overtakes Lazio
Lazio   12   8   1   3   6   25
Napoli   12   6   3   3   5   21
Juventus   12   5   5   2   10   20
Internazionale   12   5   5   2   6   20 - slow start for the champions
AS Roma   12   5   4   3   0   19
Palermo   12   5   2   5   3   17
Udinese   12   5   2   5   1   17
Genoa   12   5   2   5   -1   17
Sampdoria   12   3   7   2   2   16
Chievo Verona   12   4   4   4   1   16
Fiorentina   12   4   3   5   0   15
Catania   12   3   5   4   -1   14
Parma   12   3   5   4   -2   14
Bologna   12   3   5   4   -4   14
Lecce   12   3   3   6   -14   12
Cagliari   12   2   5   5   0   11
Brescia   12   3   2   7   -5   11
Cesena   12   3   2   7   -7   11
Bari   12   2   3   7   -10   9

Serie B
Siena 2nd, Reggina 3rd, Torino struggling mid-table

[Babblelot]

Big game for Fiore with league leaders Milan.

Viola!

[Babblelot]

Bad loss for Fiorentina, not because it came against Milan, but because they lost one defender to injury and another got red carded seconds before the ref blew the final whistle... 

[Babblelot]

Wow   Chievo Verona 2-1 Inter

Chievo has a nice stadium 

[Babblelot]

Good weekend for my Serie B teams.

Torino and Siena win. Reggina plays Monday.

[Babblelot]

I am absolutely sick over Fiorentina's new jersey. Save the Children? OMFG! 

[Babblelot]

Team   GP   W   D   L   Pts   GF   GA   GD   
 AC Milan   13   9   2   2   29   22   11   11   
 Lazio   13   8   2   3   26   16   10   6   
 Napoli   13   7   3   3   24   22   14   8   
 Juventus   13   6   5   2   23   25   13   12   
 AS Roma   13   6   4   3   22   17   15   2   
 Inter Milan   13   5   5   3   20   14   9   5   
 Palermo   13   6   2   5   20   22   18   4   
 Sampdoria   13   4   7   2   19   14   11   3   
 Chievo Verona   13   5   4   4   19   13   11   2   
 Catania   13   4   5   4   17   11   11   0   
 Udinese   13   5   2   6   17   13   14   -1   
 Genoa   13   5   2   6   17   10   13   -3   
 Fiorentina   13   4   3   6   15   13   14   -1   
 Parma   13   3   6   4   15   9   11   -2   
 Cagliari   13   3   5   5   14   13   12   1   
 Bologna   13   3   5   5   14   12   19   -7   
 Lecce   13   3   3   7   12   10   25   -15   
 Brescia   13   3   2   8   11   11   17   -6   
 Cesena   13   3   2   8   11   9   17   -8   
 Bari   13   2   3   8   9   9   20   -11   

[Babblelot]

What a disappointment.

I watch my first ever Serie B matches and both my favorite teams blow 1-0 leads as Torino and Siena finish with 1-1 draws.

Later today is the big one, Juve at Fiore

Viola!!!

[Babblelot]

A shorthanded and thoroughly outplayed Fiorentina was the beneficiary of some early aggression that lead to an own goal. Juve would go on to dominate the remainder of the game, but it looked as if Fiore was going to steal this one until the 82' when Juve got the equalizer.

1-1 FT

Great result for a struggling Fiore.

[Babblelot]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a beast!

[Babblelot]

Serie A
CLUB   P   W   D   L   GD   PTS
Milan   16   11   3   2   17   36
Juventus   16   8   6   2   15   30
Napoli   16   9   3   4   8   30
Lazio   16   9   3   4   7   30
Palermo   16   8   2   6   7   26
AS Roma   16   7   5   4   1   26
Inter   15   6   5   4   6   23 -- going to get healthy now, but too far off the pace
Sampdoria   16   5   8   3   5   23
Udinese   16   7   2   7   1   23
Genoa   16   6   3   7   -2   21
Cagliari   16   5   5   6   4   20
Chievo   16   5   5   6   0   20
Fiorentina   16   5   4   7   -1   19 -- Good grief, this is not cool! Viola!!!!
Bologna   16   5   5   6   -7   19
Catania   16   4   6   6   -5   18
Parma   16   4   6   6   -6   18
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Brescia   16   4   3   9   -8   15
Lecce   16   4   3   9   -17   15
Cesena   15   3   3   9   -10   12
Bari   16   2   4   10   -15   10


Serie B
CLUB   P   W   D   L   GD   PTS
Novara   20   12   6   2   24   42
Siena   19   10   7   2   15   37
Atalanta   19   11   3   5   9   36
Varese   19   8   8   3   9   32
Torino   20   9   5   6   1   32 - won today, up from 10 to 5 in 4 weeks
Livorno   19   8   7   4   8   31
Reggina   20   9   5   6   4   31 - lost today, down to 7 from 3 in 4 weeks Reggina!!!!
US Pescara   20   7   7   6   0   28
Padova   19   7   6   6   7   27
Vicenza   19   8   2   9   -4   26
Empoli   19   5   10   4   4   25
Cittadella   19   6   5   8   -2   23
Crotone   19   5   8   6   -4   23
Albinoleffe   19   6   4   9   -8   22
Grosseto   19   5   6   8   -4   21
Modena   19   4   8   7   -9   20
Frosinone   19   4   7   8   -11   19
Ascoli   19   5   7   7   -5   22
Sassuolo   19   4   5   10   -6   17
Piacenza   19   3   8   8   -7   17
Triestina   19   3   8   8   -11   17
Portosummaga   19   4   5   10   -14   17

[Babblelot]

So I just watched Inter win it's 5th major title this year, capturing the FIFA Club World cup convincingly. I know this must be the least of the titles, but having swept all the European championships is quite an accomplishment!

First Italian team to do this.

Bravo!

[Chris1987]

So I just watched Inter win it's 5th major title this year, capturing the FIFA Club World cup convincingly. I know this must be the least of the titles, but having swept all the European championships is quite an accomplishment!

First Italian team to do this.

Bravo!

Yeah its definitely more of a 'title' to have thats the nice thing about winning this trophy, as its World Champions of Club football, that's always special to have but doesn't come close to their Champions League and Serie A success earlier in the season. They had a very easy route to this title once the South American team went out.

[Babblelot]

Time to update the table. Thru 19 weeks

Serie A
 Team   GP   W   D   L   Pts   GF   GA   GD   
 AC Milan   19   12   4   3   40   34   17   17   
 Napoli   19   11   3   5   36   30   20   10   
 Lazio   19   10   4   5   34   25   18   7   
 AS Roma   19   9   5   5   32   27   24   3   
 Palermo   19   9   4   6   31   32   22   10   
 Juventus   19   8   7   4   31   33   24   9   
 Inter Milan   17   8   5   4   29   25   16   9   
 Udinese   19   8   3   8   27   27   25   2   
 Sampdoria   18   6   8   4   26   20   17   3   
Fiorentina   18   6   5   7   23   20   20   0    only 20 goals, but at least they've climbed back to the top 10
 Genoa   18   6   5   7   23   13   15   -2   
 Cagliari   19   6   5   8   23   21   18   3   
 Chievo Verona   19   5   7   7   22   19   21   -2   
 Parma   19   5   7   7   22   19   23   -4   
 Bologna   19   6   7   6   22   19   24   -5   
 Catania   19   5   6   8   21   17   24   -7   
 Cesena   18   5   4   9   19   13   21   -8   
 Lecce   19   5   3   11   18   18   36   -18   
 Brescia   19   4   3   12   15   15   26   -11   
 Bari   19   3   5   11   14   12   28   -16   

In Serie B
Siena clinging to 1st by 1 point, Torino is 6, and Reggina is back up to 7

[Babblelot]

A good result for Fiore, but no goals 0-0 at Napoli. Now 20 goals in 20 games

Miss those 2006-07, 08, 09 teams. Mutu and Gilardino are still around, but both are unhappy and want to leave. He's back now, but Gilardino hasn't been healthy either. Miss Toni and Pazzini.

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4 may 1949. Superga

 « Un crepuscolo durato tutto il giorno, una malinconia da morire. Il cielo si sfaldava in nebbia, e la nebbia cancellava Superga »

Giocatori
Valerio Bacigalupo
Aldo Ballarin
Dino Ballarin
Emile Bongiorni
Eusebio Castigliano
Rubens Fadini
Guglielmo Gabetto
Ruggero Grava
Giuseppe Grezar
Ezio Loik
Virgilio Maroso
Danilo Martelli
Valentino Mazzola
Romeo Menti
Piero Operto
Franco Ossola
Mario Rigamonti
Julius Schubert
Dirigenti
Arnaldo Agnisetta
Ippolito Civalleri
Andrea Bonaiuti (organizzatore delle trasferte della squadra granata)
Allenatori
Egri Erbstein
Leslie Lievesley
Osvaldo Cortina (massaggiatore)
Giornalisti
Renato Casalbore
Renato Tosatti
Luigi Cavallero
Equipaggio
Pierluigi Meroni
Celeste D’Inca
Cesare Biancardi
Antonio Pangrazi



Ora E Per Sempre
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IL TORINO,
WE ARE LOVE
WE ARE LIFE
WE ARE PRIDE
WE ARE PAST
WE ARE PRESENT
WE ARE FOREVER!

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