12 December 2004 BRESCIA 0-1 ROMA Mancini 94 (pen) Attendance : 9,000 Assist : n/a CHIEVO 2-1 PALERMO Cossato 8, 32 Toni 89 Cassato came from nowhere to powerfully head Lanna's cross past Guardalden. Toni and Zauli missed opportunities to equalise and against the run of play Chievo doubled their lead. Once again Cossato stole a yard on two defenders with a late run to turn Luciano's cross into the net. Toni scored a late consolation goal from Corini's free kick Attendance : 8,547 Assists : Lanna, Luciano, Corini (fk) LIVORNO 2-0 PARMA C Lucarelli 39, 89 This was another six pointer Parma couldn't afford to lose but they did. Danilevicius pounced on a mistake and pulled the ball back across goal for Lucarelli to tap-in. With Parma desperately searching for an equaliser Livorno swept forward on the break and Lucarelli stepped away from two defenders before slotting the ball into the bottom corner. Attendance : 15,000 Assists : Danilevicius, Vidigal MILAN 6-0 FIORENTINA Seedorf 16, 81 Chiellini 22 (og) Shevchenko 52, 73 Crespo 60 Almost exactly a year ago to this day Pirlo missed a penalty in a league match against Udinese, the club's first league defeat last season. This time Seedorf spared the midfielder's blushes. Chiellini, half owned by Juventus, tried to clear Crespo's goal bound shot but only succeeded in slicing the ball into the net. Milan hit four goals in the second half. Kaka' and Shevchenko combined brilliantly for the third. Pirlo's raking pass sent Crespo clear and he finished brilliantly, racing away from Piangerelli before shooting into the bottom corner from a tight angle. Both striker's combined for goal number five, Crespo with a perfectly weighted return pass into Shevchenko who broke the offside trap before poking into the corner. Ambrosini teed up Seedorf to complete the rout. Attendance : 69,226 Assists : n/a, n/a, Kaka', Pirlo, Crespo, Ambrosini REGGINA 3-2 CAGLIARI Brambilla 8 (og) Langella 6 De Rosa 53, 75 Esposito 72 A beautiful opening goal on six minutes. Zola back heeled a throw in to Esposito, he fired across the face of the goal and Langella arrived to slam the ball in at the back post. Reggina were level within two minutes when Paredes' speculative shot took a wicked off Brambilla. De Rosa fired in a loose ball after a series of deflections from a free kick. Soviero failed to hold a shot from substitute Patrick Swayze leaving Esposito with the simplest of tap-ins however three minutes later Katergiannakis did the same thing at the other end and Reggina came away with three points. Franceschini was sent off right on full time for going through the back of Swayze. Attendance : 16,000 Red Cards : Franceschini 93 (Reggina), Bega 89 (Cagliari) Assists : Esposito, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a SAMPDORIA 1-0 MESSINA Attendance : 21,134 Assist : Tonetto SIENA 2-2 INTER Portanova 41 Adriano 36 (Pen) Flo 85 Vieri 92 Adriano blasted Inter in front from the penalty spot. Portanova equalised with as superb back header from Chiesa's free kick. Argilli made a stunning save from Vieri's point blank effort unfortunately he's not a goalkeeper, red card. Adriano blasted the penalty against the post. Flo stole a yard on Materazzi to head in a cross but Vieri kept Inter's unbeaten run intact with a superb header deep into injury time. Attendance : 15,000 Red Card : Argilli 58 (Siena) Assists : Cambiasso (won pen), Chiesa (fk), Chiumiento, Karagounis (ck) BOLOGNA 0-1 JUVENTUS Nedved 86 Huge controversy in this match. Juventus scored from a cheaply awarded free kick and were furious with Pieri because he turned down a penalty appeal and several claims for free kicks. Cipriani didn't help by continually diving. Attendance : 28,000 Assist : Ibrahimovic (won fk) 11 December 2004 ATALANTA 0-1 UDINESE Iaquinta 8 Attendance : 12,000 Assist : n/a LAZIO 3-3 LECCE Rocchi 51 Babu 9, 76 Di Canio 69 (Pen), 78 Bojinov 33 A handling error by the normally rock solid Peruzzi gave Lecce the lead. Bojinov timed his run onto Ledesma's through pass to perfection and shot beyond Peruzzi. At this stage Lecce were threatening every time they attacked but Lazio came out fighting in the second half. Rocchi scored a tap-in after Filippini's shot deflected off Pandev. Diamoutene's stupid foul on Rocchi gave Lazio the equaliser from the spot. Seconds after Inzaghi missed an absolute sitter Babu put Lecce back into the lead with a brilliant finish from a tight angle. Sicignano screwed up a clearance and Di Canio fired the loose ball into the corner. Attendance : 30,000 Assists : Dalla Bonna, Ledesma, Pandev, Rocchi (won pen), Stovini, n/a R Mehdi |