26 September 2004 LAZIO 1-2 MILAN Couto 37 Shevchenko 70, 73 After doing absolutely nothing with their greater possession the Milan defence went to sleep on a cross leaving Couto unmarked in front of goal, 1-0. Ambrosini was sent off for elbowing Filippini. Tomasson came on for the ineffective Crespo and Shevchenko suddenly came to life. Zauri headed Pirlo's corner against Oddo, the ball spooned up in the air and Shevchenko hit a brilliant volley on the turn past Peruzzi. Shevchenko flicked up a pass from Pirlo before turning and running at goal, Tomasson volleyed the ball to Kaka' who flicked it up before a pass upto Shevchenko, he dribbled past two Lazio players before crashing a shot into the top left corner of the net. Simone Inzaghi should have equalised but headed against the crossbar and Tomasson missed two un-missable chances on the break. Attendance : 43,000 Red Card : Ambrosini 53 (Milan) Assist : Oddo, n/a, n/a FIORENTINA 0-2 SAMPDORIA Bazzani 11 Sacchetti 64 Bazzani scored his first goal of the season and not surprisingly it was header. While Bazzani was standing in the box complaining after failing to win a penalty team-mate Sacchetti latched onto the loose ball and hit a stunning shot from distance into the bottom corner. Only after going two goals down did Fiorentina put the Sampdoria defence under pressure with both Portillo and Chiellini hitting the woodwork. Attendance : 32,000 Assist : Volpi, n/a INTER 2-2 PARMA Martins 72, 82 Gilardino 17 Marchionni 74 Gilardino got off the mark with a stunning volley. After two feeble first half efforts Vieri was substituted for Martins who capitalised on a slip by Paolo Cannavaro to equalise. A mistake at the other end restored Parma's advantage, Marchionni got on the wrong side of Favalli and punished Toldo for his indecision. Martins combined with Recoba to blast Inter level. Adriano showed that he is human when he missed a sitter late on. Mancini should have enough common sense and testicular fortitude to relegate Vieri to the bench because if the team are to have any chance of winning the scudetto Vieri must not play. Attendance : 60,000 Assists : Marchionni (ck), van der Meyde, Morfeo, Recoba LECCE 3-1 CAGLIARI Cassetti 56 Esposito 49 Giacomazzi 73 Bjelanovic 85 Lopez was sent off for bringing down Bjelanovic, the ref considered him the last man (he wasn't) red card. Zola made way for another defender. Despite being down to ten men Cagliari took the lead when Esposito lobbed Sicignano. Cassetti equalised with a stunning shot from 35 yards and Giacomazzi profited from a mistake by Katergiannakis to give Lecce the lead. Another cross left Katergiannakis flapping and Bjelanovic an easy header. Attendance : 15,000 Assists : Pinardi, Langella, Eremenko, Cassetti Red Card : Lopez 33 (Cagliari) LIVORNO 1-1 ATALANTA Vigiani 72 Melara 71 (og) Pazzini was sent off for trying to beak Melara's right leg, an appalling foul. Ayroldi evened things up when he sent off Protti for protesting after a perfectly valid goal was disallowed. Gautieri's shot took a wicked deflection off Melara but the home side's lead only lasted a minute, Vigiani equalising with a brilliant header. Attendance : 16,000 Assist : n/a, Cordova Red Cards : Pazzini 31 (Atalanta), Protti 58 (Livorno) MESSINA 0-0 CHIEVO Attendance : 29,000 SIENA 0-0 REGGINA Attendance : 8,000 UDINESE 1-2 BRESCIA Di Michele 57 Caracciolo 8 (Pen) Mannini 76 Caracciolo gave Brescia the lead with a dodgy penalty, the first goal Udinese have conceded this season. Udinese drew level when Di Michele deflected Jankulovski's free kick past Castelazzi. De Sanctis took a boot from Sculli when clearing a pass, as he lay flat on his face writhing in pain Mannini lobbed into an empty net and incredibly the goal stood which understandably left the Udinese players furious. In the ensuing brawl Jankulovski was sent off. Attendance : 14,000 Assists : Stankevicius (won pen), Jankulovski (fk), n/a Red Card : Jankulovski 78 (Udinese) 25 September 2004 JUVENTUS 1-1 PALERMO Ibrahimovic 54 Zaccardo 16 Zaccardo jumped between Zambrotta and extremely average Blasi to head in a Corini free kick. Trezeguet came off the bench in place of Del Piero at the start of the second half and helped make the winning goal, his point blank header was brilliantly saved by Guardalden but Ibrahimovic was lurking at the back post and his shot went in off the 'keeper. Obviously the Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet partnership doesn't work. Del Piero should start every match, on the bench. Attendance : 26,790 Assists : Corini (fk), n/a BOLOGNA 3-1 ROMA Meghni 5, 37 Totti 60 Cipriani 34 Meghni, who as many of you know has been dubbed the new Zidane for several years, scored a brace in a match which prompted Voller to resign less than a month into the Serie A season. Locatelli headed down Nervo's right wing cross and the Frenchman hit a stunning right foot volley over Pelizzoli. Locatelli laid on a further two goals, Meghni blasting in Bologna's third with his left foot. Cipriani got a second yellow card for diving and Zagorakis followed him for a foul on Totti. The Roma captain gave his team hope with a stunning long range strike but despite a two man advantage Roma couldn't find a way back into the match. Attendance : 18,000 Red Cards : Zagorakis 51 (Bologna), Cipriani 39 (Bologna) Assists : Locatelli (x3), Cassano |