Serie A 2005-2006 Round 6

2 October 2005

JUVENTUS	2-0	INTER
Trezeguet 22
Nedved 34

This match was a real anti climax. Both Juve's goals were from set pieces. Cesar couldn't hold Ibrahimovic's deflected free kick and Trezeguet headed into the corner. Nedved curled in a free kick and Vieira almost made it 3-0 from a corner. Materazzi succeeded in ending Ibrahimovic's influence on the match with a brutal foul late in the first half. The hopeless Del Piero came on in his place and did a big pile of nothing. Thuram and Trezeguet left the field within ten minutes of each other with muscle injuries. In light of Juve's injuries Mancini should have acted earlier. Adriano was, once again, horrible. Seems Inter's midfield missed Veron badly (he had a cold). Pizarro took his Udinese form into this match i.e. Udinese are always crap against Juve. Attendance : 33,722 Rd Card: Morfeo 83 (Parma) Assist : n/a, Ibrahimovic (won fk)

ASCOLI	3-1	PARMA
Bjelanovic 28, 78		Pisanu 20
Foggia 33

Morfeo was fouled twice in the build-up to the opening goal but managed to lay-off a pass for Pisanu to shoot Parma in front. Bjelanovic leapt between two defenders to head in the equaliser. Foggia scored with a fine individual effort on the break although he was helped by Grella's slip. Bjelanovic headed in his second goal and sealed Ascoli's first win of the season. Attendance : 10,000 Rd Card: Morfeo 83 (Parma) Assist : Morfeo, Foggia, n/a?, Tosto

FIORENTINA	3-2	LIVORNO
Toni 27		Galante 85
Jorgensen 35		Morrone 88
Pazzini 60

Lucarelli was booked for 'elbowing' Pasqual then shown a red for dissent a minute later. To say his sending off was harsh would be a understatement. Ujfalusi slung a cross into the box and four Livorno players tried to play offside while Toni leapt above another to head in his sixth goal of the season. Jorgensen scored a brilliant second. Pazzini chested down Donadel's 50 yard pass then laid it into the path of Jorgensen and he slammed into the bottom corner. Jorgensen stripped a ball off a defender and played in Pazzini with a nice reverse pass, Pazzini stepped inside Galante before curled the ball past Amelia. Grandoni headed a corner against a post and Galante volleyed in the rebound. More slack defending gave Morrone a goal but Livorno ran out of time. Milan have been making noises about finding a back-up for Pirlo for the past two years. In Donadel they already have one but given how management have foolishly got rid of Fuser and Oddo in the past a permanent return to the San Siro remains a long shot, at least while Ancelotti is in charge. Attendance : 35,000 Red Card : Lucarelli 16 (Livorno) Assists : Ujfalusi, Pazzini, Jorgensen, n/a, Coco

LECCE	3-0	CAGLIARI
Konan 8
Pinardi 14 (Pen)
Ledesma 67

Lecce had only scored twice leading into this game and one of those was a penalty so it was a major surprise when they put together a 9 man passing move which involved several first time passes and ended with Cassetti back heeling for Konan to score from close range. Incredible goal. Pinardi slotted in a penalty. After surviving some Cagliari pressure Ledesma sealed Lecce's first win of the season with another beautifully crafted goal. Abruzzese's back heeled to Valdes, Pinardi laid off his centre and Ledesma crashed the ball into the top corner. With talk of Zeman returning Lecce instead opted for Silvio Baldini as their new coach. It's clear the team have been working on their first time passing over the week. Now all they need is to get Vucinic scoring again. Attendance : 11,800 Assist : Cassetti, Konan (won pen), Pinardi

MESSINA	1-4	SAMPDORIA
D'Agostino 77		Flachi 45
		Bonazzoli 62, 90
		Borriello 79

At the end of the first half Gasbarroni headed on a cross to Flachi and he ran between two defenders before shooting wide of George Michael. In the second half Flachi was hauled down in the box, which makes a change for him as he usually dives. George Michael made a brilliant if fortuitous save with his feet, the ball bounced on the line, off a post and into his hands. Samp weren't to be denied a second goal and Bonazzoli turned onto a pass before shooting in off a post, 20 yards from goal. The ref gave Messina a cheap penalty but Antonioli produced two incredible saves to keep out Di Napoli's initial effort then the follow-up on the rebound. Borriello poked in Bonazzoli's cross before D'Agostino hit a quick reply. Bonazzoli helped himself to a second goal from a deflected pass to join fellow giant Luca Toni on top of the scoring charts with 6 goals in 6 games. Attendance : 25,000 Assists : Gasbarroni, Castellini, n/a?, Bonazzoli, n/a

MILAN	2-1	REGGINA
Maldini 5, 20		Cavalli 93

Buoyed by his excellent cross for Shevchenko in mid-week Maldini was again in an advanced position from a throw-in. He passed to Seedorf before running forward, Seedorf played a one-two with Serginho before passing back Maldini, Maldini nutmegged Lanzaro and hit a low shot into the net. He headed in a second from a Rui Costa corner. Vieri missed half a dozen chances before Cavalli grabbed a late consolation goal when Nesta went to sleep on a cross. Attendance : 57,538 Assists : Seedorf, Rui Costa (ck), Vigiani

PALERMO	2-2	EMPOLI
Caracciolo 7		Tavano 9, 42
Makinwa 55

Makinwa struggled to control a cross but the ball rolled towards Caracciolo and he hit it with unnecessary force from 6 yards out. Palermo have been shipping goals at an alarming rate in recent weeks (because of an injury to Guardalben) and that trend continued. Their defence blew two chances to clear as Noviello ran into the box, he met Zaccardo's sliced clearance with a scissor kick and Tavano fired the ball through two defenders into the bottom corner. Tavano ran onto a long ball and passed to Almiron who flicked the ball wide of a defender and rolled it back, via a nice step over from the ref, for Tavano to put Empoli into the lead. Makinwa, who had a terrible game and missed three great chances, headed in the equaliser. Attendance : 26,642 Assist : Makinwa, Noviello, Almiron, Grosso

ROMA	2-3	SIENA
Taddei 46		Negro 17
Panucci 86		Chiesa 54
		Colonnese 91

Panucci was pulled back when he tried to clear a cross from a corner, Locatelli scuffed his shot and former Lazio defender Negro stabbed over the line. Predictably Taddei scored against his former club, after a controversial and long drawn out transfer, with a right foot volley from the edge of the box. Locatelli volleyed a cross to Vergassola, he controlled the ball on his chest and poked it forward to Chiesa who curled the ball inside the post. Vergassola got a cheap second yellow for obstructing Totti as he tried to take a quick free kick. Panucci tapped-in from close range after Totti stung Mirante's palms with a free kick and Totti would have won the game but for a spectacular reflex save. Siena stole the points on a counter attack. Alvarez tried to keep an attack alive but kicked the ball against team-mate Dacourt allowing Bogdani to break, he rode a tackle from Dacourt and held off Perrotta before leaving Colonnese to tap in the winner. Attendance : 25,000 Red Card : Vergassola 58 (Siena) Assists : Locatelli, n/a, Vergassola, n/a, Bogdani


1 October 2005

UDINESE	3-0	LAZIO
Iaquinta 51 (Pen)
Di Natale 79
Candela 90

Iaquinta was back and to the surprise of absolutely no one Udinese won. They needed a soft penalty to take the lead after dominating from the start. Di Michele, who is still lacking sharpness, was denied a second by a brilliant Peruzzi save. Iaquinta headed down Vidigal's cross and Di Natale drilled the ball past Peruzzi. Candela put the icing on the cake when he burst through from midfield and beat Peruzzi with an exquisite lob from the edge of the box. Had Udinese management not been such arseholes right now they'd probably be sitting joint top along with Juve. Attendance : 17,000 Assists : Iaquinta (won pen), Iaquinta, n/a?