9 November 2014

CAGLIARI 1 (Farias 16)
GENOA 1 (Rossettini 53 og)

The normally excellent Perrin rushed off his line to block Farias' run onto a longball but Farias flicked the ball post him and ran it into an empty net. Rossettini turned a centre into his own net. Conti dived to win a penalty and earn Sturaro a red but Perrin made amends for his earlier mistake by saving Avelar's penalty and Longo missed an open goal on the rebound by shanking wide.

Attendance : 8,000
Red Card : Sturaro 75 (Genoa)
Assists : Rossettini, n/a


CHIEVO 2 (Pellissier 48, Pellissier 90)
CESENA 1 (Djuric 88)

Pellissier fired Chievo into the lead after Radovanovic's speculative effort fell kindly for him. Djuric equalised via a massive deflection off Cesar but two minutes later Bellomo's teasing free kick drew out Leali and Pellissier headed into an empty net to claim three valuable points.

Attendance : 9,500
Assists : Radovanovic, n/a, Bellomo


EMPOLI 2 (Barba 52, Maccarone 56)
LAZIO 1 (Djordjevic 67)

Lazio had been on a great run of form but were undone by two goals in four minutes. Barba gave the hosts the leads with a great flick header. Mario Rui caught the Lazio defence cold with a clever free kick, Maccarone split from the pack and volleyed over ? Djordjevic headed in a Candreva cross but Lazio couldn't find a way back.

Attendance : 10,000
Assists : Valdifiori, Mario Rui, Candreva


JUVENTUS 7 (Llorente 24, Lichtsteiner 30, Llorente 37, Tevez 50, Tevez 58, Morata 76, Morata 88)
PARMA 0

Llorente tapped in a rebound after Mirante spilled from Pogba. Lichtsteiner thumped in the second from the edge of the box before making the third for Llorente. Tevez scored a fantastic goal. He shrugged off Costa as he turned onto a loose ball 60 yards from goal, he cut inside Lucarelli, nutmegged Felipe then ran around him onto his own pass before side footing inside the right post. Magnificent. Tevez smashed in a rebound before Morata came off the bench to also bag a brace, his second a volley from Lichtsteiner's cross.

Attendance : 39,097
Assists : n/a, n/a, Lichtsteiner, Padoin, n/a, Coman, Lichtsteiner


PALERMO 1 (Dybala 43 Pen)
UDINESE 1 (Thereau 5)

Thereau headed in a rebound. A scandalous dive won Palermo a penalty. Di Natale was injured so Dybala took it. Guilherme checked Dybala as he ran into the box but Dybala's second penalty was brilliantly saved by Karnezis.

Attendance : 15,658
Assists : n/a, Barreto (won pen)


FIORENTINA 0
NAPOLI 1 (Higuain 62)

Attendance : 31,987
Assist : n/a


INTER 2 (Icardi 18, Icardi 48)
VERONA 2 (Toni 10, Lopez 89)

Toni slammed in a volley at the far post after that Greek lad headed back a cross. Icardi also volleyed in from close range to equalise. Palacio beat Verona's offside trap and centred for Icardi's second. Medel was sent off for preventing a shot whacking him in the face but Handanovic saved the penalty. Saviola, yes THAT Saviola, played in Lopez with a great reverse pass and he blasted inside the right post to equalise.

Mazzarri was fired sometime over the past week and Mancini has been appointed as his replacement. A safe option but he's obviously not going to match the success he had first time round.

Attendance : 27,314
Red Card : Medel 51 (Inter)
Assists : Christodoulopoulos, Palacio, n/a, Saviola


ROMA 3 (Torosidis 8, Keita 27, Ljajic 57)
TORINO 0

Totti exchanged passes with Keita before centring to Torosidis who finished with a back heel. Keita blasted in his first Roma goal from a Pjanic lay off and Ljajic put the seal on a comfortable victory with a 20 yard rocket.

Attendance : 35,770
Assists : Totti, Pjanic, Pjanic


8 November 2014

SASSUOLO 0
ATALANTA 0

Attendance : 9,000
Assists : n/a


SAMPDORIA 2 (Okaka 46, Eder 51)
MILAN 2 (El Shaarawy 10, Menez 65 Pen)

El Shaarawy cut in from the left and thumped a shot inside the right post, his first goal since February 2012. Okaka got in front of Bonera to poke in Gabbiadini's cross and Eder pounced after Diego Lopez fumbled from a corner. Menez converted a penalty for handball to rescue a point. Bonera walked for bringing down Okaka.

Attendance : 23,839
Red Card : Bonera 85 (Milan)
Assists : Menez, Gabbiadini, n/a, Okaka (won pen)