Monday, October 17, 2011

Goalless Sunday



Five of the seven Serie A Sunday's round games ended with 0-0 scores.

Cagliari had best chances to score but couldn't break the Siena's lock.

Udinese held 0-0 with 10 men in Bergamo with Handanovic's great performance.

Genoa struggled against Lecce , Genoa's coach Alberto Malesani feels more pressure to secure his job , Genoa couldn't win against Serie A's weakest team Lecce though Lecce had a lot of missings.

Conte satisfied with one point. Both goalkeepers Sorrentino and Buffon had great performances.

Cesena had a terrible start to Serie A after collecting only one point in five games. The Sea Horses had important missings , faced Fiorentina at home but former Fiorentina forward Mutu sent off and Cesena failed to get three points again.

Good news for Ranieri



Sneijder, Julio Cesar and Chivu are back from injuries and will be ready against Lille at UEFA Champions League game.

Ranieri's Inter are struggling and will try to bounce back after two defeats in a row. Especially Sneijder's performance will be very important against French side.

Finally Lazio wins against Roma



Without a doubt Derby della Capitale was the most attactive game of the weekend round.

After five consecutive derby defeats Lazio players and Reja felt the pressure on their shoulders. It was Reja's 4th derby and Luis Enrique's first.

Roma played without Francesco Totti who couldn't recover in time.

Roma had a better start and took an early lead with Osvaldo's goal. First half Roma were better team on the field. At the 2nd half Lazio started with much more passion and put the pressure on Roma. At 51st minute Brocchi was pulled back by Kjaer and the refree Tagliavento has showed penalty spot and sent Kjaer off.

It was the turning point of the game. Hernanes scored penalty kick and tied the game. Lazio started to put more pressure on 10 men Roma and missed plenty of chances , two times hit the post.

In injury minutes Klose's goal brought victory to Lazio , after five defeats Lazio finally have won against Roma and Reja paid his debt to Lazio fans.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Latest news from the Rossoneri



Milan were struggling due number of the injuries. Two bad news came by Milan's side today that Zambrotta and Seedorf won't be available against Palermo due injuries.

Aquilani will replace Seedorf and Antonini likely to replace Zambrotta.

Good news Mexes and Robinho are back. Mexes will start on the bench.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Napoli - Parma Preview



While Milan and Inter are struggling Napoli became the biggest Scudetto candidate with their awesome performances and deep squad. Napoli are only one point behind the leader Juventus and will try to get first spot this weekend and boost moral before up-coming Bayern Munich game.

A few weeks ago Napoli coach Mazzarri made a mistake by resting players against Chievo and after it his team played without a motivation against Fiorentina because of UCL (Villareal) game. Mazzarri is still regret of it and he will not repeat the same mistake. Two games costed to Napoli total 5 points. Napoli will host German giants Bayern Munich after 3 days by Parma game.

Napoli have proved with beating Inter and Milan that they are high-flying and biggest Scudetto candidate. Napoli have crashed Inter in Giuseppe Meazza even without their top goal scorer Cavani.

Cavani is back from injury and %100 fit and will start against Parma.


Parma are typical home team. Ah well even they have lost to struggling Roma at home with 0-1 score. They have won over Genoa with Giovinco's impressive performance 3-1. Their last two away games were disaster by losing both with three goal difference. (Fiorentina 3-0 , Juventus 4-1).

Napoli will miss Pandev , not important while he's a bench player.

Parma will miss veteran striker Crespo. Floccari will start with Giovinco up-front.

Mazzarri will not rest their stars before crucial Bayern game. Parma simply can't cope with Napoli's quality.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Robinho is ready for Palermo clash



Milan's Brazilian star is back after long term injury and he's fit. Robinho will start in first 11 against Palermo behind Cassano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Defending champions were strugging because of the injuries and have collected only five points after played five games.

Milan placed 15th and six points behind leader Juventus now.

Milan still have important missings. Abate, Gattuso , Pato and Flamini are still injured and Boateng is suspended.

Totti will miss the Derby



Roma's captain Francesco Totti will miss the Derby della Capitale due muscle injury.