Friday, March 16, 2012

Totti is out against Genoa



Francesco Totti couldn't recover in time, and he will miss Genoa game. Also midfielder De Rossi remained doubtful.

Dream start and a nightmare end for Udinese



Udinese couldn't use advantage of an early 2-0 lead against the 10 men AZ Alkmaar. The Friulani made a lot of defensive errors after losing Benatia to injury during the game. The team is tried everything to open AZ Alkmaar defense but Di Natale's two goals were not enough to achieve qualification.

Thank you Napoli!



Napoli lost 1-4 to Chelsea after played extra time in London, and couldn't reach to last 8. Napoli showed a great fighting spirit against the English giants, and every player worked hard for Italy and Napoli's success. Mazzarri is right to say that ''My team was fantastic.''

Chelsea ''unexpectedly'' showed a great performance after Villas Boas departure. They were hungry for a goal from the first minute of the game. Napoli had 3-4 clear chances but Partenopei was unlucky.

Chelsea is the only team which is left to last 8 from England this season in UEFA Champions League.

Inter crash out of UEFA Champions League



The Nerazzurri again conceded in stoppages and crash out of UEFA Champions League to Marseille.

Diego Milito opened the scoring for the Nerazzurri in the 75th minute, but Brandao's 92th minute equaliser shocked Inter. Pazzini's late strike did not help to Inter to go through.

Ranieri's future remained doubtful, since Inter have no title chances, they are out of Italian Cup and Uefa Champions League.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Calaio injury blow for Siena



Siena's top-goal scorer Emanuele Calaio picked up an injury on sunday during the Cesena game, and he's out for the rest of the season.

Calaio had scored 11 goals this season.

Inter squad for Marseille



Inter will host Marseille in San Siro for the 2nd leg game of UEFA Champions League.

Inter are expecting to start with 4-3-1-2 formation against Marseille.

Ricky Alvarez is still injured, and Brazilian full-back Maicon is doubtful against Marseille.

Inter squad : 1 Julio Cesar, 12 Luca Castellazzi, 21 Paolo Orlandoni ; 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 23 Andrea Ranocchia, 25 Walter Samuel, 37 Davide Faraoni, 55 Yuto Nagatomo ; 5 Dejan Stankovic, 10 Wesley Sneijder, 17 Angelo Palombo, 18 Andrea Poli, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Joel Obi, 48 Lorenzo Crisetig ; 7 Giampaolo Pazzini, 9 Diego Forlan, 22 Diego Milito, 28 Mauro Zarate.

Serie A Week 27



Milan remained leader, and achieved an easy win against the relegation battlers Lecce, despite a bad performance.

Juventus drew once again, and started to feel pressure.

Injury crisis Lazio and out-fit Udinese lost their games, and wasted a great opportunity for the 3rd spot. Especially Lazio, as they are 9 points behind the leader Milan now, and only 3 points above of Napoli.

Siena achieved a very important victory against Cesena before the Novara game, and had an advantage against the relegation battlers.

Fiorentina, Cagliari and Parma are feeling the relegation danger after following bad results.

Cagliari recalled Ficcadenti, and sacked Ballardini after 6-3 Napoli defeat.