Matchday 14 started on Saturday on an Entertaining
note, with Palermo entertaining Catania at their home stadium The Stadio Renzo
Barbera in Palermo. The Home team got off to a terrific start with a goal from
their talisman forward Fabrizio Miccoli in the 10th minute. In the
second half Palermo ran away with the spoils as Brienza and Josip Ilicic
combined twice in 10 minutes to give Palermo a 3-0 lead and Ilicic a brace.
Canani got a consolation goal 20 minutes from time, and that’s how the scores
stayed. 3-1 the final score.
Sundays’ games proved to be largely boring
and Cagey affairs, with 4 of the 6 games played ending with 1-0 wins and 1 ending
in a scoreless stalemate. But despite the goal drought, 2 games provided the
Drama we so desperately wanted. The most anticipated match in Serie A this
weekend, as Juventus travelled to Milan aiming to compound the woes of Allegri
and his men this season. However lady luck was having none of that, as the
Rossoneri were handed a controversial penalty from an Isla handball that
ultimately sealed the win. Robinho who had gotten the starting job ahead of
Bojan stepped up to take the penalty, forcing it past Buffon into the bottom
left corner. The Bianconeri problems
with strikers continue, as they have no consistent go to talisman in the box. Quagliarella
was substituted for the smaller Giovinco who had no immediate impact on
proceedings. Milan held their own against a blunt Juventus side, and forcibly
started Juventus on a Losing streak against the Milanese Giants (Inter and AC
Milan).
The most understated game of the weekend
was the most exciting with 4 goals scored and split equally between both teams.
Fiorentina was flying under the radar to The Stadio Olimpico di Torino to face
Torino who are trying to claw their way to the Top half of the standings. A
first half Goal from Allesio Cerci put
the hosts in the driving seat going into
the break, but an end that saw 3 goals scored in 10 minutes by both sides
showed both teams were desperate to get all three points or at the very least
not lose all three points. An equalizer from the spot saw the visitors level matters
in the 74th minute and all most immediately the host took the lead
again, this time from substitute Valter Birsa in the 76th
minute. The visitors pushed and got and
equalizer in the 84th minute
from substitute striker El Hamdaoui. And all square was how it ended on Sunday
afternoon in Torino.
The weekends other Games saw an
Inconsistent yet at times magnificent AS Roma grab a much needed win at Pescara
as an early goal from Mattia Destro in the 5th minute was enough to
see the visitors through. Also Genoa travelled to Bergamo to face Atlanta where
a goal shortly before half time was all that separated the teams. Sampdoria
entertained Bologna for yet another 1-0 win over the week. A second half goal
was all the hosts needed to secure all three points. Lastly Siena travelled to
face Chievo that ended in a scoreless stalemate.
Matchday 14 is not over yet, let’s hope
that over the next 2 days the 3 games left can take heal the boredom we faced
on Sunday. On Monday, Inter travel to Parma, while Parma will be fighting tooth
and nail to win on home ground and stay in the top half, Inter will be looking
to cut Juventus’ lead at the top to 1 point. Also on Monday Napoli will be the
away side as they take on Cagliari. On Tuesday match day 14 ends with Lazio and
Udinese, with Lazio on home turf.
*Written by Eboreime Phillip Ohioma (@ohioflintstones)
Controversial penalty or not, Juve didn't play like a team that had any intensions of winning or had anything a stake. Congrats Milan,let's hope this is the begining of new things!!!
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