Saturday’s games started with Palermo visiting Udinese at the Stadio Friuli, once again the Udinese legend Antonio Di Natalie was their savior, grabbing the equalizer in the 89th minute. Josip Ilicic put the visitors in front in the 33rd minute. Udinese goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic kept Udinese in the game all day helping them extend an Unbeaten run to 3 games. Early in the Game Palermo squandered a great chance to pull ahead, as Fabrizio Miccoli after twisting and turning inside the penalty area he pulled his shot wide. Then minutes later Robert Pereyra failed to put Udinese ahead when his first touch left more to be desired. Chances came for both sides throughout the game with Palermo having the lion share. In the 89th minute however Udinese made Palermo pay for their plethora of missed chances, when Ujkani lost grip of the ball and clashed with his defender leaving Di Natalie to poach home the unexpected equalizer. The Palermo versus Udinese game was just an appetizer; the main course began later that night as the “Giant killers”
Internazionale took on the ever dangerous Lazio. The first 45 minutes was a cagy affair with neither side conjuring a shot at goal throughout the first half. The second half however was a different ball game, as Inter hit the woodwork twice during a strong five minute spell. Fredy Guarin was first to hit the wood work when he rifled his shot in from 25 yards the Cassano followed in the 72nd minute hitting the same part of the post. Milito was there for both the rebounds, but failed to make it count as he shot wide and was denied by the keeper. The German legend Klose was the man of the moment, after failing to convert 2 easy chances because of poor control. He then proceeded to score the most difficult of all, being pressured by two defenders he put the ball into the far right corner as he fell to the ground. The last minutes of the game were nervy for Lazio as Inter piled on the pressure. Lazio held on for the win and improved on their stellar home record this season, as Inter fall 4 points behind log leaders pending Juventus’ game with Atlanta.
The story of Sunday’s games was the loss of Napoli at home to Bologna and AC Milan’s resurgence. Fiorentina Dominated Siena completely in the Tuscan derby, thrashing their local rivals 4-1. A brace from Luca Toni and goals from Aquilani and Pizzaro ensured a comfortable victory. Catania registered their first back to back wins with a comeback 3-1 victory at home to sampdoria. Three second half goals from Mario Angel Paglialunga (55') Gonzalo Bergessio (65') Lucas Nahuel Castro (90') were enough to earn all 3 points at the Stadio Angelo Massimino. Chievo Verona welcomed an inform AS Roma to the Stadio Marc`Antonio Bentegodi. The match saw a Battle of forms with Roma coming in on the back of a 4 game winning streak and Chievo on a 2 game win streak. A late goal from Sergio Pellissier (87') gave Chievo their 3rd straight victory and ended Roma’s run of good form. Genoa was at home to Torino and after 2 first half goals that saw the game balanced at 45minutes and the game ended all square.
Juventus sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory over 10 man Atlanta.Three first half goals from Mirko Vucinic (2') Andrea Pirlo (14') Claudio Marchisio (27') saw The champions pull 7 points clear of second place Inter. Parma welcomed Cagliari to the Stadio Ennio Tardini and proceeded to whoop them convincingly. With Cagliari scoring in the 20th minute from a Marco Sau effort. Parma began the comeback a minute later with Ishak Belfodil (21') and ended the game with efforts from Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany (54') Jamie Valdes (PEN 65') and Ishak Belfodil (86'). Bologna pulled away from the relegation zone with 2 late minute goals, in a back and forth affair away to Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo. Napoli failed to make their dominance count and paid for it, as Cagliari ran out winners on the day. Goals from Gamberini and Cavani saw Napoli draw level in the 50th and 70th minute, Before the Cagliari fight back.
AC Milan dominated proceeding when they welcomed Pescara to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Milan ran out 4-1 victors with goals from Antonio Nocerino (1') Elvis Abbruscato (OG 51') Jonathas (OG 79') Stephan El Shaarawy (81') .
By:
Phillip Eboreime (@ohioflintstones)
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