Serie A 2007-2008 Round 17
Benny
FIORENTINA 5 (Montolivo 3, Mutu 42, Mutu 47 Pen, Santana 48, Santana 80)
CAGLIARI 1 (Fini 6)
Montolivo got Fiorentina's faltering push for a Champions League place
back on track with a rocket from 20 yards. A tremendous run by Foggia
lead to a quick equaliser, Fini controlled the midfielder's deflected
cross on his knee before volleying past Frey. Mutu finished off Cagliari
with goals either side of half time, the first a super near post header.
Santana fired a loose ball through Marruocco's legs for the fourth and
scored a fantastic second. Receiving a pass from Ujfalusi on the left
touchline he cut inside the box and dribbled past two players before
thumping the ball into the top left corner.
Attendance : 26,076
Assists : Mutu, n/a, Jorgensen, Vieri (won pen), n/a, Ujfalusi
INTER 2 (Cruz 36, Cambiasso 63)
MILAN 1 (Pirlo 18 fk)
Pirlo gave Milan the lead with a brilliant free kick. Ibrahimovic sucked
in three players on the left flank then passed to Cambiasso, he rolled
the ball to Cruz who held off Seedorf before firing through Kaladze's
legs beating Dida, who should have saved, at his near post. Another Dida
mistake handed Inter the points. Cambiasso latched onto an awful Maldini
clearance before shooting straight down the middle as Dida inexplicably
dived OUT OF THE WAY of the ball.
Attendance : 80,000
Assists : Inzaghi (won fk), Ibrahimovic, n/a
JUVENTUS 2 (Salihamidzic 32, Trezeguet 59)
SIENA 0
Salihamidzic scrambled in Juve's first after the Siena defence wasted
three chances to clear a free kick. Trezeguet, who looks odds on to be
the third successive Serie A player to win the European Golden Boot,
flicked forward a Tiago pass with his back heel then curled the ball
inside a post. Brilliant.
Attendance : 20,000
Assists : Trezeguet, Tiago
LIVORNO 1 (Galante 26)
ATALANTA 1 (Tissone 33)
Grandoni headed on a corner towards Galante and his goalbound shot was
sliced over the line by a defender. Tissone equalised with a magnificent
free kick, from the left of the penalty box he whipped the ball inside
the top right corner.
Attendance : 6,000
Assists : Grandoni, Floccari (won fk)
NAPOLI 1 (Hamsik 81)
TORINO 1 (Rosina 36 Pen)
The ref, Trefoloni made one of the all time worst penalty decisions. He
pointed to the spot after Domizzi blocked Bjelanovic's header with his
left foot which is clearly an offence. Rosina converted before Trefoloni,
who almost certainly watched a replay of the penalty incident at half
time, tried to even the score by giving Napoli a spot kick when Zalayeta
threw himself over Sereni only Domizzi was denied by a brilliant save.
Hamsik ran onto Sosa's reverse pass before hammering the ball into the
roof of the net.
Hamsik has the potential to be one of the best attacking midfielders in
the World over the next decade.
Attendance : 45,000
Red Card : Grella 43 (Torino)
Assists : n/a, Sosa
PALERMO 2 (Simplicio 34, Amauri 46)
LAZIO 2 (Firmani 59, Tare 80)
Simplicio headed in Miccoli's free kick. In the first minute of the
second half Miccoli sent Amauri clear of a Lazio defence trying to play
offside on the half-way line and he rounded Ballotta before lobbing the
ball into an empty net from a tight angle. Kolarov's wayward shot fell
kindly for Firmani to score his second of the season. Tare equalised four
minutes after Amauri missed a penalty, side footing De Silvestri's cut
back past Agliardi.
Attendance : 24,184
Red Card : Siviglia 75 (Lazio), De Silvestri 89 (Lazio)
Assists : Miccoli (fk), Miccoli, Kolarov, De Silvestri
REGGINA 3 (Vigiani 35, Vigiani 78, Vigiani 93)
CATANIA 1 (Vargas 91)
Vigiani scored his first following an inventive (or botched) free kick
routine. Modesto lobbed the ball into the box, Amoruso headed it back and
Vigiani volleyed into the bottom corner. Vigiani tackled a defender 20
yards from the Catania goal then beat Polito with a quick low drive.
Novakovic was left red faced by a ferocious free kick which bounced in
front of him. Vigiani 'completed' his hat-trick with a shot which took a
decisive deflection off a defender.
Attendance : 11,000
Red Card : Sardo 87 (Catania)
Assists : Amoruso, n/a, Baiocco (fk), n/a
UDINESE 2 (Dossena 22, Di Natale 85)
EMPOLI 2 (Raggi 51, Marzoratti 93)
Italy full back Dossena finished off a superb one touch passing move with
a delightful lob over Balli. Raggi equalised with a bullet header from
Vannuchi's corner. Di Natale looked to have won the points when he tapped
in a loose ball but Marzoratti snatched a point with another superb
header.
Attendance : 14,000
Red Card : Pratali 58 (Empoli)
Assists : Di Natale, Vannucchi (ck), n/a, Moro (fk)
22 December 2007
GENOA 1 (Borriello 42 Pen)
PARMA 0
Attendance : 27,000
Assist : Borriello (won pen)
ROMA 2 (Totti 18 Pen, Totti 90)
SAMPDORIA 0
Totti lobbed Castelazzi from the penalty spot then tapped in Cassetti's
centre.
Attendance : 30,000
Assists : Ferrari (won pen), Cassetti
TEAM P W D L F A PTS
1 Inter 17 13 4 0 37 9 43
2 Roma 17 10 6 1 33 18 36
3 Juventus 17 10 5 2 35 15 35
4 Udinese 17 8 5 4 22 21 29
5 Fiorentina 17 7 7 3 26 16 28
6 Palermo 17 6 7 4 25 27 25
7 Napoli 17 6 5 6 25 22 23
8 Atalanta 16 5 7 4 23 21 22
9 Sampdoria 17 6 3 8 22 24 21
10 Catania 17 5 6 6 17 19 21
11 Genoa 17 4 7 6 16 23 19
12 Milan 14 4 6 4 21 12 18
13 Parma 17 4 6 7 19 24 18
14 Lazio 17 4 6 7 19 25 18
15 Torino 17 2 11 4 15 20 17
16 Livorno 16 3 6 7 19 27 15
17 Empoli 17 3 6 8 14 24 15
18 Siena 17 2 8 7 17 25 14
19 Reggina 16 2 7 7 12 25 13
20 Cagliari 17 2 4 11 13 33 10
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> 23 December 2007
>
>
> INTER 2 (Cruz 36, Cambiasso 63)
> MILAN 1 (Pirlo 18 fk)
>
> Pirlo gave Milan the lead with a brilliant free kick. Ibrahimovic sucked
> in three players on the left flank then passed to Cambiasso, he rolled
> the ball to Cruz who held off Seedorf before firing through Kaladze's
> legs beating Dida, who should have saved, at his near post. Another Dida
> mistake handed Inter the points. Cambiasso latched onto an awful Maldini
> clearance before shooting straight down the middle as Dida inexplicably
> dived OUT OF THE WAY of the ball.
One of Inzaghi's finest performances ever on the Cordoba 'foul'
that was whistled by Morganti. When Pippo retires he should
open an academy for inspiring actors. He kept on leaning into
Cordoba on his run and then just fell over as the Colombian
drew away. Bravo! 'I'd like to thank the Academy and Morganti '
Brilliant free kick by Pirlo though.
First Inter goal was not an easy save. Sure, a keeper shouldn't allow
near-post goals, but this goal was more down to terrible marking
and superb passing in the area. Ibra beat THREE defenders in the
corner to an unmarked Cambiasso whom then passed immediately
to Cruz, who bolted past two red-and-black statues and then rifled
a shot from about 6 meters between the legs of Kaladze (?) That
was not an easy shot to pick up, much less stop when it taken so
hard, from so close and so close to the corner. Dida is as much a
scapegoat here as he is at fault.
Second goal was first of all due to the mistake of Milan's 'living
legend', making one of the biggest hospital headers I've seen in my
life! A shallow and weak header made directly in front of his own
goal to probably the worst ball-winner on the field (Serginho!)
Dida's dive was inexplicable for sure - but no more inexplicable
than Maldini's poor excuse for a clearance.
Questions ....
Where was Seedorf? Before he was subbed off, I thought I saw
his face on some missing posters in the Carabiniere station at
San Siro. (This is classic Seedorf - one or two fine matches, then
he becomes a rumor for the next six. Maybe he should join
the other player so much like that (Recoba) at Torino?
Samuel's injury will hurt Inter more than any - outside of possibly
Figo's - that they have had so far. The Argentinian has been
brilliant this season and is a far, far better zonal defender than
Materazzi ever has been or will be. Who will replace 'The Wall?'
Last question .... will Milan line the tunnel entrance to applaud
the eventual scudetto winners in the return leg?
- Riff
Benny
> From : nerazzurr...@comcast.net
> First Inter goal was not an easy save. Sure, a keeper shouldn't allow
> near-post goals, but this goal was more down to terrible marking
> and superb passing in the area. Ibra beat THREE defenders in the
> corner to an unmarked Cambiasso whom then passed immediately
> to Cruz, who bolted past two red-and-black statues and then rifled
> a shot from about 6 meters between the legs of Kaladze (?) That
> was not an easy shot to pick up, much less stop when it taken so
> hard, from so close and so close to the corner. Dida is as much a
> scapegoat here as he is at fault.
He got down to the ball in time, he should have pushed it out for a corner.
> Where was Seedorf? Before he was subbed off, I thought I saw
> his face on some missing posters in the Carabiniere station at
> San Siro. (This is classic Seedorf - one or two fine matches, then
> he becomes a rumor for the next six. Maybe he should join
> the other player so much like that (Recoba) at Torino?
Seedorf and Gattuso were carrying injuries. Like the rest of the Milan
midfield Seedorf has been tremendous in Europe for the last 1.5 campaigns.
> Last question .... will Milan line the tunnel entrance to applaud
> the eventual scudetto winners in the return leg?
I would expect so.
Riffster
> > Subject : Serie A 2007-2008 Round 17
> > From : nerazzurr...@comcast.net
>
> > First Inter goal was not an easy save. Sure, a keeper shouldn't allow
> > near-post goals, but this goal was more down to terrible marking
> > and superb passing in the area. Ibra beat THREE defenders in the
> > corner to an unmarked Cambiasso whom then passed immediately
> > to Cruz, who bolted past two red-and-black statues and then rifled
> > a shot from about 6 meters between the legs of Kaladze (?) That
> > was not an easy shot to pick up, much less stop when it taken so
> > hard, from so close and so close to the corner. Dida is as much a
> > scapegoat here as he is at fault.
>
> He got down to the ball in time, he should have pushed it out for a
> corner.
No he wasn't down in time - he barely touched the shot with
his hand - no way he was going to put that around the post.
That shot was hit *hard*.
Dida has made some howlers in the past - and did so again
later (with the complicity of Maldini) in this game.
But this wasn't one of those blunders.
Maybe if he had been 'slapped' he would have gone down
harder though - between him Inzaghi and Materazzi I don't
know whom to pick as the worst diver.
- Riff
futbol...@yahoo.com
> > JUVENTUS 2 (Salihamidzic 32, Trezeguet 59)
> > SIENA 0
>
> The referee screwed up big time in this game. Thiago should have been sent
> off for punching Locatelli. The whole scene happened under Damato's eyes,
> he opted for a simple yellow card though. Trezeguet was offside when Juve
> scored their first.
Good to know that the Virgins have not lost their whining habits.
Relax, you're light years ahead of everybody, and Juve is just a poor
little neoporomossa who cannot possibly threaten your newly acquired
Immaculate power.
> Juve fans had been so vocal when calls didn't go their
> way in other instances this season, hopefully their memory won't be that
> selective in the future.
LOL. Look who's talking about selective memories.
> With no european cups to play, Juve is almost a lock for a UCL spot.
They always were. Only wishful thinking Virgin fans could have thought
otherwise.
D
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> 3 Juventus 17 10 5 2 35 15 35
Without money and without a "proper" squad and after being away.
Not bad.
They'll be back to dominance soon I expect. Ibrahimovic, Vieira,
Cannavaro, Zambrotta were all lost because of calciopoli, no?
Benny
> Without money and without a "proper" squad and after being away.
Their budget was around 50 million euros but it wasn't well spent.
> They'll be back to dominance soon I expect.
They'll never dominate without Moggi.
> Ibrahimovic, Vieira, Cannavaro, Zambrotta were all lost because of
> calciopoli, no?
Yep.
futbol...@yahoo.com
>
> > Without money and without a "proper" squad and after being away.
>
> Their budget was around 50 million euros but it wasn't well spent.
True.
> They'll never dominate without Moggi.
True again. With Moggi we wouldn't have spent 75% of our budget to buy
useless benchwarmers (Almiron and Tiago) and injury magnets (Andrade).
> > Ibrahimovic, Vieira, Cannavaro, Zambrotta were all lost because of
> > calciopoli, no?
>
> Yep.
Nor would we have let the best assets go to the competition.
Daniele
alka...@hotmail.com
wrote:
> On Dec 27, 12:15 pm, Benny <Be...@soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>
> > > Subject : Serie A 2007-2008 Round 17
> > > From : wanyik...@gmail.com
>
> > > Without money and without a "proper" squad and after being away.
>
> > Their budget was around 50 million euros but it wasn't well spent.
>
> True.
>
> > They'll never dominate without Moggi.
>
> True again. With Moggi we wouldn't have spent 75% of our budget to buy
> useless benchwarmers (Almiron and Tiago) and injury magnets (Andrade).
Whats the story been with Tiago? Has he really been that bad? I looked
like a pretty solid player at Chelsea.
alka...@hotmail.com
Just to clarify, I never played for Chelsea. Mourinho didnt think much
of my defensive skills.
I meant Tiago.
futbol...@yahoo.com
>
> Don't worry, I've never thought of this Juventus as a serious scudetto
> contender.
Who knows. We are essentially level on points with Roma, who probably
you do rate as a serious scudetto contender. We are on course to total
about 80 points. That probably would not be enough for the scudetto in
normal years, but if the teams ahead of us were to implode. It has
happened in the past...
> >> Juve fans had been so vocal when calls didn't go their
> >> way in other instances this season, hopefully their memory won't be that
> >> selective in the future.
>
> > LOL. Look who's talking about selective memories.
>
> "We are penalised in an unacceptable way", that's what Juve's chairman of
> the board said just a few weeks ago. I happen to think Juve have had their
> fair share of good and bad calls,
I happen to think that the number of bad calls suffered by Juve
outweighs by far, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the ones in
favor. My memory may be selective, but no more than the one of fans of
other teams in the past.
> that's it. Why are you being so touchy?
It's because of some absurdly biased selective memories that it was
possible to create the popular sentiment that sent Juve to Serie B and
stripped us of our titles and best players. Plus, I was looking for a
fight.
> If you had your hands full with the UCL, I doubt you'd be so up high in the
> table. Kudos to Ranieri though, he's doing a good job.
If we had our hands full with the CL, our brilliant strategists would
have planned the transfer campaign differently.
> And btw, I'm no big fan of virgins at all ;-)
:-)
> P.S. I know I'm late, but happy birthday. Even if you support the Evil ones
> you're quite a decent chap...
Wow, immaculate birthday wishes. You don't find those around very
easily. I guess I'll have to thank you.
D
futbol...@yahoo.com
>
> Whats the story been with Tiago? Has he really been that bad? I looked
> like a pretty solid player at Chelsea.
Ranieri obviously isn't too fond of his defending skills, so he went
with Almiron at the beginning of the year (he has been a total
disaster), and then found the magic formula with Zanetti and Nocerino
pairing up as DMs. They have been instrumental in steadying the
defense, (even Legrottaglie looks competent), so Tiago has found no
space at all.
He clearly has good ball skills, and he has done well in the rare
opportunities he's had. If i'm not mistaken he has already racked up 3
or 4 assists, which really isn't bad given the limited number of
minutes played.
D
alka...@hotmail.com
wrote:
That's what I had heard, i.e. he has done ok when he's been given a
chance.
What's the general view on Ranieri among the Juventus faithful?
Acceptable job? Or doing really well?
futbol...@yahoo.com
> futbolmet...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Don't count on it. Italy's in a different era, football-wise.
Right, how could I forget! With new and fresh faces such as Matarrese
and Abete at the helm (with Carraro still pulling the strings from his
position at UEFA), everything is nice and clean now. Immaculate, I
would say.
But you're right: if you believed that Moggi is still scheming in the
wings, as claimed by the Napoli judges based on the most recent
wiretappings (where Moggi has RSS-level conversations with his
buddies), maybe it would have some effect on the pitch.
So yes, the cupola still exists! And Moggi is behind everything!
>
> > It's because of some absurdly biased selective memories that it was
> > possible to create the popular sentiment that sent Juve to Serie B and
> > stripped us of our titles and best players.
>
> If and when you can give me a reasonable explanation of why Moggi and
> referee Bertini had 13 telephone conversations the day before
> Juventus-Milan, using foreign phone cards provided by Moggi himself, then
> I'll be willing to grant you the benefit of the doubt.
a) The alleged Bertini-Moggi phone calls were uncovered in late 2006,
long after the calciopoli verdict.
b) For what it's worth, Bertini, Moggi and all the others involved
vehemently deny that any of those phone calls took place, and the
carabinieri's intriguing statistical exercise is not necessarily proof
that they did. We'll see what the judges will say about this.
> You're welcome. Beside, you Juve fans have been definitely more tolerable
> since 2006...
The same can not be said of some others. Alas, success breeds
arrogance. But at least some arrogance is more justified than other.
D
Benny
> True again. With Moggi we wouldn't have spent 75% of our budget to buy
> useless benchwarmers (Almiron and Tiago) and injury magnets (Andrade).
Tiago is a very good player but has struggled. Almiron isn't worth 5 million
euros, never mind the 10 million Juve paid for him.
> Nor would we have let the best assets go to the competition.
Unless they wanted to stay in Italy that's one thing I didn't understand
Diabolik
>> >> way in other instances this season, hopefully their memory won't be
>> >> that
>> >> selective in the future.
>>
>> > LOL. Look who's talking about selective memories.
>>
>> "We are penalised in an unacceptable way", that's what Juve's chairman of
>> the board said just a few weeks ago. I happen to think Juve have had
>> their
>> fair share of good and bad calls,
>
> I happen to think that the number of bad calls suffered by Juve
> outweighs by far, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the ones in
> favor. My memory may be selective, but no more than the one of fans of
> other teams in the past.
Bwahahahahahahaha!
Don't make me laugh!