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Serie A Week 2 Results

September 1st 2009 04:40
The Calcio's second week was not without any action as the first derby della Madonnina went in favor of Inter Milan who easily (almost too easily) discarded their city rivals to the score of 4-0 (3-0 at halftime). But it was Juventus who stole the show as Diego put on another fantastic display to help his new team defeat Roma 3-1. Full results follow.

Atalanta – Genoa: 0-1

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Bari – Bologna: 0-0

Cagliari – Siena: 1-3

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Chievo – Lazio: 1-2

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Fiorentina – Palermo: 1-0

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AC Milan – Inter Milan: 0-4

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Napoli – Livorno: 3-1

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Parma – Catania: 2-1

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AS Roma – Juventus: 1-3 (Read my recap HERE)

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Sampdoria – Udinese: 3-1

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Serie A Week 1 Results

August 25th 2009 03:47
The big surprise of Serie A's opening fixtures was Inter Milan's draw against promoted club Bari. Although Eto'o scored on his debut, the draw was a big blow considering Milan and Juventus' victories. As usual, here are the highlights from all the games (except the one that ended in a 0-0 draw).

Bologna – Fiorentina: 1-1


Catania – Sampdoria: 1-2


Genoa – AS Roma: 3-2


Inter Milan – Bari: 1-1


Juventus – Chievo: 1-0 (Read my recap HERE)


Lazio – Atalanta: 1-0


Livorno – Cagliari: 0-0

Palermo – Napoli: 2-1


Siena – AC Milan: 1-2 (Read my recap HERE)


Udinese – Parma: 2-2
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Group A
Bordeaux – Chelsea: 1-1
What is going with the Blues lately? Not only they are slowing down in the Premiership, their Champions League latest performances are leaving a lot to be desired. After convincingly defeating Bordeaux 4-0 in Matchday 1, they could only get a draw in the return match. Are they simply exhausted or are other teams figuring them out? Thanks to this draw, Bordeaux still have a chance to qualify. They'll have to defeat Roma on Matchday 6 to get through.


CFR Cluj – Roma: 1-3

Group B
Inter Milan – Panathinaikos: 0-1
Chelsea aren't the only ones struggling. Lately, Mourinho's men have had trouble finding the back of the net. That explains their 1-0 defeat against Panathinaikos.


Anorthosis – Werder Bremen: 2-2
Anorthosis have been surprising a lot of people in this competition. They have only one win, but their three draws leave them hanging on to the two leaders. A win on Matchday 6 will send them through to next stage.

Group C
Shakhtar Donetsk – Basel: 5-0

Sporting – Barcelona: 2-5
With Lionel Messi in the line-up, Barcelona are virtually unstoppable. One has to wonder who will stop them from going all the way.

Group D
Atletico Madrid – PSV: 2-1

Liverpool – Marseille: 1-0
One goal was enough for Liverpool to dispatch Marseille, but the win comes with a cost as they lost Torres to an injury for the second time this season.

Group E
Villareal – Manchester United: 0-0
Both teams needed only one point to qualify for the next round, so the atmosphere on the pitch was a bit subdued Tuesday night. Not taking any risks, Sir Alex Ferguson clogged up the middle of the park with a five-man midfield with Carrick and Fletcher in defensive roles while Anderson supported Rooney who was alone in front. The game opened up a bit in the second half when Senna was replaced due to an injury. Still, I was disappointed by the performance of Villareal's wingers – Cazorla looked dangerous only on one play while Robert Pires was conspicuously invisible. Villareal's strength comes from their midfield, and on that night, they were dominated by Manchester's wingers on that front. As a matter of fact, both Rooney and Ronaldo came close to scoring, but Lopez's stood tall on Ronaldo's opportunity, deflecting the winger's shot on the crossbar while Rooney's deflected cross turned into a lob and was saved off the line by defender Capdevila who was later sent off for a dangerous tackle on Cristiano Ronaldo. In the end, both confrontations between the two teams finished on a 0-0 draw, and their identical run in the group stage will send both teams to the next round.

AaB – Celtic: 2-1

Group F
Bayern Munich – Steaua: 3-0

Fiorentina – Lyon: 1-2


Group G

Fenerbahce – Porto: 1-2

Arsenal – Dynamo Kyiv: 1-0
About a week after William Gallas' incendiary comments on his teammates, the French veteran was stripped off his Arsenal captaincy which was given to Cesc Fabregas. The young midfielder showed why he deserved this title by being the architect of the match's lone goal, sending a superbly lofted pass straight in the path of Nicklas Bendtner who hammered in the winner at the 87th minute. The win sees both Arsenal and Porto go through to the next stage.



Group H
Zenit – Juventus: 0-0
In the infamous group of death, Juventus have been the most consistent club, and after a two-year absence from the competition they now go on to the next stage.

BATE – Real Madrid: 0-1
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2008-2009 Serie A Wrap-Up (Week 1-10)

November 15th 2008 02:18
Summer talk in Italy has been monopolized by the two Milan teams with AC Milan picking up a disgraced Ronaldinho from Barcelona while Inter put ex-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho under contract. Here's how the teams stack up after ten weeks.

1. AC Milan (10-7-1-2 | 22pts


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Group A
A win by both Bordeaux and Roma leave things wide open in Group A where any team can now go through.

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Group A

Bordeaux – CFR Cluj: 1-0

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Group A
Chelsea – CFR Cluj: 0-0
Cluj are continuing to impress everyone on the European stage. After defeating Roma 2-1 on Day 1, they held Chelsea to a scoreless draw which keeps them in second place. Granted, Chelsea didn't play very well. Without Joe Cole on the wing, they lacked the mobility necessary to stretch Cluj's compact defense. The Blues started with a 4-3-3 formation but suprisingly looked better with a 4-4-2 once Anelka came on in the second half. However, Drogba's injury before the hour-mark erased all the momentum they had at the start of the second period while Cluj gained in confidence as time went on. The Romanian even tested Cech late in the game but everyone could tell that they were equally satisfied with a draw


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Transfer News

September 5th 2008 23:48
Gosh, I meant to write this post so much earlier this week. Returning to university completely screwed up my writing process.

So, there was a lot of movement in the European soccer world on Monday, the deadline for summer transfers. Most of the important transfers took place in the EPL, but Serie A teams were also pretty busy including Inter and Juventus who both picked up a new player


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