Inside Serie A – Weeks 8, 9 and 10

Week 8 Review of the Serie A

Week 8 provided far more excitement compared to week 7.  FC Internazionale finally scored their first goal on home turf that gave the Nerazzurri their first win at the Giuseppe Meazza  1- 0 against the flying donkies Chievo-Verona. Thiago-Motta returned to the line up and scored a beautiful header.  Juventus FC tied Genoa 2-2 at the Juventus Stadium.  The Bianconeri had a roaring start and took the lead from an on-form Alessandro Matri six minutes in to the game.  Marco Rossi equalised for the Grifone with an unlikely mistake from Italian international defender Giorgio Chiellini. Matri then gave Juve the go-ahead goal with his second of the night in the second half. At the end of the game in the 90^th minute,  Chiellini’s slack defending cost the Bianconeri the 3 points as Caracciolo equalised with a great solo effort. SSC Napoli tied 0-0 at Cagliari. AC Milan took advantage of Juventus’ and Napoli ties, even though it didn’t start like that at bottom of the table side Lecce. The Rossoneri were surprisingly losing 3-0 by the first half! But in the second half, Massimiliano Allegri’s side woke up with the introduction of Kevin-Prince Boetang who immediately made an impact scoring his first career hat-trick tieing up the game 3-3, and in the final minutes, Mario Yepes, in for the injured Thiago Silva, scored the game-winner to give Milan a huge comeback win 4-3! This could be Milan’s turning point of the season.

Week 9 Review

In mid-week action, Atalanta put Inter’s one game winning streak to an end tieing 1-1 in Bergamo. Wesley Snejider opened the scoring and Denis equalised for Atalanta. Juventus FC got past ACF Fiorentina 2-1 in Torino with Leonardo Bonucci opening the scoring. Stefan Jovetic continued his good form for the Viola tieing the game up 1-1 in the second half. Then, Alessandro Matri scored a beautiful right foot blast, after a great effort assist from Simone Pepe, who won it for the Bianconeri. SSC Napoli got out of their mini slump with a 2-0 defeat over Udinese. Ezequiel Lavezzi and Christian Maggio netted for the Partenopei. At the San Siro, it was The MILAN SHOW where the Rossoneri dominated from start to finish in a thumping 4-1 win over the ducali of Parma with goals from an unlikely source – Antonio Nocerino scored his first ever hat-trick (and will most likely be his only). Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 4^th goal and Sebastian Giovinco getting a consolation goal and continues to lead Serie A with six goals.

WEEK 10 Preview

Week 10 is going to be a very good week for Italian Soccer. AC Milan travels to AS Roma in the stadium where the Rossoneri clinched the Scudetto last season. Allegri’s men are looking to continue their fine form of late. The Giallorossi are looking for to return to winning ways after suffering a deafeat in mid-week. The biggest fixture of the weekend will be the Derby d’Italia in which Juventus FC will face to Internazionale FC at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan. The Nerazzurri desperately need the three points as it would be a morale-boosting victory to beat their big rivals who sit in first place. Good news for Juventus, Gianluigi Buffon will be back for this tie, who will be looking to win to stay in front of the pack in the Serie A. ACF Fiorentina hosts Genoa. The Viola are winless in 4 games. The Fiorentina players state they are standing behind their head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic. Udinese are looking to keep pace with the pack, hosting a stubborn Palermo side. Catania Calcio host SSC Napoli. The Partenopei will have some issues in Catania who has a very good home record. In their last home encounter, Catania defeated Inter 2-1.

Here are the results of Week 8 and 9, and the fixture list for Week 10: