Italian Serie A – Round Eleven

October 29, 2016

Bologna               0-1        Fiorentina

                                             Nikola Kalinic 31’(pen)

A single goal from a penalty gave Fiorentina an away win over a 10-man Bologna side.

Juventus           2-1              Napoli

Leonardo Bonucci 50’        Jose Maria Callejon 54’

Gonzalo Higuain 71’

The battle at the top of the Serie A table saw Juventus stretch the lead from Napoli with a win.

A Napoli win would have taken the team just a point away from Juventus on the lead table.

October 30, 2016

Atalanta                       3-0        Genoa

Jasmin Kurtic 36’, 45’+2’

Alejandro Gomez 84’

Jasmin Kurtic scored a brace in the first half to give Atalanta a ‘3-0’ home win over Genoa.

The victory was a third consecutive league victory in a run of six matches without a defeat for Atalanta.

Crotone                    2-0              Chievo Verona

Marcello Trotta 45’+’3(pen)

Diego Falcinelli 90’+2′

Crotone finds a win after eleven matches.

A late penalty kick in the first half allowed newly promoted Crotone to get their first win of the league season.

Was it a deserved win on the balance of play? Probably not.  But Crotone can know they won’t got through the season winless.

Empoli                  0-0         Roma

A goalless draw against Empoli denied Roma a chance to keep pace with Juventus at the top of the league table.

Lazio                    2-1             Sassuolo

Senad Lulic 50’                   Gregoire Defrel 58’

Ciro Immobile 56’

Lazio found a home win in an evenly contested fixture against Sassuolo. Three goals were scored within ten minutes, Lazio happened to get the winning one.

AC Milan                 1-0                Pescara

Giacomo Bonaventura 49’

Milan managed to find a win over Pescara through Giacomo Bonaventura’s second half goal. It was a win that  keeps Milan in the top three for another round of Serie A.

Pescara, on the other hand, is lingering dangerously around the relegation zone.  

Sampdoria       1-0               Inter

Fabio Quagliarella 44’

Inter Milan troubled season continues after another defeat.

Sampdoria moved to tie Inter Milan in points on the league standings after a single goal was able to give them maximum points from the fixture.

October 31, 2016

Udinese                    2-2           Torino

Cyril Thereau 60’                     Marco Benassi 15’

Duvan Zapata 71’                      Adem Ljajic 77’

Torino had to rescue a point after losing an early lead and going a goal behind against Udinese. It was an evenly contested fixture with a fitting score.

Cagliari                      2-1         Palermo

Daniele Dessena 53’ 64’           Ilija Nestorovski 79’

Daniele Dessena scored a brace to help Cagliari hand Palermo a fourth consecutive league defeat.