August 27, 2016
Lazio 0-1 Juventus
Sami Khedira 66’
Two win in two matches for Juventus. On their quest to defend the scudetto, Juventus are doing an amazing job by getting their second win in as many matches. Sami Khedira found the net again for Juventus, and this time, it was the game winner. Khedira’s 66th-minute goal was the only goal of the match.
Napoli 4-2 AC Milan
Arkadiusz Milik 18’ 33’ Mbaye Niang 51’
Jose Maria Callejon 74’ Saso 55’
Alessio Romagnoli 90’+4 (o.g)
It was an eventful match between Napoli and AC Milan. AC Milan came back from two goals, but it wasn’t enough to stop Napoli from getting their first win of the season. Milan also finished the match two men down.
Napoli came into the match looking for their first win, while Milan was looking to start a winning streak with another victory.
Arkadiusz Milik gave Napoli a two-goal lead into the break. Mbaye Niang and Saso brought Milan back into the match. Napoli might be terrible at preventing goals being scored on them, but they do just enough in attack to keep them afloat. Callejon scored the winning goal in the 74th minute for Napoli, before a defensive breakdown of Milan forced Romagnoli to score an own goal deep into injury time to give Napoli a comfortable 4-2 lead to cross the finish line.
August 28, 2016
Inter Milan 1-1 Palermo
Andrea Rispoli 48 Mauro Icardi 72’
Both teams were coming from a defeat in their opening match of the season, but a lot is expected from Inter Milan than from Palermo.
The first match in front of the home fans and Inter Milan could only come up with a draw. After a losing start to their season against Chievo Verona, football fans were expecting a response from one of the teams in Serie A that has enough power to compete for the title.
Inter Milan’s performance was not bad, but the lack of luck and poor finishing has left the team with a winless start to their Serie A season. Mauro Icardi scored Inter’s first goal of the season in the 72nd minute to cancel out Andrea Rispoli’s 48-minute goal.
Cagliari 2-2 Roma
Marco Borriello 56’ Diego Perotti 6’
Marco Sau 88’ Kevin Strootman 47’
Roma traded 3 points for 1 by blowing a two-goal lead against Cagliari. Marco Sau late goal for Cagliari gave the team their first point of the season.
Roma was expected to replicate their comprehensive victory in their season opener against Udinese, and it was looking that was when Kevin Strootman got a cushion goal for Roma in the 47th minute to give them a 2 goal lead. Diego Perotti had given Roma an early lead in the 6th minute through a penalty kick.
Crotone 1-3 Genoa
Raffaele Palladino 34’ Serge Gakpe 51’
Leonardo Pavoletti 55’ 54’
Genoa’s second half substitute Serge Gakpe brought them back to life after they fell a goal behind to newly promoted Crotone in the first half. Raffaele Palladino had given the home team the lead in the 34th minute. Three goals in the second half gave Genoa all three points. Two win in two matches for Genoa, and two losses in two matches for Crotone.
Fiorentina 1-0 ChievoVerona
Carlos Sanchez 29’
Fiorentina needed a win after a losing start. CheivoVerona needed to avoid a loss while trying to get a string of wins after their winning start.
A single goal divided the two sides at the end.
Sampdoria 2-1 Atalanta
Franck Yannick Kessie 27’ Fabio Quagliarella 35; (pen)
Edgar Barreto 45’
Sampdoria maintains a 100% win record at the start of the Serie A season.
The match was decided in the first half. Atalanta was the first to score, then things got bad for them. Fabio Quagliarella equalized through a penalty kick, and not too long after the equalizing goal Atalanta was down a man. Carlos Carmona was sent off in the 42nd minute after receiving his second yellow card. Things got worse when Sampdoria took the lead right before the break.
Numerically disadvantaged Atalanta could salvage a point from this match.
Sassuolo 2-1 Pescara
Gregoire Defrel 38’ Rey Manaj 81’
Domenico Berardi 67’
After their surprising draw against Napoli newly promoted Pescara failed to overcome Sassuolo in their second match of the Serie A season. Sassuolo joins the four teams that are undefeated after two matches in the Serie A.
Torino 5-1 Bologna
Andrea Belotti 28’ 37’ 88’ Saphir Taider 32’
Josef Martinez 53’
Daniele Baselli 83’
Andrea Belotti scored a hat trick as Torino put away thrashed Bologna to put away their pain from their season opener.
Torino failed to grab a point in their first match against AC Milan when they were handed a late penalty to do so. The regrets of their opening match must have fired them to demolish Bologna in their second match of the season.
Bologna was able to grab a win through a single goal against newly promoted Crotone in their first match. But facing a seasoned Serie A team, they came out looking like they were no match.
Udinese 2-0 Empoli
Felipe 3’
Stipe Perica 90+5
A quite early and very late goal gave Udinese a home win over Empoli. Udinese canceled out two goals from their 4-0 defeat to Roma in their opening match.
Empoli remains winless after two matches in the Serie A.
