Serie A – Round Four

September 16, 2016

Sampdoria       0-1             AC Milan

                                               Carlos Bacca 85’

It was a close contest, but a late goal from Carlos Bacca gave Milan an away win at Sampdoria.

September 17, 2016

Lazio                                       3-0                  Pescara

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 67’

Stefan Daniel Radu 72’

Ciro Immobile 72’

Pescara’s captain Ledian Memushaj missed a penalty that could have opened the scoring for this match and given Pescara the lead over Lazio in the 35th minute.

It was goalless at the half, but three goals in under 10 minutes was how Lazio separated themselves from newly promoted Pescara.

Napoli                            3-1               Bologna

Jose Maria Callejon 14’                    Simone Verdi 56’

Arkadiusz Milik 67’ 78’

It is three wins in a row for Napoli, as they momentarily climbed to the top of the pile in Serie A standings after their home win against Bologna.

The second half started well for Bologna. Simone Verdi scored for to equalize for Jose Callejon’s goal in the first half. But it is difficult to keep Napoli from scoring, and Bologna failed to do so.

Bologna finished the match with fewer men after Emil Krafth was sent off following a red card.

September 18, 2016

Udinese                        1-2              ChievoVerona

Duvan Zapata 25’                           Lucas Nahuel Castro 82’

                                                           Fabrizio Cacciatore 90’+ 5

Udinese suffered a home loss to Chievo Verona after conceding two late goals.

Chievo Verona had to come from a goal down to win the match with a late goal deep into stoppage time of the second half.

Cagliari                             3-0              Atalanta

Marco Borriello 8’ 73’

Marco Sau 55’

Cagliari got their first win of the season from their home match against Atalanta.

At 1-0 down, Alberto Paloschi had an opportunity to get Atalanta back in the contest but failed to convert the penalty awarded to his side.

Crotone                     1-1               Palermo

Marcello Trotta 23’                       Ilija Nestorovski 66’

The two teams at the bottom of the league standings played out a 1-1 draw to settle for a point each. Palermo saw a lot of the ball, as Crotone decided to defend the lead when they got one.

Sassuolo                        2-0             Genoa

Matteo Politano 58’(pen)

Gregoire Defrel 66’

Newly promoted Sassuolo got their second win of the season from Genoa. Two second half goals gave the home team the win.

The match that ended Genoa’s winning streak at the start of the season, and the suspended Miguel Veloso after he received two yellow cards late in the match.

Torino 0-0 Empoli

It was a clean sheet for Joe Hart after Torino and Empoli played out a goalless draw. Both teams came into the match with identical records to their season and kept it that way.

Inter                     2-1                Juventus

Mauro Icardi 68’                    Stephan Lichtsteiner 56’

Ivan Perisic 78’

After a goalless first half, three goals in the second half decided the match between Inter Milan and Juventus.

Inter Milan came from a goal down to knock had Juventus their first defeat of the season.

This might just be a minor dent in Juventus race to defend their title, but it was definitely a major win for Inter Milan. The start to Inter’s season has not been ideal, and this was a win that should boost the morale of the team

Fiorentina                 1-0          Roma

Milan Badelj 82’

After Juventus suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Inter Milan, Roma also saw their undefeated start to the season come to an end. Fiorentina won 1-0 at home against Roma