Serie A -Round Thirteen

November 19, 2016

Chievo Verona                             1-0                     Cagliari

Massimo Gobbi 53’

We expected a close game and that is what we got. A second half goal from Massimo Gobbi gave Chievo Verona a home win over Cagliari.

Udinese                                            1-2                         Napoli

Stipe Perica 59’                                                            Lorenzo Insigne 47’ 57’

Lorenzo Insigne scored a brace the second half to give Napoli an away win over Udinese.

Juventus                                          3-0                                 Pescara

Sami Khedira 36’

Mario Mandzukic 63’

Hernanes 69’

A Juventus win! We didn’t expect the results to go any other way.

A home win for Juventus strengthened their bid to defend the league title.

The title defense is going as planned for Juventus after beating newly promoted Pescara.  

November 20, 2016

Sampdoria                                    3-2                      Sassuolo

Fabio Quagliarella 84’                                           Federico Ricci 64’   

Luis Muriel 86’, 90’+1’                                           Antonio Ragues 74’

It was a second half that should be rewatched.

A five-goal thriller in the second half fixture between Sampdoria and Sassuolo finished with the home team coming out on top after an amazing finish to the match.

Sampdoria came from two goals down to score three late goals to get the maximum points from the match. The win stretched their lead over Sassuolo to five points in the league standings.

It is now five winless league matches for Sassuolo.

Atalanta                                         2-1                   Roma

Mattia Caldara 62’                                                Diego Perotti 40’(pen)

Franck Yannick Kessie 90’+1’(pen)

A much-deserved home win for Atalanta took their winning streak in the league to 5 matches and a streak of 8 undefeated matches.

Roma dropped points at Atalanta to widen the gap between themselves and Juventus at the top of the league standings.

Atalanta came from a goal down to get a much-deserved  victory in this fixture. Their second half efforts were eventually paid off when a sloppy tackle on Alejandro Gomez in the penalty box awarded Atalanta a penalty opportunity to get the winning goal.

Bologna                                          3-1                 Palermo

Mattia Destro 20’                                                 Ilija Nestorovski 9’

Blerim Dzemaili 67’                      

Federico Viviani 72’

The losing streak for Palermo extended to six matches.

It was another defeat for Palermo as they blew an early lead to allow Bologna to come  from behind and get a home win.

Crotone                                          0-2                 Torino

                                                                              Andrea Belotti 80’ 89’

Newly promoted Crotone can’t catch a break and started another losing streak after recently getting off one.

Andrea Belotti scored a late brace to give Torino an away win at Crotone.

Empoli                                             0-4               Fiorentina

                                                                             Federico Bernardeschi 27’ 61’

                                                                             Josip Ilicic 47’(pen). 67

Federico Bernardeschi and Josip Ilicic scored a brace each to see Fiorentina leave Empoli with all three points.

Lazio                                          3-1                       Genoa

Felipe Anderson 11’                                            Lucas Ariel Ocampos 52’

Lucas Biglia 58’(pen)

Wallace 66’

Lazio kept up pace with the top of the able bunch by getting an expected home win over Genoa.

Lazio had to win the match in the second half when Lucas Ocampos scored for Genoa to equalize Felipe Anderson’s early lead for Lazio.

AC Milan                                       2-2                         Inter Milan

Suso 42’ 58’                                                               Antonio Candreva 53’

                                                                                     Ivan Perisic 90’+2’

Derby della Madonnina ended was an exciting draw.

Ivan Perisic scored a late goal for Inter Milan to deny AC Milan a third consecutive victory in the league.

From the balance of play, it was a deserving point for both Milan teams.

Inter Milan remains undefeated under Stefan Pioli’s management.