Inter Milan 1-1 Roma
Roma headed to the San Siro on Sunday night and took a point back for their troubles. Roma always raise their game away to Inter, and Sunday was no different. Right from the outset they caused trouble and Mirko Vucinic put them ahead early on into the match, making up for an early miss. Roma, utilising their midfield creativity through Pizzaro and Menez kept Inter at bay for the first period, but the introduction of Sneijder and Balotelli after the break suggested Inter wanted to turn the tide. Still, it was Sammy Eto'o, with a wonderful turn and left footed shot, that drew the Nerazzurri level a few minutes into the second half. Roma could have won it late on through Okaka, but will be happy with the point. Inter, however, have their lead cut to five points.
Atalanta 2-5 Juventus
This game was packed with incident, and was certainly one of the best matches I have seen so far this season. Juve went ahead through Camoranesi after the midway point in the second half, and only 86 second later the little winger doubled his, and Juve's talley, to put them two up. After the break though the fireworks began. A stunning ball from Guarante set up Valdes who nutmegged Buffon, although the Italian had little chances. Juve though responded in the right way, with an absolute missile of an effort from Felipe Melo who was running the show in midfield. Atalanta though again reduced the deficite to one, with Ceravolo cutting inside of the D and firing a cracking effort past Buffon. Diego though had had enough, and scored a classy goal after defensive errors from Atalanta. Trezeguet finishes the scoring with his 167th goal in a Juve shirt, equaling Omar Sivori's record of top foreign scorer in a Juve shirt.
Lazio 1-2 Milan
Milan came, saw and conquered in Rome against Lazio on Sunday afternoon. Lazio started brightly, but it only took Milan one chance, and one incident of poor defending, for them to go in front. Thiago Silva headed home from a freekick. Pato doubled the lead with a header on 35 minutes, leaving the Lazio faithful with their heads in their hands. After the break, Lazio came out firing attempting to get back in the game, and they did 64 minutes through an own goal by Thiago Silva. Lazio poured forward, mainly through Zarate, but Dida kept Milan ahead. Muserla, not to be outdone, pulled off two stunning saves from Pato and Flamini, but Lazio remain win less since week two.
Elsewhere
Fiorentina conquered the Friuli to take three points off Udinese thanks to Manuel Vargas, who is becoming the epitome of world class this season. Bologna surprised a high flying Palermo side, with Zalayeta and Marco Di Vaio, as usual, on the score sheet as they ran out 3-1 winners. The wheels came of for Sampdoria, who after being sent down to ten men, conceded twice to Cagliari after the 80th minute mark away from home. There were no such problems for City rivals Genoa however, who beat Siena by 4-2 with Hernan Crespo hitting two for Genoa. Both Parma and Bari notched up another three points, Parma by beating Chievo by 2-0 and Bari by beating Livorno 1-0 at home. Napoli could not repeat however the miracles of Turin, and drew 0-0 away at Catania on Saturday night.
There is a two week break for Serie A now, so later this week I shall check in with Serie B and Lega Pro. Forza Calcio.
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