Serie A Matchday 14 Results

Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 29th 

Cata­nia 1 — 1 Lecce
Juven­tus 4 — 0 Reggina

Sun­day, Novem­ber 30th 

AS Roma 1 — 0 Fiorentina
Ata­lanta 2 — 0 Lazio
Cagliari 1 — 0 Sam­p­do­ria
Genoa 1 — 1 Bologna
Inter Milan 2 — 1 Napoli
Siena 1 — 0 Torino
Udi­nese 0 — 1 Chievo
Palermo 3 — 1 AC Milan

Sev­eral shock results this match day or per­haps not so shock­ing once con­sid­er­ing the intense mid­week action. 

Palermo - AC Milan

Milan was mauled in Sicily with all goals in this one com­ing in the sec­ond half. Palermo man­han­dled AC Milan after the inter­val with early goals by Fab­rizio Micoli (50′) and “El Mata­dor” Edin­son Cavani (59′).  Brazil­ian mid­fielder Fábio Sim­p­li­cio added to the Palermo tally in the 80th minute tak­ing a 3 — 0 lead over the Rossoneri.  Ronald­inho would score a con­so­la­tion goal for the vis­i­tors with a con­verted penalty in the dying moments. 

After the match Palermo man­ager, Davide Bal­lar­dini, was ques­tioned by reporters on the per­for­mance of his play­ers and how it felt to defeat the vis­i­tors from the North.

“We played a great game tonight” said Bal­lar­dini con­tin­u­ing,  “it is a great feel­ing to defeat a team who are favourites for the Scud­etto, in my opinion.”

Line­ups

Palermo: Amelia; Cas­sani, Car­rozieri, Bovo, Balzaretti; Nocerino, Liv­erani, Bres­ciano; Sim­p­li­cio (Guana 91), Mic­coli (Kjaer 87), Cavani (Succi 92)

Milan: Abbiati;Zambrotta, Bon­era, Mal­dini, Jankulovski; Flamini (Emer­son 57), Pirlo, Ambrosini (Shevchenko 57); See­dorf, Ronald­inho, Pato (Inza­ghi 29)

Ref: Roc­chi

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Udi­nese - Chievo
Next notable upset would be Chievo win­ning 1 — 0 against Udi­nese in Udin.  After four con­sec­u­tive defeats, Udi­nese direc­tor gen­eral Pietro Leonardi can­not deny his team are in cri­sis.  The home side showed no cre­ativ­ity after the send­ing off of striker Anto­nio Di Natale.  The Udi­nese hit­man was served a red card by ref­eree Mat­teo Tre­foloni  in the 57th minute for his reac­tion to an off­side call, disallowing his goal on a through-ball by Floro Flo­res.  Chievo would press the man advan­tage even­tu­ally prof­itting by an o.g. from Udi­nese defender Felipe off a cor­ner­kick three min­utes short of reg­u­la­tion time.

Line­ups

Udi­nese: Han­danovic; Motta, Coda, Felipe, Lukovic; Inler, D’Agostino, Pasquale (Obodo 67); Sanchez (Quagliarella 61), Floro Flo­res, Di Natale

Chievo: Sor­rentino; Moro, Man­delli, Yepes, Man­to­vani; Pinzi, Ben­tivoglio, Mar­col­ini (Lan­gella 72); Espos­ito, Luciano; Pellissier

Ref: Tre­foloni

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