Serie A Match Highlights - Week 6

Juventus still dominant until matchday 6, beating Roma by 4-1. Their position is still remain in 1st followed closely by Napoli who also collecting 16 points after defeating Sampdoria by 0-1. Inter Milan managed to reach the third position after win against Fiorentina 2-1 replacing Lazio who also win against Siena, both of the teams is colleting 12 points.

Inter's good result did not followed by their old brother AC Milan, played a day before they been held by Parma by 1-1 placing them in 11th position in Serie A.

There are new names in top scorer Cavani is still on the top by six goals, Gilardino in second position with five goals followed by Bianchi,Cassano,Jovetic,El Sharaawy with four goals.

Champions League Match Prediction

Champions League Matchday 2  will be held in the next midweek, i will only predict matches that involves Serie A team which are Juventus and AC Milan. Juventus will host Shakhtar Donetsk, while AC Milan will travel to Russia to face Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Serie A Match Prediction Week 6

1. Parma vs Milan

Milan's morale was boosted after gaining victory in their last match against Cagliari. Milan and Allegri will face another challenge which is Parma in their home. Milan need to be consistent in their performance, this will be a good test for them. For Parma eventhough they just collecting 5 points from 5 matches it was not a bad result judging by they have faced some teams that are favourite to be scudetto like Juventus,Napoli and Fiorentina. Milan still have a slight chance bigger to win this match only if they can keep their performance against Cagliari, if it is not i believe Milan's fans will be disappointed again. My Prediction : Parma 1-2 Milan.

2. Juventus vs Roma

This will be the Big Match for this week, Juventus will host Roma. This season Roma played very entertaining, with attacking philosophy by Zeman. However since many youngster filled the Roma's squad, the result wasn't good enough like when Roma defeated against Bologna after two goals advantages until 60th minutes or draw against Sampdoria because keeper's blunder. Juventus played more balanced and consistent.My Prediction : Juventus 2-1 Roma.

3. Udinese vs Genoa

It is hard to predict this one, both of the teams have similar strength. Playing at home should be an advantage for Udinese, Di Natale's performance is declining compare last season, this is one of the factor that they didn't get a good result in this season. My prediction : Udinese 0 - 0 Genoa.

4. Atalanta vs Torino

Atalanta has good historical performance against Torino,from their five head to head matches Atalanta won four times.Both of the teams have collecting 5 points from 5 matches. My prediction : Atalanta 2-1 Torino.

5. Bologna vs Catania

Catania is in a good form at this point, successfully hold Napoli with ten men, then won against Atalanta. Meanwhile for Bologna the curve is declining, after won against Roma they draw against Pescara and defeat by Siena. Bologna surely need a win to get back their confidence. My Prediction : Bologna 1-1 Catania.

6. Cagliari vs Pescara

Another hard match to predicted, but i believe Pescara will win this match because their performance is starts to increasing after three consecutive defeat, they have arise with a draw against Bologna and gain their first win at home against Palermo. While for Cagliari they still strive for their first win. My Prediction Cagliari 0-1 Pescara.

7. Lazio vs Siena

Eventhough Siena morale is in a good condition after two consecutive victory,one of them against Inter, I believe Siena's winning streak will stopped by Lazio. Lazio need to seals three points they need to keep the distance from Juventus and Napoli at first and second position. My Prediction : Lazio 2-0 Siena.

8. Palermo vs Chievo

Both of the teams have very bad starts, Palermo only collecting 1 poin while Chievo 3 points from 5 matches. My Prediction : Palermo 0-0 Chievo.

9. Sampdoria vs Napoli

This is the second big match in this week, Sampdoria against Napoli,surely Napoli is the more favourite side to win. But this is not going to be an easy match for Napoli, Sampdoria is still unbeaten this season. If Napoli can keep they performance like playing like Lazio definately Sampdoria will face their first defeat in this season. My Prediction : Sampdoria 0-2 Napoli.

10. Inter vs Fiorentina

Third Big Match in this week, Inter is curious to get their first win at San Siro in this season. Fiorentina is the team that they are going to face at their home. La Violla has just succesfully stopped the Juventus's winning streak. It seems that Nerazurri has to be more patient to get their first win at home. My Prediction Inter 2-2 Fiorentina.

Serie A Match Highlights Week 5

Juventus's winning streak stopped by Fiorentina, after the game ended with 0-0 draw. Fiorentina side claims that they are deserve to win since they was playing better than Juve. Juventus is still at top standings with 13 points, however in second place Napoli is trailing them also with 13 points after gain a convincing victory against Lazio, Hat-trick by Edison Cavani seals Napoli's win.

Duo Milano also gain positive result in this week, Milan managed to seal their first win in San Siro after defeating Cagliari by two goals from El Shaarawy, good performance by the youngster. While for Inter also managed to win against Chievo by two goals from Pereira and Cassano.

With his Hat-trick now Cavani shifted Jovetic from the Capocannonieri with 5 goals, Cassano also managed to put his name in the list with 3 goals.

Serie A Match Prediction Week 5

Serie A Matchday 5 will be conducted in the mid week on the 25th and 26th September. Many favourite teams like Milan, Inter, Lazio, Napoli are failed to win even to lose points in their previous match. Are Juventus will continue their trend of winning on the match against Fiorentina, Or Fiorentina will become the first team to stop the winning streak Juventus. Check out all of the predictions below.

Serie A Match Highlight - Week 4

Juventus managed to continue their winning streak in their fourth match, while Napoli were held by 10-man Catania and Lazio fell at home to Genoa. The two Milan teams also failed to win both Inter and Milan fell to their respective opponents which are Siena and Genoa. Milan had to play with nine men against Udinese, a little bit lucky for Milan, Udinese not play so well in the game it is not impossible they would lose more than 1 goal.

With this result Juventus still firmly on top of the standings with 12 points, followed by Napoli in second with 10 points then Lazio and Sampdoria are both collected nine points at third and fourth position.

Jovetic still leading the Goal Scorer with 4 goals, Alberto Gilardino from Bologna managed to up his position with 3 goals same with Pazzini,Lopez and Klose.

Serie A Legend - Zvonimir Boban

Croatian playmaker who plays for AC Milan for 9 seasons known for his dribbling skills and set the rhythm of the game. He helped Milan win the Champions League title in 1994 and was runner-up the following year. Together with Milan also he has won four Serie A championship title. In 2001 after his role in Milan replaced by Rui Costa, he played for Celta Vigo on loan for 1 year and decided to retire as a player in 2002.

Serie A Match Prediction Week 4

Parma vs Fiorentina

Fiorentina will be more favored team to win despite playing at Parma's home. In three previous Serie A matches Fiorentina recorded 2 wins and 1 defeat against Napoli, while Parma recorded one win against Chievo and 2 defeats, but in the previous matches Parma has a heavier opponent, namely Juventus and Napoli. This will be a tight match but i predicts Fiorentina will win by 2-1

Juventus vs Chievo

Juventus will host Chievo in Serie A fourth match, if Juve can keep their fitness by doing a rotation players then Juventus will continues their winning streak in Serie A. September is though month for some core Juve players like Pirlo,Buffon,Vucinic,Giovinco,Bonucci,Barzagli, since there were 2014 WC Qualification match and Champions League. They had to play like two games in a week, so fatigue might befall them. Nevertheless I still believe that Juventus will winning this match by 2-0

Sampdoria vs Torino

Sampdoria is in a very good condition, in theier last five games always ended with the victory for them. Some achieved by beating the big teams like Barcelona and AC Milan. But their next opponent should not be underestimated, Torino will come to the Sampdoria headquarters in Matchday 4. Torino is always a difficult opponent for Sampdoria, in their past two meetings at Serie B, Torino always win. Playing in front of his own supporters is an advantage that should be exploited by Sampdoria. But I predict the game will end in a 2-2 draw.

Atalanta vs Palermo

The game is difficult to predict because both teams have an equal quality. But Atalanta opened this season better, especially on the previous game they managed to defeat one of the favorite team for Scudetto AC Milan. In addition they will also be playing at home, so I predict Atalanta will win by 2-1

Bologna vs Pescara

If Bologna can repeat their performance against AS Roma, then Pescara have to wait longer to get their first points in this season. I predict will win 3-1 Bologna

Cagliari vs Roma

In the last three games Roma played quite well especially when against Inter Milan, however they still made ​​a fatal mistake by still giving the opponent to strike them back for example, in the game against Bologna last week a 2-0 lead until the 60th minute failed to be maintained until the end, Roma lost 2-3 against Bologna at Olimpico. Defense is a sector that must be addressed by the Zeman's side and I am very sure defeat against Bologna is a valuable lesson for Roma, they certainly do not want to repeat it in this match, I predict Roma will win 2-0

Catania vs Napoli

Besides Juventus, Napoli is one of  Scudetto favorites that looks very convincing. They are unbeaten at Serie A and have just won 4-0 against AIK Solna at Europa League. Without wishing to underestimate Catania, I'm sure Napoli will win by 2-0

Inter vs Siena

Inter should be able to tackle Siena in this week, Stramccioni pillars have rested several players like Sneijder, Millito. Both players are expected to be fit in time against Siena at Guiseppe Meazza. I predicted Inter would win by 2-1

Udinese vs Milan

Both Udinese and Milan have a bad start this season, Udinese recorded 2 draws and 1 defeat, while Milan is only 1 win and 2 defeats. Plus a little bit unconducive conditions at Milan dressing room,their head coach rumored to be replaced if does not win against Udinese, Allegri recently rumored fight with former Milan player Filipo Inzaghi, who is now a coach to Junior Milan. Allergri accused Inzaghi wants his position, but the news was quickly denied by the Milan side. Whatever actually happened Allegri obvious discomfort with his current state.Playing at home is clearly beneficial for Udinese,especially with Milan conditions that are still looking for the best shape of their squad. I predict the game will end in a 1-1 draw.

Lazio vs Genoa

Along with Juventus and Napoli, Lazio is also unbeaten team at Serie A. Playing at home against Genoa I believe Lazio will win, one thing that could wedge is the fatigue factor after playing in the Europa League against Tottenham which ended with a 0-0 draw. I predicts Lazio would win by 1-0. 

Benitez considers Milan

As reported by goal.com former Inter Milan and Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez would considers to be Milan coach if the club contacted him.

The 52-year-old has been out of work since being dismissed from the Nerazzurri post in December 2010, and had mooted as a candidate for the Sampdoria job until talks broke down over the summer.

The Spaniard has made no secret of his desire to return to top-level management, and his agent has now admitted he would consider taking charge of Milan should the club come calling - although he denied an approach had already been made.more reading at goal.com

Allegri future would be determined by the result of Milan next match against Udinese. Three point is a must for Allegri for keeping his position as Milan head coach. Milan has started their season badly, from four official matches, Rossoneri only gain 3 points in SerieA and 1 poin in Champions League.

Milan at Worst Performance

After a goaless match against Anderlecht in San Siro in their first match in Champions League, many critized Milan for their performance. Many said that Milan is in progress  to change since they have sold their two best players Zlatan and Silva while others cannot see the progress itself. Seems like the players and even the head coach Allegri didn't know what to do. Allegri has just give an absurd statement after Anderlecht match by saying "This is a small step in good direction", but those statement is treat as an insult for many Milan supporters. Milan playing like a mediocre team,with a mediocre players and mediocre Coach.

Serie A Matchday 3 Highlight and Result

Juventus,Napoli and Lazio still continuing their winning streak in matchday 3 Serie A, this result put them in top three standings this week. Inter managed to silence criticism after win against Torino. Milan and Roma suffers defeat in this week, more  tragic for the Roma since they have lead by two goals in the first half before Bologna managed to equalize by double goals in less than 2 minutes and a winning goal by Gilardino.

Jovetic still consisten to scored goal for Fiorentina, he is now at the top in Capocannonieri by 4 goals followed Klose,Pazzini,Maxi Lopez and Hernanes with 3 goals.

Doubt on Allegri

Milan continue to show their inconsistency in Serie A after lose against Atalanta in San Siro. This result is the bad record for season start,previously Milan never lose back to back at San Siro. Many fans believe that this is because Milan transfer activities that cause this, but not little puts the blame on Allegri.

The fans feels that Allegri is lack of creativity by keep pushing to use 4-3-1-2 formation, with current squad the fans feels 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation is more suitable for Milan.

Serie A Match Prediction Week 3 - Genoa vs Juventus

Genoa will host Juventus on matchday 3 Serie A this week on Sunday 16 September, Juve certainly takes hard work to be able to beat Genoa, from the last few matches Genoa always difficult for Juventus.

Coupled with the factor of the Champions League next week, where Juventus will undergo their first game since Calciopoli case in 2006. Rotation will be performed at the Juventus, given that some of their players are a mainstay in the Italian national team.

If Genoa can take advantage of these factors, it is possible they will be able to steal a point against Juventus at home.

Serie A Match Prediction Week 3 - Roma vs Bologna

Roma will host Bologna on this week matchday, even though Roma is more favourite to win but this match would not be easy for Roma, Bologna had given Roma struggle whenever the two team clash.

Previously Roma gain positive result by convincingly beat Inter Milan while for Bologna they still struggle to get their first poin in this season. Bologna have an advantage from World Cup 2014 Qualification match only few of their players called up into their National team compare to Roma.

Serie A Match Prediction Week 3 - Milan vs Atalanta

Milan has chance to continue their positive result in Matchday 3, Milan will host Atalanta in Guiseppe Meazza on 15 September. Atalanta was not opened their season with a good start, a draw and a lost from their last two games. Now they have to face Milan, it is not an easy thing for Atalanta.

Milan is favourite to win this game, only consistency is the main challange for Milan. If they can play like against Bologna they will secure the three points in this match. 

Italy First Win in World Cup 2014 Qualification

Italy won against Malta in WC2014 Qualification by 2-0, this victory is important result for the Azzuri after hold by Bulgaria in the first match. With this result Italy secure the first position in Group B,Malta is one of the weak member in group B with Armenia. Rep Ceko and Denmark also join in this Group.

As predicted before Prandelli use 4-3-1-2 formation in this match, Destro managed to scored in 4th minute after receiving a superb assist from Marchisio. However left by a goal didn't change Malta's strategy whom was playing defensively by placing all the players in the defensive line and 1 man to cover the Italian Playmaker Andrea Pirlo for the entire match.

World Cup Qualifying Match Prediction - Italy vs Malta

Continuing World Cup 2014 Qualifying match Italy will play against Malta at home today, after disappointing performance against Bulgaria on last match, Italy need to work extra to fix their performance. Malta is not a hard opponent for Italy, however if Italy play like their last match they can lose another point. 

A Formation of the Highest Salary Serie A Players

Gazzetta Dello Sport has made an interesting news, they try to make a formation consist of players whom have the highest salary in season 2012-2013. The suitable formation is 4-3-3 with Antonio Conte as head coach (highest salary for coach). Inter Milan is the club which has players with highest salary, there are four Inter players (Zanetti,Sneijder,Cambiasso,Milito) in the formation.

Bakaye Traore Impostor

AC Milan player Bakaye Traore has an impostor that confess as  him, after caught by the police because driving with no license. Hilariously the impostor was his own team mate the new promosing AC Milan signing M'baye Niang.

Bulgaria suppress Italy

Bulgaria was play brilliantly against Italy in World Cup 2014 qualification match,the host managed hold Euro 2012 finalist 2-2. Bulgaria reversing all the prediction, they played very well and deserved to win. While for the Italy clearly visible that Prandelli still looking for the perfect scheme for the squad. First they play with 3-5-2 in the first half and then he changed into 4-3-1-2 in the second half.

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Bulgaria managed to lead by Manolev goal in 30th minute, but two goals in three minutes from Pablo Osvaldo managed to give the Italian to lead before Milanov scored the equalizer in 66th minute.

Young Italian crushes Liechtenstein in Euro U-21 Qualification

Italia U21 gained convincing win in Euro U21 Cup Qualification match against Liechtenstein on Thursday 6 September. Milan Striker El Shaarawy managed to scored 2 goals and 1 assist. Azzurini already win by 5 goals in first half, goals scored by Guiseppe De Lucca(2),Ciro Immobile,El Shaarawy, and wonderfull strike by Federico Viviani. In second half El Shaarawy managed to scored another goal and Jacopo Sala also scored by penalty for Italy. Below is the highlights from YouTube uploaded by pezza206

World Cup Qualifying Match Prediction - Bulgaria vs Italy

Prandelli's squad will go to Sofia on 7th September to face Bulgaria in the first match of World Cup 2014 qualification. As the Euro 2012 finalist Azzuri is favourite to win against the home team,however Prandelli already warned his squad to wary the Bulgarian if they don't want to get disappointed.

Fiorentina Still Furious with Berbatov

Fiorentina sporting director Daniele Prade still furious with Berbatov after the players broke the agreement to join with Fulham. Previously Fiorentina is reported to finish the signing for Bulgarian Striker, until the last minute Berbatov changed his decision to accept his former coach invitation Martin Jol in Fulham.

Serie A Club Chance in Champions League

After Udinese was beaten by Braga by penalty shootout,only two clubs left represents Serie A in Champions League which are Juventus and Ac Milan. This thing is not good for Serie A, in this season Serie A only got 3 spots for Champions League since Serie A scores was passed by Bundesliga. So Juventus and Milan are hoped can brings glory back to their national league.

Italian invasion to MLS League

I'm interested to make this post a few time ago,started with Alessandro Nesta transfer to Montreal Impact from Ac Milan. Honestly i don't know much about MLS League. All I know is David Beckham,Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan are playing for LA Galaxy that's it.

Image from Italocanadese.com

When i search about Montreal Impact i found out that there are several Italian players there aside Nesta.They have Di Vaio,Matteo Ferarri and Bernado Corradi.All of them are new members in the squad,Nesta from Milan,Di Vaio from Bologna,Coraddi from Udinese,Ferarri from Besiktas.

Insigne and Pazzini Called to Azzurri Squad

There will be no matchday for Serie A this week due to International match for World Cup Qualifications. Italy will plays against Bulgaria on 7/9 and Malta at home on 11/9.Italy is favourite to win in both of match,however Cesare Prandelli squad need to be extra carefull if they don't want to get dissapointed.

Del Piero Close to Sydney FC

Former Juventus Legend Alessandro Del Piero finally made up his mind,Del Piero reported is closer to put his signature with Sydney FC. After a surprising decision from Juventus not to give a contract extention to him,Del Piero future is still unknown,the Italian was linked with several clubs across Europe. However it is Australian club Sydney FD that managed to get his service.

Do you remember him ? Serie A Legend-2

If you are a Serie A fans or maybe just a football fans you must remember this person. Have a thunderous strike with his left or right foot,good header,good positioning and claim top goal scorer couple time. His fans loves him and built a statue of him but torn down when he was decided to moved to Roma. I bet you already notice who was the player,below is the video from youtube (by autarou) to remind him.

Injuries Strikes Milan

Boateng and Montolivo adding the list of injured players in Milan.Both of the players having the injury when played against Bologna

Boateng must undergo an operation to his right hand while Montolivo having problem with his thigh.

For Boateng i don't think he will missed out any match,he still can play for Milan with his injury, However the medical team suggest for both of the players are expected to recover for 2-3 weeks,certainly they will missed match against Atalanta,Anderlecht and Udinese.

This situation certainly not a good thing for Milan,however it is a chance for players like Emanuelson and Traore to plays and shows their skill to Allegri.

Serie A Matchday 2 Highlights and Result

Matchday 2 Serie has finished, almost all favorite teams grab their 3 points except for Inter who was beaten by another scudetto favourite AS Roma. Juventus win against Udinese 4-1,although a controversy happen in that match,Udinese keeper was sent off. Milan grabs their first winning against Bologna thanks to Pazzini and his hat-trick.Napoli,Lazio and Sampdoria also continuing their winning streak by beating Palermo,Fiorentina and Siena respectively.

Below are the full result of matchday 2 of Serie A 2012-2013

Hat-trick by Pazzini seals Milan first 3 points

Giampaolo Pazzini played brilliantly against Bologna in Serie A second game, scoring three goals, Pazzini brought Milan grabs their first three points of this season.Although doubted by many parties regarding this transfer with Cassano, with his performance, Pazzini answers those doubts.

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Pazzini scores the first goal in the 16th minute after he was dropped by Cherubin in the penalty box, a little diving in my opinion. Pazzini managed to execute the penalty without error 1-0 for Milan, Bologna equalized also through penalty after their captain Diamanti violated by Nocerino.Calmly Diamanti struck the ball to the net.

Milan led the score 2-1 in the 77th minute with a goal by Pazzini utilizing an error from Bologna goalkeeper Pazzini Agliardi who failed to anticipate Antonini's cross from the left. At 85th minute Pazzini scored his hat-trick after successfully diverting Nocerino shoot.