Serie A - The 2008-09 season thread

I read about the leaflets too. Was pleased to hear that the fans are voicing their concerns.

bluenine wrote:The 3-2 win at Rome cuts the gap at top to 1 point, the lowest its been for a very long long time.

Now Inter need to respond, in a tough away game against the in form Atalanta. This game is live on Channel 5.

Forza Internazionale!

Team news: Cambiasso is fit, which is great. We missed him greatly in the last 4 games, where Inter only managed 2 points (2 draws and 2 defeats). Just shows how much the team depends on Cambiasso.

Ibra, Suazo and Chivu join Dacourt, Samuel, & Cordoba on the injury list. This season has been plagued by injuries from the start!

Balotelli may get a cameo appearance.

balotelli starts

No Materazzi????

Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 24 Rivas, 16 Burdisso, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 14 Vieira, 19 Cambiasso, 5 Stankovic; 18 Crespo, 45 Balotelli.

Atalanta: 30 Coppola; 3 Belleri, 5 Manfredini, 26 Pellegrino, 6 Bellini; 79 Ferreira Pinto, 21 Tissone, 17 Guarente, 23 Langella; 72 Doni; 33 Floccari.

Update, after 20 minutes:

20'	Atalanta	0 - 0	Inter Milan
20'	Catania	2 - 0	Napoli
20'	Fiorentina	0 - 0	Reggina
20'	Parma	1 - 0	Lazio
20'	Sampdoria	0 - 0	Livorno
20'	Siena	0 - 0	Udinese
20'	Torino	0 - 0	Empoli

Who scored for Catania?

21 mnutes Vierra scores with header from outside 6 yard box.

EMP wrote:21 mnutes Vierra scores with header from outside 6 yard box.

and in the process fouling an Atalanta defender...

Great corner by Balotelli, good header by Vieira.

0-1

Great pass by Balotelli, Stankovic should have scored that one.

[quote="Forza Italia!Forza Milan!"]

EMP wrote:21 mnutes Vierra scores with header from outside 6 yard box.

and in the process fouling an Atalanta defender...[/quote]

In the absence of Axe: Bitter!

Pazzini puts Fiorentina ahead.

28'	Atalanta	0 - 1	Inter Milan
28'	Catania	2 - 0	Napoli
28'	Fiorentina	1 - 0	Reggina
28'	Parma	1 - 0	Lazio
28'	Sampdoria	0 - 0	Livorno
28'	Siena	0 - 0	Udinese
28'	Torino	0 - 0	Empoli

EMP wrote:Who scored for Catania?

Just click on the score of my update posts to see the scorers name

[quote="EMP"]

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:21 mnutes Vierra scores with header from outside 6 yard box.

and in the process fouling an Atalanta defender...[/quote]

In the absence of Axe: Bitter!

Better than being blind.

Even my Inter supporting friends who are watching with me say the same thing.

I meant it's not as if Milan hasn't benefited from some dodgy decisions in the past.

EMP wrote:I meant it's not as if Milan hasn't benefited from some dodgy decisions in the past.

My point was about this goal in particular, not about Serie A's depravity in general. So I guess you admit it was a foul.

Thanks.

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:21 mnutes Vierra scores with header from outside 6 yard box.

and in the process fouling an Atalanta defender...

In the absence of Axe: Bitter!

Better than being blind.

Even my Inter supporting friends who are watching with me say the same thing.

Its a 50-50 call, you cannot judge the ref on it either ways. Most refs would have given that goal. Stop whining.

bluenine wrote:

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:21 mnutes Vierra scores with header from outside 6 yard box.

and in the process fouling an Atalanta defender...

In the absence of Axe: Bitter!

Better than being blind.

Even my Inter supporting friends who are watching with me say the same thing.

Its a 50-50 call, you cannot judge the ref on it either ways. Most refs would have given that goal. Stop whining.

I am sorry that's a foul. I am not whining. Inter have played far better than Atalanta.

What about the Crespo goal just now. It clearly deflected off an Atalanta player before it got to him. Not sure how he was interfering with play on the original shot, so even if Vieira's was a foul that evens it up. Do you disagree?

Zanetti = God!

EMP wrote:What about the Crespo goal just now. It clearly deflected off an Atalanta player before it got to him. Not sure how he was interfering with play on the original shot, so even if Vieira's was a foul that evens it up. Do you disagree?

That is a much harder call to make is it not? But yes, we have to be fair, that was a goal.

EMP--Inter have had many calls for them that haven't evened out. Roma should be ahead by now.

I feel Inter can feel hard done by in the CL (Materazzi's ludicrous sending off), but in Serie A they have enjoyed (not secured) favourable refereeing.

Lazio score two thru Bianchi and Pandev to take the lead:

45'	Atalanta	0 - 1	Inter Milan
45'	Catania	2 - 0	Napoli
45'	Fiorentina	1 - 0	Reggina
45'	Parma	1 - 2	Lazio
45'	Sampdoria	0 - 0	Livorno
45'	Siena	0 - 0	Udinese
45'	Torino	0 - 0	Empoli

bluenine wrote:Zanetti = God!

Great player, but divine status is reserved for the man in my avatar.

Paci equalizes for Parma.

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:What about the Crespo goal just now. It clearly deflected off an Atalanta player before it got to him. Not sure how he was interfering with play on the original shot, so even if Vieira's was a foul that evens it up. Do you disagree?

That is a much harder call to make is it not? But yes, we have to be fair, that was a goal.

EMP--Inter have had many calls for them that haven't evened out. Roma should be ahead by now.

I feel Inter can feel hard done by in the CL (Materazzi's ludicrous sending off), but in Serie A they have enjoyed (not secured) favourable refereeing.

Fair enough, but for Crespo to have been offside that had to be a pass to him which it clearly wasn't. It was a shot that deflected into his path without him interfering on the original shot. Under current rules that was never offside and the officials are paid to see it. Then again Channel Five's commentyators saw it and still got the call wrong.

Roy Hodgson just said he thought Atalanta would have been lucky to get the Vieira goal disallowed. I think he did charge all over the defender, but was focussed on the ball. It could be seen as obstruction as the defender made no attempt to get to the ball either.

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

EMP wrote:What about the Crespo goal just now. It clearly deflected off an Atalanta player before it got to him. Not sure how he was interfering with play on the original shot, so even if Vieira's was a foul that evens it up. Do you disagree?

That is a much harder call to make is it not? But yes, we have to be fair, that was a goal.

EMP--Inter have had many calls for them that haven't evened out. Roma should be ahead by now.

I feel Inter can feel hard done by in the CL (Materazzi's ludicrous sending off), but in Serie A they have enjoyed (not secured) favourable refereeing.

IMO thats a load of bull now. It may have been true in Jan, but in the last 8 games its been much more than evened out. Inter have had worse decisions than Roma for sure over the whole season... even the juve fans have shuit up.

11 red cards, many of them harsh. And 3 goals against which were non goals, including the Juve goal by Camoranesi. Teams like Roma and Milan have had it easier from the refs than Inter this season.

Vargas makes it 3-0 for Catania

55'	Atalanta	0 - 1	Inter Milan
55'	Catania	3 - 0	Napoli
55'	Fiorentina	1 - 0	Reggina
55'	Parma	2 - 2	Lazio
55'	Sampdoria	0 - 0	Livorno
55'	Siena	0 - 0	Udinese
55'	Torino	0 - 0	Empoli

bluenine wrote:Vargas makes it 3-0 for Catania

55'	Atalanta	0 - 1	Inter Milan
55'	Catania	3 - 0	Napoli
55'	Fiorentina	1 - 0	Reggina
55'	Parma	2 - 2	Lazio
55'	Sampdoria	0 - 0	Livorno
55'	Siena	0 - 0	Udinese
55'	Torino	0 - 0	Empoli

Looks like a good start for Zenga in his first match in charge of Catania.

Maggio puts Doria ahead.

71'	Atalanta	0 - 1	Inter Milan
71'	Catania	3 - 0	Napoli
71'	Fiorentina	1 - 0	Reggina
71'	Parma	2 - 2	Lazio
71'	Sampdoria	1 - 0	Livorno
71'	Siena	0 - 0	Udinese
71'	Torino	0 - 0	Empoli

Balotelli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This kid is MOTM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!