AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus Tickets
Napoli ended Inter Milan’s wonderful winning run in the Italian Cup thanks to two goals from Edinson Cavani, the result automatically puts the Partenopei advancing into the semi final where they’ll meet Siena.
The match also marked the return of the Southern Italian club’s Argentinian forward, Ezequiel Lavezzi, who has been out for quite sometime due to thigh injury, however he still hasn’t found his touches as just yet on the night.
Ac Milan temporarily reached the top spot of Serie A after picking up an important victory over Cagliari on Tuesday, an own goal from Pisano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s excellent effort gave the Rossoneri a comfortable two goals lead.
Meanwhile in the other game, Fiorentina still can’t get their consistent form going after failing to pick up a victory against Siena in the Tuscan derby, a result which will force Delio Rossi to improve the Viola’s performance in the new year.
As Roma still failed to register their first victory in Serie A as on midweek, the capital side was held into a 1-1 draw by their visitor, Siena, despite playing at Olympico.
Although it’s still in an early part of the season, Roma’s coach, Luis Enrique admitted that he is feeling worried about the current condition as the ex-Barcelona B’s tactician bemoans that his players are lacking of confidence which simply making things much more difficult on the pitch.
Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick as Napoli came from a goal down to defeat Serie A champions AC Milan 3-1 on Sunday.
Visitors Milan led early in the match at the Stadio San Paolo, following a goal in the 12th minute from former Roma midfielder Alberto Aquilani.
Napoli wasted no time in levelling proceedings, with Uruguay international Cavani netting the equaliser from close range less than 60 seconds later.
The striker made it 2-1 on 36 minutes, receiving a Walter Gargano pass in a wide position before sending a curling effort beyond Christian Abbiati in the Milan goal.
AC Milan extended their lead to six points in Serie A despite a 4-4 home draw with Udinese, though SSC Napoli will be hoping to close in on the Rossoneri when they host Juventus later.
Fans at San Siro were treated to an eight-goal thriller as Milan came from behind three times to force a 4-4 draw. Pato cancelled out Antonio Di Natale’s 35th-minute opener on the stroke of half-time only for Alexis Sánchez (53) and Di Natale (66) to put the visitors 3-1 up, but the hosts rallied through a Medhi Benatia own goal (78) and a second Pato strike (82). Germán Denis (89) then grabbed what looked to be the winner with a minute remaining, yet the league leaders salvaged a point via Zlatan Ibrahimović in added time.
In 1994 when Serie A moved to three points for a win, Inter have gained more points than any other team. The Nerazzurri earned a total of 1078 points in 568 matches, which averages just under two points per match (1.897).
The pace they set in the last six years with Mancini (in his first four years) and then with Mourinho is impressive— 496 points in 288 matches, with a 2.19 point average, higher than Manchester United’s in the Premier League (2.15).
Nickname(s): The Black-Whites
All-Time Ranking: 43rd
2007/2008 Finish: 13th
2008/2009 Position (as of 04/07): 15th
Coach: Marco Giampaolo
Key Players: Gianluca Curci, Massimo Maccarone, Daniele Portanova
History:
Siena was founded in 1904, but it would take 100 years for it to make any sort of impact on Italian soccer. Even then, it would just struggle for survival. Siena’s overall ranking of 43rd in Serie A history is sort of misleading though, as they have recently been a decent side. Why are they the worst all-time team currently playing in Serie A then?
