First of all, apologies for no review on Round 1 of the Champions League & Europa League. It was a busy week. Had to take the car in for an MOT, had the kids first parents evening at school and been working all hours. Nightmare! Had a good Super Sunday in York, despite watching the Liverpool v Tottenham game in The Magnet, where they were streaming it illegaly. The commentary was in Norwegian, so they opted to play random (but admittedly classic) tunes throughout as an alternative.
I'm going to keep it very brief this week too. I've worked all day and just ran 5 miles, and to be honest, I can't be really be arsed, hence the poor formatting. Plus, AC Milan got beat, not that i'm biased or anything.
Cavani runs riot and bags a magnificent hat-trick against Milan. Juventus, Udinese & Cagliari maintain 100% starts. Inter continue to struggle.
*Game of the weekend*
Edinson Cavani bagged a hat-trick as Napoli comprehensively beat a makeshift Milan squad. Alberto Aquilani had put Milan ahead in the 12th minute with a great diving header, only for Cavani to equalise with a quality finish less than a minute later. Cavani extended Napoli's lead in the 36th minute, finishing a devastating counter-attack. Cavani had his hat-trick in less than an hour, scoring six muntes after the restart, sealing a deserved win for Napoli.
Goals and highlights can be found at: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl62k7_napoli-3-vs-1-ac-milan-goals-highlights_sport
Results
Napoli 3 - 1 AC Milan
Cavani Aquilani 12
13,36,51
Cagliari 2 -1 Novara
Thiago Morimoto 88
Ribeiro 38
Larrivey 86
Inter 0 - 0 Roma
Atalanta 1 - 0 Palermo
Denis 34
Siena 0 - 1 Juventus
Matri 54
Udinese 2 - 0 Fiorentina
Di Natale
(pen) 8
Isla 29
Lazio 1 - 2 Genoa
Sculli 11 Palacio 54
Kucka 71
Catania 1 - 0 Cesena
Maxi Lopez
(pen) 45
Bologna 0 - 2 Lecce
Giacomazzi 37
Grossmuller 69
Parma 2 - 1 Chievo * * *
Giovinco 23, Palsoschi 78
89
Giovinco
s/o 90
As it stands:
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Napoli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Juventus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Udinese | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Genoa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Catania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Palermo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Lecce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Parma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Chievo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Inter Milan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Lazio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Novara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Roma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Siena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | AC Milan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Cesena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Bologna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Atalanta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
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Awards:
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Game of the weekend: A superb Napoli victory over AC inspired by Edinson Cavani, title contenders? On the evidence of their last 3 games, yes.
Goal of the weekend: Alessandro Matri's goal for Juventus against Siena. Great team-move involving 4 players, Mirko Vucinic showing some lovely flair to tee up Matri.
Player of the weekend: All plaudits go to Edinson Cavani, who scored three very good goals to get his hat-trick. 4 goals in two games for the Uruguayan. Napoli paid around 14 million pounds to acquire his services from Palermo, looks like a marvellous piece of business. This guy is looking like a world beater.
Flop of the weekend: Me. For being so lazy.
Last week's European results were as follows:
Champions League -
Barcelona 2 - 2 AC Milan
Pedro 36 Pato 1
Villa 50 Silva 90 + 1
Man City 1 - 1 Napoli
Kolarov 75 Cavani 69
Inter Milan 0 - 1 Trabzonspor
Celutska 76
Europa League -
Lazio 2 - 2 FC Vaslui
Cisse (pen) Wesley 59, (pen) 63
35
Sculli 71
Zaura s/o 62
Udinese 2 - 1 Rennes
Di Natale 39 Hadji 19
Armero 83
Song for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM
I'll try to put some more effort in next week (as long as AC win) x
