<div><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Serie A Week-5 Results:</span></span></strong></div> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>AC Milan 1 - 0 Genoa</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>AS Roma 1 - 0 Inter Milan</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Cesena 1 - 4 Napoli</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Bari 2 - 1 Brescia</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Catania 1 - 1 Bologna</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Chievo 0 - 1 Lazio</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Fiorentina 2 - 0 Parma</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Palermo 2 - 2 Lecce</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Sampdoria 0 - 0 Udinese</em></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Juventus 4 - 2 Cagliari</em></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Not convincing enough?</span></em></span></strong></p> A goal out of nowhere gave <em>AC Milan</em> a much needed victory over their transfer window allies<em> Genoa</em> at the<em> San Siro</em>. It was a disappointing start by the<em> Rossoneri</em> and the only player that looked likely to score was <em>Gennaro Gattuso</em>. Allegri, criticized for his affinity towards the<em> old horses</em> started Rino ahead of Frenchman <em>Flamini</em> and the move almost paid off. Everything looked<em> out of synch</em> and the first half could have seen Genoa taking the lead due to a defensive error by Abbiati. The 49<sup>th</sup> minute saw Pirlo with a very ambitious long ball and it found <em>Ibrahimovic</em> surrounded by <em>Dainelli</em> and<em> Ranocchia</em>. It was the class of the man which made him chip the ball above Eduardo’s head for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3vsGFkgZw" target="_blank">his second goal of the week</a>. Milan could have secured the victory in the 81st minute but<em> Robinho’s shot</em> was cleared off the line by <em>Criscito</em>. Milan are in the<em> 5</em><sup><em>th</em></sup><em> spot</em>, just <em>2 points away</em> from rivals<em> Inter</em>. <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Roman Shock</span></span></em></strong></p> Later in the night, title holders <em>Inter</em> were shocked at the <em>Olimpico</em> by<em> Mirko Vucinic’s</em> last minute diving header which turned out to be the<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLK5rQO-wBk" target="_blank"> only goal of the match</a>. Roma were looking for some inspiration from the return of <em>Francesco Totti,</em> who was rested in their loss to Brescia. He almost gave Roma the lead with a <em>free-kick in the 60</em><sup><em>th</em></sup><em> minute,</em> which went over the bar. Inter have no one else to blame but themselves as they had bulk of the chances but were never able to convert any of them. Otherwise they would certainly not shy away from blaming <em>Bogdan Lobont</em>. The Roma keeper had at least two, if not three, tremendous saves against<em> Sneijder</em> and <em>Eto’o</em>. Roma turned the course of the match in the last 10 minutes and it was down to the last minute when <em>De Rossi’s</em> cross saw a diving Vucinic to give the Romans their <em>first victory</em> of the Season. <p style="text-align: justify;"> [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Vucinic Shocks Inter "]<a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/sports-news-april-2010/image/8561569?term=Vucinic" target="_blank"><img style="border-width: 0px;" src="http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/8561569/sports-news-april-2010/sports-news-april-2010.jpg?size=500&imageId=8561569" border="0" alt="Apr. 18, 2010 - 05787353 date 18 04 2010 Copyright imago Gribaudi ImagePhoto DB Roma 18 04 2010 Campionato Tue Calcio Series A Lazio Roma Photo Daniele Buffa Image Sports Nella Photo Esultanza Gol Mirko Vucinic PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxITA Football men Italy Series A 2009 2010 Action shot Single Vdig 2010 Square Highlight premiumd." width="350" height="350" /></a>[/caption] <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Opportunity Lost</span></span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">After Inter’s loss, the most critical match of the next day turned out to be<em> Chievo Verona vs Lazio</em>. A victory to any team could send jitters into <em>Rafael Benitez’s</em> spine. Had Chievo won this match they would have taken over Inter to the topmost spot but <em>Mauro Zarate</em> had completely different plans. The guy has been out of sorts for a long time now but he chose the best time to rise to the occasion<em>. Mauri</em> found Zarate in a counter attack and the Argentine <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiwgyko4iOI" target="_blank">hit the back of the net in the</a> 69<sup>th </sup>minute to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. <em>Chievo</em> could have equalized with just six minutes to go after<em> Kevin Constant</em> attempted a fierce strike that went wide and helped <em>Lazio</em> join the Summit with<em> Inter Milan</em>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Another Upset? Not Really</span></span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Cesena,</em> after returning to top flight Italian football after 19 years are being appreciated a lot. Another upset looked on the cards when they took the lead against Napoli in the 48<sup>th</sup> minute with a goal by<em> Marco Parolo</em>. Napoli equalized with a goal by<em> "El Pocho"</em> in the 72<sup>nd</sup> minute. After that it was no looking back for the Naples outfit and a controversial penalty by <em>Marek Hamsek</em> ensured that the match was secure. <em>Edinson Cavani</em>, who signed with Napoli on a loan deal from Palermo struck a<em> brace</em> in the final <em>three minutes</em> to<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mf_9eJoAKU&feature=related" target="_blank"> sink Cesena’s ship</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="De Silvestri sealed the first Victory for the Viola"]<a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/sports-news-march-2010/image/8148704?term=de+silvestri" target="_blank"><img class=" " style="border: 0px;" src="http://view2.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/8148704/sports-news-march-2010/sports-news-march-2010.jpg?size=500&imageId=8148704" border="0" alt="Mar. 02, 2010 - 05563076 date 02 03 2010 Copyright imago Sesa Lorenzo de Silvestri Fiorentina Roma 27 02 2010 Stadio Olimpico Campionato Tue Series A 2009 2010 Lazio Fiorentina Photo Massimo Oliva Inside photo PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxITAxFRA Football men ITA 2009 2010 Series A Rome Action shot Single cut out Vdig xkg 2010 vertical Highlight premiumd." width="240" height="380" /></a>[/caption] <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Florence Tail</span></span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Apart from Roma, fans at the <em>Arternio Franchi</em> were also hoping for their first victory as Fiorentina hosted Parma. A penalty by<em> Adam Lejajic</em> gave them a lead in the 61<sup>st</sup> minute and<em> De Silvestri</em> added some insult to injury with a <em>deflection</em> that gave the <em>Viola</em> their<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrz2v8ttohs" target="_blank"> first win of the Season</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TheHardTackle's Match of the Week</span></span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The last match of the week turned out to be the most exciting fixture at the Grande Torino.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u91ourj81mo" target="_blank"> Juventus finally got back to winning ways with a 4-2 win over Cagliari</a>. The Sardinians had a good defensive record coming into this game but it was shattered. Milos Krasic continued his rich vein of form with a hattrick. His first goal was almost like Pavel Nedved, a man who is compared to Leonardo. Bonucci, Serie A's most prolific centre-back grabbed another goal. Juve's defensive problems are not yet cured. Cagliari scored two shockingly easy goals. Matri continued his good form against Juventus as he grabbed a brace.</p>