Palermo thump Roma, AC Milan defeat Sampdoria, Parma stun http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan - Serie A round 33 Round-up
AS Roma vs. US Palermo (2-3)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 recently underwent ownership change recently, and just a day after the official announcement of the takeover by the American Thomas Di Benedetto, the Romans fell to Palermo at home. The first half ended 1-1 with both the teams scoring on penalty kicks.
Francesco Totti’s 20th minute penalty nudged Roma ahead, but the Rosanero came back in the 43rd minute, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ferreira-c13712 Pinilla equalized from the spot.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Abel-Hernández-c3432 scored the 2nd goal for the Eagles in the 84th minute. The Uruguayan added his second and Palermo’s third in the 90th minute to make the score line read 1-3. Mirko Vucinic’s injury time goal, then, became a mere consolation for the home side.
Roma’s dreams of making it to the Champions League have been all but broken. Di Benedetto’s era in Rome, thus, starts with a defeat.
AC Milan vs. UC Sampdoria (3-0)
Massimiliano Allegri, the Milan head coach, has taken another step towards ending Milan’s six-year Scudetto drought as his men thrashed Sampdoria 3-0 at San Siro. With consecutive defeats of Inter, Fiorentina and now Sampdoria, Allegri’s men have taken a 6 point over second placed SSC Napoli, and are on their way to be crowned Italian Champions this season.
The Rossoneri took control of the game from the very beginning and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Clarence-Seedorf-c9275 scored an outstanding goal on a free kick from outside the box in the 20th minute. The first half ended at with Milan leading 1-0.
The second half started with the Daviolo bossing the possession and in the 54thminute, the hosts were awarded a penalty kick following Massimo Volta’s hand-ball inside the box. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Cassano-c6302 converted the spot-kick to send the Rossoneri 2-0 up. Six minutes later, Cassano was in the thick of action yet again as he set up Robinho for Milan’s third. The match could have easily ended 4-0, but Cassano missed a sitter in the closing stages of the game.
The latest defeat means Sampdoria have now dropped into the relegation zone in 18th place, while Milan extended their lead ahead of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 and Inter to move towards their 18th Serie A title.
Parma FC vs. Inter Milan (2-0)
The nightmares continue for Inter Milan as they travelled to Stadio Ennio Tardini to play Parma. Leonardo’s men were already down on morale after the recent defeats; a Derby Della Madonnina defeat, which was followed by the 7-3 humiliation against Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
Inter were visibly tense as they frequently gave away possession. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Amauri-c5381 scored the 2nd goal in the 85th minute. The defeat concluded the Scudetto hopes for Inter and gave 3 crucial points to Parma to stay away from the relegation zone.
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