Roma, languishing in the relegation zone before the derby, took on Lazio, who are flying high in the upper echelons of the table. Roma needed a victory over their rivals to kick-start their season and boost morale, while Lazio were looking to confirm themselves as a side to be reckoned with this season.

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Can anyone tell me what type of performance enhancing drug Alessandro Del Piero is taking right now? (Juventus fans don't jump on my back, that was my attempt at humor). Another inch perfect free kick, and on his 34th birthday to boot. Serie A results after "il salto" (the jump).

Bologna-Roma 1-1
Scorers: 68´ Totti (Rom); 92´ aut.

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Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite Serie A club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each Serie A club so that you [...] Click to continue reading...

The great Ronaldo comeback (part IV, approximately) is still going to happen. We think. But it won't be happening at Siena after Ronaldo turned them down, despite rumours of a €100,000 per goal offer. His agent broke the news to Siena fans none too gently: "Everyone would like to have a player like Ronaldo on his team [. Click to continue reading...

Here's what I found interesting after reading various calcio news sites today:

-First, we have another managerial change in Serie A. Chievo haven't won since the first week of the season and manager Beppe Iachini has been sacked. Taking his place will be Domenico Di Carlo, who was in charge of Parma until March of last season.

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Wow can you believe we're already at Giornata 10? I feel like Serie A was just starting just yesterday. The highlight of the weekend was undoubtedly Milan-Napoli. Napoli have been the surprise of the campaign so far, led by young starlets Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marek Hamsik, and Fabiano Santacroce, and playing excellent, attractive football.

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It has been a crazy week in football with so much happening on and off the pitch. On this week's good, the bad and the ugly we feature Maradona, River Plate, Liverpool, Tottenham and, of course, Joey Barton. Click on the links to find out more about these stories Good Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge [. Click to continue reading...

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I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the new Bologna and Siena blogs here at the Italy Offside. Every Serie A club now has it's own blog here at the Offside, and that's really great! Round-up of Giornata 7 after the jump. But before you go there, just analyze this picture of Mourinho. Saturday Night Fever?

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At the end of the 6th Giornata we still saw surprises. Inter is top of the table, but they share a place with Lazio and Udinese, two squads who have been impressing in this start of the season. Both clubs are putting in good performances and don't look like calming down any time soon. Inter beat Bologna (with a splendid goal from Ibrahimovic), while Lazio needed a late equalizer from Simone Inzaghi (his first goal in Serie A in 4 years) to draw with Lecce.

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When looking at the schedule of the 5th Giornata, all eyes had to be on Milan-Inter. The Derby was important not only for fans of those teams but for fans of other teams, as everyone had to hope Inter were stopped. And they were stopped, as the Rossoneri prevailed with a thunderous header from Ronaldinho, who scored his first goal in a Milan jersey.

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27/09/2008

Sampdoria - Juventus 0 - 0
Fiorentina - Genoa 1 - 0

28/09/2008

Bologna - Napoli 0 - 1
Catania - Chievo 1 - 0
Lecce - Cagliari 2 - 0
Palermo - Reggina 1 - 0
Roma - Atalanta 2 - 0
Torino - Lazio 1 - 3
Udinese - Siena 2 - 1
Milan - Inter ore 20. Click to continue reading...

27/09/2008

Sampdoria - Juventus 0 - 0
Fiorentina - Genoa 1 - 0

28/09/2008

Bologna - Napoli ore 15.00
Catania - Chievo ore 15.00
Lecce - Cagliari ore 15.00
Palermo - Reggina ore 15.00
Roma - Atalanta ore 15.00
Torino - Lazio ore 15.00
Udinese - Siena ore 15. Click to continue reading...

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Birthdays:

- Kenny Sansom Turns 50 - Stats-

- Ex-QPR Loan, Martin Cranie, Turns 22 - Stats

- And apparently also...Luigi De Canio, Turning 51- "1957: Luigi De Canio (51) – Former Udinese, Napoli, Reggina and Siena coach, who most recently had a spell at English Championship side Queens Park Rangers. Click to continue reading...

27/09/2008

Sampdoria - Juventus ore 18.00
Fiorentina - Genoa ore 20.30

28/09/2008

Bologna - Napoli ore 15.00
Catania - Chievo ore 15.00
Lecce - Cagliari ore 15.00
Palermo - Reggina ore 15.00
Roma - Atalanta ore 15.00
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 Here are the scores for last night's Serie A matches: Sampdoria vs. 0 Final Siena 0 AC Milan vs, 2 Final Reggina 1 Palermo vs. 1 Final Napoli 2 Fiorentina vs. 1 Final Lazio 1 Share This Click to continue reading...

For some reason whenever Serie A plays during the week I always feel like it isn't the same. I love the tradition of Serie A Sundays and Serie A on Wednesday just feels strange. But it's still Serie A, so I could care less because I love calcio. Giornata 4 was another great round of calcio: Inter took sole lead of the Serie A table after getting a result vs a tough Lecce side thanks to Julio Cruz, Juventus drew Catania at home and wasted many chances to get all 3 points, Milan keeps bouncing back after a win in Reggio Calabria, Roma continues to struggle after losing away to Genoa, and Fiorentina were outclassed by Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.

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The third giornata of Serie A had less drama and surprises then the last two weeks, but it was interesting and exciting nonetheless. All the big teams won (including Milan for the first time): Inter swept aside Torino, Juventus won a tricky away game vs. Cagliari, Roma ended their "crisis" by soundly defeating Reggina 3-0, Milan finally won with a 4-1 victory over Lazio, and Fiorentina keep chugging along (with Gila scoring goals) with a win vs.

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Roma and AC Milan get back on track with big wins  Saturday Sept 20th Catania 1 - 0 Atalanta Roma 3 - 0 Reggina Sunday Sept 21th  Cagliari 0 - 1 Juventus Fiorentina 1 - 0 Bologna Lecce 1 - 1 Siena Palermo 2 - 1 Genoa Sampdoria 1 - 1 Chievo Torino 1 - 3 Inter Milan Udinese 0 - 0 Napoli AC Milan 4 - 1 Lazio Bookmark [. Click to continue reading...

20/09/2008

Catania - Atalanta 1 - 0
Roma - Reggina 3 - 0

21/09/2008

Cagliari - Juventus 0 - 1
Fiorentina - Bologna 1 - 0
Lecce - Siena 1 - 1
Palermo - Genoa 2 - 1
Sampdoria - Chievo 1 - 1
Torino - Inter 1 - 3
Udinese - Napoli 0 - 0
Milan - Lazio 4 - 1

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20/09/2008

Catania - Atalanta 1 - 0
Roma - Reggina 3 - 0

21/09/2008

Cagliari - Juventus ore 15.00
Fiorentina - Bologna ore 15.00
Lecce - Siena ore 15.00
Palermo - Genoa ore 15.00
Sampdoria - Chievo ore 15.00
Torino - Inter ore 15.00
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20/09/2008

Catania - Atalanta ore 18.00
Roma - Reggina ore 20.30

21/09/2008

Cagliari - Juventus ore 15.00
Fiorentina - Bologna ore 15.00
Lecce - Siena ore 15.00
Palermo - Genoa ore 15.00
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(from left to right)

-- Everton beat Stoke 3-2 thanks to a warm welcome-back by Aussie Tim Cahill who netted the game-winner in the 77th minute.

-- Dexter Blackstock had a brace for QPR (1st minute and 77th minute), which beat Southampton 4-1 in the English League Championship.

-- Siena had a nice 2-0 win over Cagliari (Emanuele Calaiò 10', Abdelkader Ghezzal 90') for its first Serie A win in the short-lived season. Click to continue reading...

Giornata 2 was another exciting week of Italian calcio. Inter and Juventus got back on track with wins, but Roma, Milan, and Fiorentina fell back a step with losses. Lazio continues to impress (Mauro Zarate especially) and Atalanta show they are a solid side. Cagliari still finds itself without any points (like Milan) and Massimiliano Allegri looks set to be on Cellino's chopping block.

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DEBUTTO AMARO PER IL DIFENSORE PROVENIENTE DAL SIENA CHE PERÒ NON PERDE LA FIDUCIA

Loria:«Sconfitti per degli episodi
ma in Champions sarà diverso»

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Per Simone Loria, quello di Palermo,
non è stato un esordio da ricordare.
La prima gara ufficiale
con la maglia giallorossa ha visto l'ex difensore
del Siena in sofferenza, così come
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RODRIGO SI MOSTRA OTTIMISTA E DIFENDE CICINHO:«NON PUÒ FARE 50 VOLTE SU E GIÙ SULLA FASCIA»

Taddei:«Torneremo grandi»

«Chiediamo pazienza, siamo sempre gli stessi. Io sono già all'80% della forma»

Di FRANCESCO ODDI
«Sono contento di essere tornato dopo i tanti
infortuni che ho avuto, ma non sono al massimo
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L'ASSENZA SCONTATA DI JUAN POTREBBE REGALARE DOMANI L'ESORDIO AL DIFENSORE,CHE PARTIRÀ DALLA PANCHINA E CHE PROMETTE IL MASSIMO IMPEGNO

Loria sicuro:«In campionato ce la giocheremo»

«Sto bene. Alla prima giornata hanno faticato pure gli altri, noi ci siamo. E in Champions ce la metteremo tutta»

TIZIANO RICCARDI
«Sto bene, mi sono inserito in fretta, qui sono
tutti bravi ragazzi con cui è facile lavorare e si
fa presto a inserirsi nei meccanismi». Click to continue reading...

IL BRASILIANO SI CANDIDA FORTEMENTE PER UNA MAGLIA DA TITOLARE SABATO CONTRO IL PALERMO

Taddei c'è,Perrotta ancora no

Progressi confortanti per Rodrigo, mentre Simone dovrà attendere per il rientro

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Taddei vicino al rientro, Perrotta
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ANCORA BUONE NOTIZIE DA TRIGORIA:DOPO TADDEI,FRANCESCO

Sorpresa a Palermo: Totti!

Il Capitano si è allenato col gruppo
e potrebbe rientrare già sabato

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Totti e Taddei di nuovo con il gruppo e forse
già in campo a Palermo. È questa la
migliore notizia, per tutti i tifosi giallorossi,
in attesa di una "tre giorni" che ci vedrà
prima giocare al Barbera e poi esordire in
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DOPO 45 GIORNI DAL SUO ULTIMO ALLENAMENTO CON IL GRUPPO,ECCO IL BRASILIANO

Spalletti sorride: Taddei ritorna

Superato il fastidio al retto femorale, Rodrigo è quasi pronto
Per il tecnico toscano, un problema in meno sulla corsia laterale

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TADDEI

Rodrigo è fondamentale. L'ingaggio, poco più di 1 mln

Sebbene il suo contratto sia ancora abbastanza distante dalla sua
scadenza naturale, il 30 giugno del 2010, presto Rodrigo Taddei
e il suo procuratore Alessandro Lucci (lo stesso di Vucinic e Juan)
potrebbero mettersi seduti intorno a un tavolo con il direttore sportivo
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Dal calciomercato che si è concluso il primo settembre, il più felice in casa giallorossa è sicuramente l'attaccante Stefano Chuka Okaka. Era stato fino all'ultimo in bilico, tra l'andare via al Bologna o rimanere. La sua gioia, la conferma il suo agente a Romanews.eu Domenico Scopelliti.

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Obviously the true bargains won't be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even put on their new shirt. Eliminating loans made sure somebody has actually bought up the entire contract this summer, and everyone of these guys happened to come in at under [. Click to continue reading...

IL COLPO PIÙ IMPORTANTE SARÀ IL RITORNO DI FRANCESCO TOTTI

Il Capitano tornerà a Palermo

Il dottor Brozzi: «Sì, può farcela il 13
come Taddei». Montella da Champions

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Totti tornerà con il Palermo. Potrebbe
essere questo il vero "colpo di mercato"
per i tifosi giallorossi dopo la sosta per
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The 2008/2009 Serie A season has finally kicked off, and what a weekend it was. There were so many interesting games and results. For the first time since 1984, none of the big teams have full points after the first game. Hopefully this is a sign that this season will be very exciting and interesting.

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