From: marco@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Marco Petroni)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer,soc.culture.italian
Subject: Italian League: Serie A and B Results/Standings (Nov.22 Games)
Date: 22 Nov 92 21:06:49 GMT
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines, Montreal, Canada

Serie A returns after a one week stop last Sunday, with 23 goals
scored in the 9 games. Only 21 goals were score the the Serie B,
games where Reggiana joins top of the table Venezia and Cremonese
and remains the only undefeated team in the second division so far
this season.

Here are the results and standings for the games played earlier
today in Serie A and B:

Serie A, Week 10; Games played Sunday, November 22, 1992:

Brescia		1	Fiorentina	1
   Hagi '2 (2nd)	   Orlando '17 (2nd)

A draw despite Fiorentina's control of the match. Fiorentina had more
possession of the ball, but it was Brescia who had the majority of the
scoring opportunities in this match. Brescia took the lead in the
opening minutes of the first half, but Fiorentina kept pressing
without much success, until the 15th minutes later when Orlando scored
the equalizer. Subsequently, Fiorentina searched desperately for the
game winner, playing better than the hope team, but the "viola" were
denied.


Cagliari	0	Parma		1
			   Brolin '28 (2nd)

Cagliari's recent string of wins was put to a stop by a Parma who came
to Cagliari with a very clear objective. It was the home team,
however, to get the better scoring chances in the first half, with
good efforts coming from Francescoli and Firicano. Parma, was better
in the second half, where they obtained their only goal, which gave
them the victory, thans to their Swedish national Brolin. With this
away win, Parma takes home their first away points of the season.


Foggia		2	Lazio		1
   Biagioni '18 (p.k.)	   Signori '8 (2nd)
   Roy      '35

An exciting game from start to finish, according to match reports,
with non-stop action from both teams. In the first half, Foggia's
pressing gave Lazio's defense numerous problems, which ended up
leading to the home team's 2 goals, one of which was scored by recent
arrival Roy from the Netherlands. In the second half, Lazio came out
pressing very aggressively, and despite an goal early in the second
half by Signori, Lazio's forcing could not net them the equalizer.
Overall, an important victory for Foggia, who is hoping to get to a
less threatening spot in the table.


Milan		1	Inter		1
   Lentini '40		   De Agostini '25 (2nd)

This derby, of the two played today, ended in a 1-1 draw after both
teams played relatively well, with Inter showing more concentration
and better play, but with Milan having slightly more scoring chances
than their "cousins". Milan's Antognoli made a couple of key saves
early in the game, when Inter were playing better, but this would not
continue for the duration of the match. Milan went ahead late in the
second half thanks to a shot from Lentini which beat Zenga cleanly.
Not too long before this goal, however, a chip inside the Milan
penalty area went just over Antognoli and narrowly missed going in,
and went of the crossbar, near the left hand corner of the goal. De
Agostini equalized for Inter mid-way in the second half, on a shot
from outside the box which was poorly handled by Antognoli and which
rolled in over the goal line, in what should have been a routine stop.
In any case, for the way that they played up to this point in the
match, Inter deserved the equalizer. Right after this goal, Inter was
on a roll, and proceeded to attack the Milan goal, but the "rossoneri"
didn't lose their composure, even if on a couple of occasions, it
looked as if Inter was going to score a second goal. Overall, Milan
played a reasonable game, even if I found their play to be very
sloppy, with players like Gullit not having one of their better games.
Inter, on the other hand, got off to a good start, moving the ball up
the field well at the start, and pressing with determination in the
second half, after equalizing.


Pescara		2	Atalanta	0
   Dunga     '30
   Palladini '40 (2nd)

Accoding to game reports, Atalanta lost this game thanks to Ganz
blowing numerous chances on counter-attacks. This, coupled with errors
committed in other parts of the field by their mid-field and defense,
certainly didn't help their cause. Pescara, seemed charged by the
presence of Brazilian Dunga in their ranks, who scored the first goal,
and helped to set up the second. Overall, not a very spectacular match
for the home team, but a good performance, nonetheless.


Roma		2	Ancona		1
   Comi      '25 (2nd)	   Lupo '13
   Carnevale '46 (2nd)

Carnevale scores the game winner, salvaging the game after trailing
1-0 at the end of the first half. Ancona was well organized
defensively, and kept the home team at bay for the entire 1st half,
despite the superiority of the Romans, who managed to hit a couple of
crossbars and posts with their shots. Roma was more determined in the
second half, which lead to Comi's equalizer and later Carnevale's goal
in injury time, turning the tables on Ancona, and perhaps safeguarding
Boskov's job for the time being.


Sampdoria	3	Napoli		1
   Ziliani '41 (o.g.)	   Mannini '44 (2nd-o.g.)
   Jugovic '15 (2nd)
   Mancini '35 (2nd-p.k.)

Despite the score, Napoli played well for the first 25 minutes of the
match, where they were dangerous on their attacks and gave problems to
the Samp defense. The visitors subsequently slowed down the pace which
allowed Samp to come forward, and get their first goal before the end
of the first half, thanks to an own goal by Ziliani on a shot by
Mancini, who scored Samp's 3rd goal on a penalty kick. Before time was
called in the game, Fonseca's shot was deflected by Mannini for an own
goal.  So the slide of Napoli continues, even with the arrival of
Bianchi, who, as Saverio mentioned, is not very popular with some
players on the team.


Torino		1	Juventus	2
   Sordo '13 (2nd)	   Vialli   '30 (2nd)
			   Venturin '47 (2nd-o.g.)

Juventus manage to pull this one out of the fire, thanks to a goal on
a shot taken by Moeller, deflected by Venturin, two minutes into
injury time, after Torino had taken the lead 13 minutes into the
second half. Torino played well for the first 70 minutes of the match,
but slowed down in the last 20 minutes, which lead to their defeat.
Torino went ahead first, taking advantage of defensive error by
Juventus. In the first half, Juve pressed on a couple of occasions,
and it was Marchegiani, who was in great form, who kept it at a
scoreless draw. Thanks to this victory, Juventus moves into sole
possession of second place in the league table, 2 points behind Milan,
who will play Juventus next Sunday, in what promises to be a very
exciting match.


Udinese		3	Genoa		0
   Mattei  '8 (2nd)
   Balbo  '10 (2nd)
   Balbo  '22 (2nd)

Genoa got thrashed at Udinese, but regardless of the heavy loss, new
Genoa coach Maifredi was please with the performance of his team, who
was playing without 5 of their regular starters. Their cause certainly
was not helped by the fact that they finished the game with only nine
players after 2, Torrente in the 1st half and Caricola in the 2nd
half, of them were sent off, and having a penalty kick called against
them during the match.  Maifredi claimed that the loss was not
directly due to the play of his side, but by "external factors".
Udinese played a good game, with Balbo scoring 2 of the 3 goals,
putting him in third place on the scorers list, behind Signori, with
11 goals and Van Basten with 12.


Serie A Standings after 10 games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS	MI
Milan		7	2	0	28	12	16	2
Juventus	5	4	1	23	12	14	-1
Torino		4	5	1	15	8	13	-2
Sampdoria	5	3	1	19	14	13	0
Inter		5	3	2	18	13	13	-2
Fiorentina	4	4	2	25	17	12	-3
Parma		5	0	5	13	14	10	-5
Cagliari	4	2	4	11	12	10	-5
Brescia		3	4	3	10	13	10	-5
Lazio		2	5	3	20	18	9	-6
Udinese		4	1	5	15	15	9	-7
Atalanta	4	1	5	10	17	9	-6
Roma		3	2	5	14	13	8	-7
Genoa		1	6	3	17	23	8	-7
Foggia		3	1	6	11	20	7	-8
Napoli		2	2	6	14	22	6	-9
Ancona		2	2	6	19	30	6	-8
Pescara		2	1	7	15	24	5	-10

-- Milan and Sampdoria have played one less game.


Next week's fixtures:

	Week 11: 29/11/92
	=================

Ancona		-	Cagliari
Atalanta	-	Udinese
Foggia		-	Pescara
Genoa		-	Torino
Inter		-	Brescia
Juventus	-	Milan
Lazio		-	Roma		(DERBY)
Napoli		-	Fiorentina
Parma		-	Sampdoria


Serie B, Week 12; Games played Sunday, November 22, 1992:

Ascoli		1	Bari		0
Bologna		0	Piacenza	1
Cremonese	2	Venezia		2
Andria		1	Cesena		1
Lucchese	0	Modena		1
Monza		0	Pisa		0
Padova		5	Ternana		0
Reggiana	3	Spal		0
Taranto		1	Lecce		1
Verona		0	Cosenza		2


Serie B standings after 12 games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS	MI
Cremonese	8	2	2	26	13	18	0
Venezia		7	4	1	22	9	18	0
Reggiana	6	6	0	17	4	18	0
Ascoli		7	2	3	19	8	16	-2
Cosenza		4	7	1	11	6	15	-3
Lecce		5	5	2	14	15	15	-2
Cesena		5	4	3	15	10	14	-4
Piacenza	4	5	3	11	8	13	-5
Bari		5	3	4	16	14	13	-4
Pisa		4	5	3	6	6	13	-5
Padova		4	4	4	16	14	12	-6
Verona		4	4	4	13	13	12	-6
Bologna		4	3	5	10	14	11	-7
Modena		3	5	4	9	14	11	-7
Spal		2	6	4	8	14	10	-8
Lucchese	1	5	6	9	14	7	-11
Andria		0	7	5	10	18	7	-12
Monza		1	5	6	4	13	7	-11
Taranto		0	6	6	8	19	6	-13
Ternana		0	4	8	7	25	4	-14


The Champions' Cup and the UEFA Cup returns to action this Wednesday
with Milan facing IFK Gotheborg, and in the UEFA Cup, Roma hosting
Galatasary, and Juventus travelling away to Czechoslovakia to play
Sigma Olomouk. More on these games on Wednesday. The Cup Winners' Cup
resumes in March.

I believe that the Roma - Galatasary game will be broadcast by RAI-USA
on Wednesday, breaking the usual "tradition" of showing Champions' Cup
games played in Italy, but since RAI showed Milan this Sunday, and
will most likely show Juventus-Milan next Sunday, showing Milan again
this Wednesday would have meant a Milan overdose of three games in the
space of a week...

That's all for now...

Marco...
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