From: marco@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Marco Petroni)
Subject: Italian League: Serie A and B Results (Nov. 8 Games)
Followup-To: rec.sport.soccer
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines, Montreal, Canada
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 20:50:50 GMT

Serie A continued with its avalanche of goals once again with a total
of 33 goals scored in today's matches, 4 of which saw 5 or more goals
scored. While it seems that Serie A had adopted a more offensive style
of play, things do not seem to have rubbed off in the second division,
as only 17 goals were scored in Serie B today. Here are the results
and standings of the Serie A and B games played today, as well as the
respective league tables:


Serie A, Week 9; Games played Sunday, November 8, 1992:

Ancona		5	Brescia		1
   Agostini '12		   Hagi '41
   Detari   '38
   Lupo      '1 (2nd)
   Agostini '26 (2nd)
   Agostini '49 (2nd)

Ancona go on a goal rampage today after losing by the same score to
Juventus last week. Despite the organizational problems and problems
with the owners of the Ancona Calcio team, the players seems to have
put this aside, at least for this game. The game was very lively, with
a few moments of rough play early in the second half. Two nice goals
by Detari and Hagi closed off the first half at a 2-1 score for the
home team. Lupo opened the scoring at the very start of the first half
with another nice goal coming from a scissor kick just near the edge
of the box. Brescia's goalkeeper Landucci was sent off at the 22nd
minute of the second half after taking down Gadda just outside the
Brescia penalty area, forcing Brescia to substitute a player for the
backup goalkeeper, Cusin. Despite the one player advantage, Ancona got
their 4th goal on a rapid counter attack which caught the visiting
team flat footed. Other counter attacks, which did not lead to goals,
kept catching Brescia off guard. Agostini, who has been contested by
the "dorici's" tifosi, completed his hat-trick just before the final
whistle.


Atalanta	2	Foggia		1
   Rambaudi '2		   Biagioni '17 (p.k.)
   Porrini  '46

Foggia still struggles, looking to repeat their good performance of
last season, without the players, and it is proving to be a formidable
task for Zeman. Foggia equalized soon after the early Atalanta goal
scored by one of Foggia's stars of last season. Atalanta scored their
second and winning goal shortly before the end of the first half,
which held up for the remaining 45 minutes.


Fiorentina	2	Roma		1
   Iachini '31		   Caniggia '24 (2nd)
   Orlando '34

Roma's slump continues, as the fail to put together a consistent game.
Fiorentina continue to have success with their forwards, but
defensively, there's still much work to do. With Roma's coach Boskov
not very happy with the performance of his goalkeeper in the first
half, Cervone sat out the second half and the backup goalkeeper came
in. This worked to a small extent, as Roma appeared to regain their
composure at the start of the second half, which lasted until Muzzi
was sent off at the 19th minute, only 10 minutes after coming into the
match, for an ugly tackle on Baiano. With one man short, Roma started
feeding Caniggia with long balls, which gave the Fiorentina defense
some problems.  Caniggia scored Roma's lone goal on a header. So, Roma
get their third straight loss playing without important players like
Giannini, and looking very nervous at times.


Genoa		2	Cagliari	3
   Padovano '7		   Napoli    '15
   Panucci  '20		   Puscheddu '17 (2nd)
			   Oliveira  '33 (2nd)

Genoa looked as if they were on their way to winning this match, but
after the Genoa captain Signorini was sent off at the 15th minute of
the second half, for a rough tackle on Francescoli, Cagliari equalized
and ended up getting the game winner.  This lack of performance on
Genoa's part, will probably weigh heavy on the team's coach Georgi,
who is apparently very close to losing his job. Cagliari takes home 2
very important home points, and win their first away game against
Genoa. Genoa, for some reason, kept Skuhravy, Ruotolo and Van't Schip
on the bench.


Inter		0	Sampdoria	0

Not a very spectacular game, but one which had it's moments
nonetheless.  Inter spent more time in Samp's half of the field than
Samp did in Inter's half. Samp's goalkeeper Pagliuca made some really
good saves, and his goalkeeping was very solid for the duration of the
match.  Zenga, on the other end of the field, was not very busy, but
made a couple of really great saves in the second half with the Inter
defense doing a good jobs of neutralizing Samp's offense when they
ventured near the Inter penalty area. Inter's Sosa had a penalty kick
stopped by the goalkeeper early in the first half, which was awarded
for Walker's take down of Berti inside the box. Sosa's kick was rather
central and low on the ground, which caught Pagliuca's feet as he dove
to his right. In the end, a tie still allows both teams to stay near
the top of the table.


Juventus	5	Udinese		1
   Baggio '20		   Balbo '37
   Baggio '22
   Pellegrini '24 (o.g.)
   Baggio  '5 (2nd)
   Baggio '40 (2nd)

An incredible game by the Baggio-Moeller duo, with Baggio scoring 4
goals with the 5th coming off a deflection of the Udinese defender,
Pellegrini, from Baggio's shot. Udinese never seemed to be in the
match, but they still managed to get a goal to close the first half on
a positive note, before Baggio dashed them further at the start of the
second half. At the 27th minute of the second half, Juventus
goalkeeper Peruzzi was sent off for handling the ball outside the
penalty area as Branca ran alone towards the Juventus goal. The one
man advantage for Udinese did not make a difference, and the home team
scored their fifth goal with Baggio putting in Galia's cross.


Lazio		1	Torino		2
   Signori '1 (2nd)	   Aguilera '12 (2nd)
			   Gregucci '43 (2nd-o.g.)

Torino gets an away win, allowing them to keep pace with league leader
Milan, after trailing early in the second half, with the visitors
having a one man advantage. Doll was sent off at the 38th minute of
the first half for making some rude comments to the linesman following
a call. This did not stop Lazio from going on the board first, but it
did stop them from taking a consistent offensive posture, looking very
remissive at times, as Torino was looking first to equalize and then
to get the game winner, the latter being the tougher task. On a shot
by Silenzi, which was deflected by the Lazio defender Gregucci, with 2
minutes left in the match, Torino got the game winner. Lazio did have
a few good runs at the Torino net, but Marchegiani was in good form
today, making some good saves.


Napoli		1	Milan		5
   Zola '42 (2nd)	   Van Basten '7
			   Van Basten '28
			   Eranio     '15 (2nd)
			   Van Basten '28 (2nd)
			   Van Basten '30 (2nd)

Milan beats a very disorganized Napoli with Van Basten scoring 4 of
the 5 Milan goals, which now puts him at the top of the scorers list
with 12 goals. Napoli played poorly in the first half, with the
defense in disarray, but in the second half, there was no story, with
Milan dominating from beginning to end. Napoli looked especially
demoralized after the Eranio's goal, which saw the Milan forward
deflect a shot by Massaro, who had come in for Simone just moments
earlier. Napoli had a good run and subsequent shot by Ferrara at the
26th minute, but the dangerous shot was promptly saved by Antognoli.
Moments later, Van Basten scored Milan's 4th goal. Two minutes later,
Van Basten intercepted a pass back to the Napoli goalkeeper Galli by
Mauro, scoring Milan's 5th goal. Napoli finally got the consolation
goal 3 minutes before time, thanks to a beautiful free kick taken by
Zola.  So it seems that the crisis in the Napoli side continues, with
Ranieri's job on shaky ground. Hopefully steps will be taken by
Ferlaino to give the team back it's heart. In the mean time, Milan
keeps playing well, keeping their consistent pace going for yet
another week.


Parma		1	Pescara		0
   Pizzi '17 (2nd)

A very rough game in which Pescara were dealt their 5th straight loss.
Pescara was desperately looking for the equalizer late in the game,
but were playing with one player less after the Danish defender
Sivebaek was sent off one minute after the Parma goal for a
retaliatory foul. Pescara held Parma at bay for over 60 minutes and
their hopes of equalizing were dealt a blow when Sivebaek was sent
off.


Serie A Standings after 9 games:

		W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS	MI
Milan		7	1	0	27	11	15	3
Torino		4	5	0	14	6	13	0
Juventus	4	4	1	21	11	12	-2
Inter		5	2	2	17	12	12	-2
Fiorentina	4	3	2	24	16	11	-3
Sampdoria	4	3	1	16	13	11	0
Cagliari	4	2	3	11	11	10	-3
Lazio		2	5	2	19	16	9	-5
Brescia		3	3	3	9	12	9	-4
Atalanta	4	1	4	10	15	9	-5
Parma		4	0	5	12	14	8	-6
Genoa		1	6	2	17	20	8	-6
Udinese		3	1	5	12	15	7	-7
Roma		2	2	5	12	12	6	-7
Napoli		2	2	5	13	19	6	-8
Ancona		2	2	5	18	28	6	-7
Foggia		2	1	6	9	19	5	-8
Pescara		1	1	7	13	24	3	-10

-- Milan and Sampdoria have played one less game.

Serie A takes a break next week in preparation for the November 18th
World Cup qualifying match between Scotland and Italy. The first
division resumes play on November 22 with the following games:

	Week 10: 22/11/92
	=================

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


Serie B, Week 10; Games played Sunday, November 8, 1992:

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


So Cremonese remains at the top of the table after their away draw at
Taranto, the equalizer was scored by Cremonese late in the second
half. Venezia are close behind, gaining one point, thanks to their
away win at Lucca. Ascoli fail to reduce the gap between them and
Cremonese with Reggiana keeping pace with the leaders after a
scoreless draw between Ascoli and Reggiana.

Serie B standings after 10 games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS	MI
Cremonese	8	1	1	23	9	17	2
Venezia		6	3	1	18	7	15	0
Reggiana	5	5	0	14	4	15	0
Ascoli		5	2	3	16	8	12	-3
Cosenza		3	6	1	9	6	12	-3
Lecce		4	4	2	11	13	12	-2
Cesena		4	3	3	12	9	11	-4
Verona		4	3	3	12	10	11	-4
Bari		4	3	3	14	13	11	-3
Pisa		4	3	3	5	5	11	-4
Bologna		4	3	3	10	11	11	-4
Padova		3	4	3	11	12	10	-5
Piacenza	2	5	3	8	8	9	-6
Spal		2	5	3	7	10	9	-6
Modena		2	4	4	6	12	8	-7
Lucchese	1	4	5	8	12	6	-9
Monza		1	4	5	4	11	6	-9
Andria		0	5	5	7	15	5	-11
Taranto		0	5	5	7	16	5	-11
Ternana		0	4	6	7	18	4	-11


Despite the Serie A break next week, Serie B will continue with the
following games:

	Week 11: 15/11/92
	=================
Bari		-	Bologna
Cesena		-	Padova
Cosenza		-	Reggiana
Lecce		-	Cremonese
Modena		-	Andria
Piacenza	-	Taranto
Pisa		-	Verona
Spal		-	Lucchese
Ternana		-	Ascoli
Venezia		-	Monza


That's all for now!

Marco...
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