From: marco@THUNDER.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (Marco Petroni)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.italian
Subject: Serie A and B Results/Standings (Apr.5 , 1992 Games)
Date: 6 Apr 92 12:34:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: thunder.9204061234.AA22275

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McGill...Hopefully, this will work...

A very lively day in Serie A with 28 goals being scored and the gap
between Juve and Milan increasing to 6 points. In Serie B, Ancona and
Brescia share the top spot thanks to a draw between Ancona and Palermo
and a Brescia win...


Serie A, Week 27; Games played Sunday, April 5, 1992:

Ascoli		1	Inter		2
   Biroff '14		   Klinsmann '30
			   Klinsmann '34 (2nd)

Ascoli got on the board first on a counter attack which saw Pergolizzi
feed the ball to team mate Bieroff who put the ball in the net giving
Ascoli the momentary lead. Klismann then scored two to give Inter the
win. The second Inter goal came when a shot deflected off the
goalkeeper and onto Klinsmann's feet in lucky circumstances. Moments
later, the Inter forward missed getting his third goal of the game. In
short, a fairer result would have been a draw as Inter did not really
work hard looking for the winning goal. With this loss, relegation is
practically assured for Ascoli.


Fiorentina	3	Atalanta	0
   Orlando '38
   Batistuta '48
   Batistuta '44 (2nd)

Fiorentina swept away the winds of crisis after three consecutive
losses with a great performance overall and with Batistuta finding his
form once again. Atalanta was never in the game, though, despite the
coach playing 3 forwards in the second half.


Foggia		2	Cremonese	0
   Signori '26
   Kolivanov '4 (2nd)

Foggia gets its first home win in three months and also seem to have
put their recent crisis behind them. A very entertaining game with
Signori being the best player on the pitch. For Cremonese, who
desperately needs points if it wishes to avoid relegation, missed
gaining some ground on its rivals at the bottom of the table who all
lost today.


Genoa		1	Verona		0
   Branco '25

Not a very entertaining game between a tired Genoa who wanted a quick
end to this game so that they could sit back and defend and a Verona
which tried every thing in the book to win but were not successful in
their quest.  Genoa got the winning goal thanks to a free kick taken
by the specialist Branco.


Lazio		3	Bari		1
   Reidle '16		   Cucchi '32
   Sosa   '18
   Sosa    '6 (2nd)

Another entertaining game with very lively plays from both teams which
lasted until the final whistle. Bari was very unlucky, hitting the
post twice in the final moments of the second half; but despite the 2
goal deficit, Bari fought on until the very end. Sosa was the key
player for Lazio today and Juarni was his counterpart on the visiting
team.


Milan		5	Sampdoria	1
   Rijkaard   '33	   Vialli '37 (2nd)
   Evani       '9 (2nd)
   Van Basten '13 (2nd)
   Massaro    '35 (2nd)
   Albertini  '41 (2nd)

Milan was started putting pressure on Samp from the very start of the
match, but a tight Samp defense forced Milan to try their luck from
outside the penalty area. Milan ended the first half with a 1-0 lead
before the wheels fell off for Samp in the second half. Shortly after
Evani's goal, Katanec was sent off for protesting to the referee after
he failed to call a foul on Mancini, leaving Samp in 10. Milan added
three more goals as Samp appeared to be exhausted from their mid-week
European Champions' Cup game against Red Star Belgrade. The fact that
all 5 Milan goals were scored by different players seems to underline
their performance as a team with all players contributing equally to
the overall performance of the team.


Napoli		3	Roma		2
   Silenzi '8 (2nd)	   Voller    '8
   Careca '16 (2nd)	   Giannini '20
   Zola   '21 (2nd)

Roma came out of the first half with a seemingly "safe" 2-0 lead.
Napoli, though, had other plans, and seemed to be a totally different
team in the second half, playing with determination and speed. This
allowed them to turn the tables playing an excellent second half. When
the score was 3-2 Carnevale and Giannini missed a great occasion to
equalize, which would have been a fair result, as both teams played a
great game giving an entertaining show to the fans at San Paolo.


Parma		1	Cagliari	1
   Agostini '48		   Herrera '8

Cagliari gets an important point today in a game that was conditioned
in the second half by a thunder storm which hit the Parma area.
Cagliari took control of the match for the first 30 minutes where they
went ahead 8 minutes into the match. They later decided to play a bit
more defensively with the hope of protecting their lead for the
remaining hour. This proved to be a fatal mistake as Parma scored at
the end of the second half giving the home team the equalizer. Parma
was playing without 3 of its key players, namely Minotti, Di Chiara,
and Zoratto.


Torino		2	Juventus	0
   Casagrande '21 (2nd)
   Casagrande '27 (2nd)

The derby had been billed as ending in a draw, as most derbys do, but
as the Juve goalkeeper Tacconi said, Toro was more lively and had more
character. The game started off with Torino dominating for the first
25 minutes, then Juve came out and started to attack for the remainder
of the half. In the second half, Torino was very determined with
Vazquez and Lentini doing some really good plays. The lead for Torino
came mid-way in the second half when Casagrande put in a pass from
Vazquez. Six minutes later, the Brazilian added to the lead when a
sleepy Juve defense did not clear a rebound off of Tacconi, from a
shot by Vazquez which went right to Casagrande who had no trouble
scoring. It was a dark day for Juve's attack, though, with Schillaci
and Baggio not being very effective.  This loss, coupled with Milan's
win sees the gap between the two teams increase to 6 points, with 7
games left in the season.


"Capo Cannonieri" (Leading Scorers)
-----------------------------------
Van Basten (Milan)	22 (8)

Baggio (Juventus)	13 (6)
Batistuta (Fiorentina)  13 (0)
Careca (Napoli)		13 (2)

Riedle (Lazio)		12 (0)
Sosa (Lazio)		12 (3)

Zola (Napoli)		11 (0)

Aguilera (Genoa)	10 (2)
Baiano (Foggia)		10 (1)
Signori (Foggia)	10 (0)
Skuhravy(Genoa)		10 (0)
Vialli (Sampdoria)	10 (2)

Fonseca (Cagliari)	 9 (0)
Platt (Bari)		 9 (2)
Shalimov (Foggia)	 9 (0)

-- Number in brackets represent goals scored on penalty kicks.



Serie A Standings After 27 games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Milan		18	9	0	55	15	45
Juventus	16	7	4	37	17	39
Napoli		12	10	5	46	33	34
Torino		10	12	5	25	13	32
Inter		8	15	4	23	21	31
Parma		9	12	6	26	24	30
Lazio		9	11	7	36	28	29
Sampdoria	9	11	7	29	25	29
Genoa		9	10	8	32	32	28
Roma		8	12	7	28	28	28
Atalanta	8	11	8	21	23	27
Foggia		8	9	10	41	44	25
Fiorentina	8	8	11	34	32	24
Cagliari	5	11	11	25	31	21
Verona		7	5	15	16	36	19
Bari		4	9	14	19	36	17
Cremonese	4	7	16	18	39	15
Ascoli		4	5	18	18	52	13


Next Sunday's Serie A fixtures:

	Week 28: 12/4/92

Atalanta	-	Foggia
Bari		-	Napoli
Cagliari	-	Genoa
Cremonese	-	Milan
Inter		-	Parma
Juventus	-	Ascoli
Lazio		-	Fiorentina
Sampdoria	-	Roma
Verona		-	Torino



Serie B, Week 29; Games played Sunday, April 5, 1992:

Ancona		1	Palermo		1
Bologna		2	Avellino	2
Brescia		2	Reggiana	1
Casertana	2	Cesena		0
Lecce		1	Udinese		0
Messina		2	Cosenza		0
Modena		1	Taranto		0
Padova		0	Venezia		0
Piacenza	2	Pescara		2
Pisa		1	Lucchese	2


Serie B Standings after 29 games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Brescia		10	16	3	39	25	36
Ancona		10	16	3	28	18	36
Pescara		11	13	5	38	30	35
Reggiana	10	12	7	28	24	32
Pisa		9	13	7	34	27	31
Bologna		11	9	9	30	27	31
Udinese		8	15	6	28	26	31
Cosenza		9	13	7	29	30	31
Cesena		8	13	8	28	24	29
Lucchese	7	15	7	25	25	29
Messina		9	10	10	24	24	28
Padova		6	16	7	24	24	28
Piacenza	8	11	10	27	30	27
Modena		9	8	12	26	33	26
Palermo		7	11	11	32	34	25
Taranto		6	13	10	20	25	25
Venezia		5	15	9	24	29	25
Lecce		8	9	12	26	34	25
Casertana	5	15	9	22	32	25
Avellino	6	13	10	25	36	25


That's all for now!

Marco...
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