From: marco@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Marco Petroni)
Subject: Italian League: Serie A and B Results/Standings (Week 5)
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines, Montreal, Canada
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 12:50:33 GMT

A record 48 goals were scored in Serie A this week, beating the old
record of 42 games set 61 years ago in the 1931-1932 (season for a
Serie A season with 18 teams in the league).

Without further delay, here are the results of Sunday's Serie A
and B games...


Serie A, Week 5; Games played Sunday, October 4, 1992:

Brescia		4	Foggia		1
   Raduioiu '28		   Medford '24 (2nd)
   Saurini  '38
   Hagi      '7 (2nd)
   Di Bari  '26 (2nd)

Torrential rains which put the pitch in awful shape conditioned the
match to a large extent, making the ball very slippery, and making
what would usually by routine plays almost impossible to stop.
Brescia, early in the second half, had a three goal lead, at which
point started to play defensively. Foggia started to open up, looking
to narrow the gap, but only got one goal from their efforts.


Cagliari	1	Roma		0
   Pusceddu '3 (2nd)

Cagliari defeats Roma in Caglairi for the first time in 12 years.  The
visiting team was far from impressive with Haessler, Michailovic, and
Giannini playing very poorly. Cagliari, on the other hand seemed very
motivated, and missed getting a second goal on a few occasions thanks
to offensive plays by Olieira.


Fiorentina	3	Milan		7
   Baiano    '13	   Massaro    '24
   Effenberg  '2 (2nd)	   Lentini    '34
   Di Mauro  '45 (2nd)	   Gullit     '41
			   Massaro    '44
			   Van Basten '35 (2nd)
			   Gullit     '41 (2nd)
			   Van Basten '46 (2nd)

An entertaining game, if nothing else. One thing that stood out the
most in this match was the poor defense that both teams have. In the
end, Milan got the better of it, scoring 7 goals, and often being in
Fiorentina's half of the field. The home team, on the other hand had a
great offense, which often caught the Milan defense flat footed, with
Baiano, Effenberg, and Batitstuta leading the way in the attack.
Laudrup was practically non-existent in this match. Gullit played in
his first league match of the season, scoring 2 goals in the process.
Both teams could had several good occasions to add to their goal
totals.


Genoa		4	Ancona		4
   Signorini '14	   Agostini '5
   Skuhravy  '28	   Detari   '37
   Signorini '34	   Sogliano '33 (2nd)
   Skuhravy  '30 (2nd-p.k.)Agostini '41 (2nd)

Genoa's tifosi whistled as their team walked off the field after Genoa
drew at home against the last place team, Ancona. The "dorici" kept
coming back after repeatedly going down by one or two goals. If
anything, it was Genoa's poor play, coupled with a good Ancona
performance that allowed the visitors to equalize when they were 2
goals down. Also, Genoa played for most of the second half in 10 after
one of their players was sent off.


Inter		1	Atalanta	0
   Sosa '34 (2nd-p.k.)

In a day when there was a rage of goals, Inter was the only other team
to play in a one goal game, which was scored by Sosa on a penalty kick
after Desideri was taken down inside the Atalanta penalty area. A hard
fought win for Inter, as Atalanta played very defensively, with only a
few offensive thrusts lead by Rambaudi. The visiting team played all
of the second half in 10, after Montero, the Atalanta libero, and the
last player back in this occasion, took down Sosa who was well on his
way to the Atalanta goal. Despite being one player short, Atalanta
still played a good game.


Lazio		5	Parma		2
   Signori '14 (p.k.)	   Osio '20
   Fuser   '26		   Osio '44
   Signori '35
   Fuser   '38
   Signori '32 (p.k.)

It was Doll, Winter, and Gascoigne on the pitch in this match for
Lazio in a game that saw the home team get their first win of the
season, much to the delight of their fans against a Parma that looked
rather weak in their attack. Lazio was got their first goal on a
penalty kick awarded for a foul on Gascoigne.  Their third goal, also
scored by Signori, came on an indirect free kick taken inside box,
awarded after a Parma defender passed the ball back to the goalkeeper
Taffarel, and the latter handling the ball with his hands. Practically
all the Parma players lined up on the goal line, but this was not
enough to stop a powerful shot by Signor from so close.


Napoli		2	Juventus	3
   Fonseca '39 (2nd)	   Baggio   '8
   Zola    '42 (2nd)	   Moeller '12 (2nd)
			   Vialli  '35 (2nd)

Juventus get the victory after it seemed like Napoli was on their way
to mounting a late comeback in the game. It was not all good news for
the visiting team however. Juventus player Julio Cesar had to be
carried out of the game on a stretcher, as the home fans threw objects
from the stands onto the Brazilian being carried away, after suffering
an injury. It was later discovered that his tibia was broken. Juve
started to ease off in the second half, with Napoli then scoring 2
goals in the span of 4 minutes.  Ravanelli, after Zola's goal, missed
making it 4-2 at the end of the match. Not a very good spell for
Napoli at home, who has only gotten 1 point in their 3 home games.


Torino		2	Sampdoria	2
   Silenzi  '35		   Annoni     '13 (o.g.)
   Aguilera '16 (2nd)	   Vierchowod '43 (2nd)

Torino came back from a one goal deficit to later lead by one goal,
and seeing their lead in turn being wiped away. Samp went on the board
first after a shot by Corini was deflected into the Torino net by
Annoni. Silenzi equalized 22 minutes later and then Aguilera, on a
defensive error by Walker, made it 2-1, before Vierchowod evened the
score with 2 minutes left in the match. Overall, a very evenly matched
game, with Torino's attack showing the absence of Casagrande.


Udinese		5	Pescara		2
   Branca   '20		   Borgonovo '13
   Balbo    '34		   Bivi      '42 (2nd-p.k.)
   Balbo    '13 (2nd)
   Balbo    '20 (2nd)
   Manicone '41 (2nd)

Another match in which the torrential rains that have fallen in the
area, were the cause of many of the goals scored in this match. One
thing not caused by the torrential rains was the good performance of
Udinese's Balbo.


Leading Scorers (Marcatori):

Signori (Lazio)		7 (3)

Van Basten (Milan)	6 (0)
Balbo (Udinese)		6 (0)

Detari (Ancona)		5 (1)
Fonseca (Napoli)	5 (0)

Batistuta (Fiorentina)	4 (0)
Aguilera (Torino)	4 (0)
Moeller (Juventus)	4 (0)

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


Serie A Standings after 5 Games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS	EA
Milan		4	0	0	15	7	8	2   *
Torino		2	3	0	11	5	7	-1
Juventus	2	3	0	10	6	7	0
Inter		3	1	1	9	6	7	-1
Lazio		1	4	0	12	9	6	-2  *
Sampdoria	2	2	0	10	8	6	1
Brescia		2	2	1	5	3	6	-2
Fiorentina	1	3	1	15	13	5	-3
Genoa		0	5	0	8	8	5	-3
Udinese		2	0	3	9	9	4	-4
Napoli		1	2	2	8	8	4	-4
Roma		1	2	2	4	4	4	-3
Cagliari	1	2	2	4	6	4	-4
Parma		2	0	3	8	11	4	-3
Atalanta	2	0	3	5	9	4	-3
Pescara		1	1	3	9	13	3	-4
Foggia		1	0	4	5	12	2	-5
Ancona		0	2	3	9	19	2	-5

* Milan and Sampdoria have played one less game.


Next games, in 2 weeks:

	Week 6: 18/10/92

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



Serie B, Week 5; Games played Sunday, October 4, 1992:

Ascoli		3	Piacenza	0
Cesena		1	Modena		0
Cremonese	2	Pisa		0
Andria		2	Lecce		3
Lucchese	2	Bari		3
Padova		3	Verona		2
Reggiana	4	Bologna		0
Spal		2	Venezia		2
Taranto		0	Cosenza		2
Ternana		0	Monza		0


Serie B Standings after 5 Games:

		W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS	EA
Ascoli		4	1	0	10	1	9	1
Reggiana	3	2	0	8	0	8	0
Cremonese	4	0	1	11	5	8	0
Cosenza		2	3	0	6	2	7	0
Pisa		3	1	1	3	2	7	0
Bari		2	2	1	8	6	6	-1
Verona		2	2	1	5	3	6	-1
Padova		2	2	1	8	7	6	-2
Cesena		2	1	2	7	6	5	-3
Venezia		1	3	1	5	4	5	-2
Lecce		2	1	2	6	10	5	-2
Piacenza	1	2	2	6	6	4	-3
Monza		1	2	2	1	4	4	-3
Bologna		1	2	2	2	6	4	-3
Modena		2	0	3	4	9	4	-3
Lucchese	0	3	2	3	5	3	-5
Ternana		0	3	2	3	6	3	-5
Spal		0	3	2	4	8	3	-5
Taranto		0	2	3	1	6	2	-6
Andria		0	1	4	5	10	1	-7


There will be no Serie A games next week due to Italy's first
World Cup Qualifying game on Wednesday, October 14, 1992, when
Italy hosts Switzerland...


That' all for now!

Marco...
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