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    #26
    And that's the win. Tough ask for Napoli to capitalise though.

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      #27
      But Insigne has given them the lead as they look to make it eight out of eight. Lazio's win moves them level with Juve and Inter, who play the Milan derby tomorrow.

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        #28
        Job done, and Napoli go five points clear. Inter can cut that to two tomorrow.

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          #29
          Serie A's worst two teams so far are currently playing each other.

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            #30
            Benevento go down to ten.

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              #31
              This match is an excellent advert for Serie A...



              ... reverting to 18 teams.

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                #32
                After nearly 40 minutes playing at home with a man advantage against the worst team in the league, the second worst team finally take the lead.

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                  #33
                  It's over. 1-0. The final match of this round of fixtures something of an anticlimax after Juve - Lazio and the Milan derby.

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                    #34
                    And Benevento match Venezia 1949-50 for the worst ever start to a Serie A campaign

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                      #35
                      Don’t forget Roma-Napoli.

                      Both Italy and Spain often relegate matches like this to Monday night, which is interesting from a marketing perspective.

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                        #36
                        Yeah, that was less of a dramatic game, but certainly a crucial one.

                        The Premier League eschewed Monday night glamour this week, too, with Leicester v West Brom. It's also had WHU v Huddersfield, and the next Monday games are Burnley v Newcastle, then Brighton v Stoke. A couple of the 'big' teams have had Monday fixtures (Arsenal v WBA and Man C v Everton). Someone, somewhere has decided that this slot is a bonus rather than a big draw I suppose.

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                          #37
                          Giornata 8
                          So that weekend didn't go well for Juventus, and they are going to have to play catch up. Immobile is one of those Serie A goalscorers in crazily hot form at the moment and his strikes meant Lazio inflicted the first home defeat on Juve for two years, and see him become the capocannoniere at the moment. In their 57 previous home matches, Juve had won 50 - yes, 50 - and drawn 7.

                          But another remarkable run is happening - Napoli's winning streak. Picking up the three points at Roma to capitalise was no mean feat, but Insigne's goal was enough to see them extend their advantage over the champions. But Inter's win in a dramatic Milan derby keeps them as the closest contenders. And on Saturday night, it's Napoli v Inter. Mmmm.

                          Inter have a unique advantage, if you like, over Napoli, Juve, Lazio and Roma in that they are not competing in Europe this season. The other title contenders all face tough matches in midweek.

                          At the bottom, well, that was a crucial win tonight for Hellas Verona. Sassuolo, sadly, take their spot in the bottom three.

                          Risultati
                          Bologna 2 - 1 Spal
                          Cagliari 2 - 3 Genoa
                          Crotone 2 - 2 Torino
                          Fiorentina 2 - 1 Udinese
                          Inter 3 - 2 Milan
                          Juventus 1 - 2 Lazio
                          Roma 0 - 1 Napoli
                          Sampdoria 3 - 1 Atalanta
                          Sassuolo 0 - 0 Chievo
                          Verona 1 - 0 Benevento

                          Classifica
                          24 Napoli
                          22 Inter
                          19 Lazio
                          19 Juventus
                          15 Roma*
                          14 Bologna
                          14 Sampdoria*
                          13 Torino
                          12 Milan
                          12 Chievo
                          10 Fiorentina
                          09 Atalanta
                          06 Cagliari
                          06 Crotone
                          06 Hellas Verona
                          06 Udinese
                          05 Spal
                          05 Sassuolo
                          05 Genoa
                          00 Benevento

                          * una partita in meno

                          Classifica marcatori
                          11 Immobile (Lazio)
                          10 Dybala (Juventus)
                          09 Icardi (Inter)
                          07 Dzeko (Roma), Mertens (Napoli)
                          Last edited by Kevin S; 16-10-2017, 22:52.

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                            #38
                            Inter have a unique advantage, if you like, over Napoli, Juve, Lazio and Roma in that they are not competing in Europe this season. The other title contenders all face tough matches in midweek.
                            Perhaps never more striking than this week, when Inter gets to play Napoli after they meet Manchester City in mid-week

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                              #39
                              Yeah, if Napoli have won nine by Saturday night, then you'd start to wonder what it will take to beat them.

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                                #40
                                Originally posted by Kevin S View Post
                                Yeah, that was less of a dramatic game, but certainly a crucial one.

                                The Premier League eschewed Monday night glamour this week, too, with Leicester v West Brom. It's also had WHU v Huddersfield, and the next Monday games are Burnley v Newcastle, then Brighton v Stoke. A couple of the 'big' teams have had Monday fixtures (Arsenal v WBA and Man C v Everton). Someone, somewhere has decided that this slot is a bonus rather than a big draw I suppose.
                                This is the "contractual obligation" part of the season. With each club theoretically supposed to be broadcast live 10 times in the season, Sky usually fulfil that quota by putting the also-rans together on a Monday night throughout October/November. In the case of Burnley in the Premier League (and Hull, with probably Brighton and Huddersfield this season) they'll pay for 10 games but only actually show 8.

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                                  #41
                                  Aha, thanks. It later occurred to me also that you can't have the teams in UEFA matches playing on the Monday either.

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                                    #42
                                    Originally posted by Kevin S View Post
                                    Yeah, if Napoli have won nine by Saturday night, then you'd start to wonder what it will take to beat them.
                                    Time to find out, then.

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                                      #43
                                      I see milan's plan to forget about their relatively patient, rational youth based system, and to piss away an entire year's turnover on players is going about as well as you'd have expected.

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                                        #44
                                        Translated tweets seem to suggest that Insigne means something like 'distinguished' or 'splendid.'

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                                          #45
                                          True dat

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                                            #46
                                            And with that, he's subbed off.

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                                              #47
                                              So, 0-0 then. Inter earned that point the hard way with Handanovic pulling off some fine saves too.

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                                                #48
                                                Saw highlights of the Cagliari/Genoa match from last week. It was wonderful — and surprising — to see Adel Taarabt dominate a game like he did six years ago. I figured he was a spent force, but he can obviously still do it when he gets his head on straight. I hope it wasn't just a one off, I'll be watching for Genoa's upcoming matches.

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                                                  #49
                                                  insigne looks like it should mean "Significant". Pity Napoli didn't score. It would be nice if they could win the league. Someone has to stop Juventus some day, and they broadly seem to be trying to do things the right way.

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                                                    #50
                                                    Caught a bit of the Verona derby where Chievo's winning goal seemed to be a complete miskick that might have gone in via his arse. Nothing beats a scrappy, shite goal to win a derby.

                                                    And poor Vincenzo Montella. Team playing awful, lost last week's derby in the last minute and the new owners have never wanted you. Still, you have a winnable home game against Genoa to steady the ship and get things back on track. What you really don't need is your marque signing getting himself sent-off after 25mins for elbowing an opponent. Game finishes 0-0 and Milan are now 9 points off 4th place and that Champions League spot that they've gambled the entire mortgage on. And just to rub it in there's talk of Walter Mazzarri being lined up to replace him. That's gotta hurt!

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