The 2nd week at Serie A saw the two heavy weights of Italy fighting it out at San Siro. AC Milan lost the match 0-4 to their city rivals Inter Milan. The high profile match saw goals from Thiago Motta, Diego Milito (Pen), Maicon and Dejan Stankovic in the 29th, 36th, 46th and 67th minute respectively. Mourinho’s team unarguably outdid the seven times European Champions AC Milan in possibly every aspect of the game. This match also saw Gattuso being handed a 2nd yellow in the 40th minute which left AC Milan to play the remaining 50 minutes with 10 men.
Another big match was being played at the Roma stadium. AS Roma was playing against the Old Lady of football, Juventus. The match saw goals from both sides. Diego opened the scoring for Juventus in the 25th minute and an equalizer was scored eleven minutes later by Daniele De Rossi in the 36th minute. Later in the second half, Diego and Felipe Melo scored a goal each in the 68th and 93rd minute ending the match 1-3 to Juventus.
The match between newly promoted Bari and Bologna ended in a goalless draw. Napoli won against AS Livorno by 2-1. Team Fiorentina won at home against Palermo by a goal to nil. Cagliari, Atalanta and Chievo lost in front of their home fans against AC Siena, Genoa and Lazio respectively. Elsewhere Samdoria and Parma scored a win at home against Udinese and Catania. Both matches ended 2-1 to the home teams. This week’s play left Juventus at the top of the league table with 6 points, and AS Roma at the bottom with no points.
