Italian Serie A – Match Recaps – 26 September 2012
Pescara, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Catania, and Napoli all won while Roma were held by Sampdoria at home in the Italian Serie A on September 26, 2012.
Pescara 1-0 Palermo
Pescara earned their first win of the Serie A season thanks to an 86th minute Vladimir Weiss goal. Palermo’s Steven von Bergen was sent off in the first half and put the visitors in a defensive position. Palermo have yet to win a match this season and scored only one goal through five matches.
| 35′ | Steve von Bergen (red card) | ||
| 86′ | Vladimir Weiss | 1 – 0 |
AC Milan 2-0 Cagliari
Milan got a much needed win to move into 10th place in the Italian Serie A table. It’s been a tough start for the perennial title contenders who are already seven points back of leaders Juventus. Stephan El Shaarawy led the way with a brace for Milan.
| 15′ | Stephan El Shaarawy | 1 – 0 | |
| 66′ | Daniele Conti (red card) | ||
| 82′ | Stephan El Shaarawy | 2 – 0 |
Roma 1-1 Sampdoria
A first half Francesco Totti goal wouldn’t hold up as Sampdoria leveled in the second half to force a draw. The goal was a bit unexpected as Sampdoria had gone a man down in the 46th minute. Both teams are in the top half of the table and expected to be contending for a European spot.
| 34′ | Francesco Totti | 1 – 0 | |
| 46′ | Enzo Maresca (red card) | ||
| 62′ | 1 – 1 | Gianni Munari |
Catania 2-1 Atalanta
Catania scored two unanswered second half goals to move into the top half of the Italian Serie A table. Atalanta had a early second half lead but couldn’t stop a Catania comeback with two goals in a 12 minute span.
| 50′ | 0 – 1 | Maximiliano Moralez | |
| 51′ | Nicolás Spolli | 1 – 1 | |
| 63′ | Pablo Barrientos | 2 – 1 |
Chievo Verona 0-2 Inter Milan
Inter Milan are up to fourth place with their third road win of the Italian Serie A season. Alvaro Perreira and Antonio Cassano provided the goals for Inter. Chievo are just above the bottom three with one win and four losses through five matches.
| 43′ | 0 – 1 | Álvaro Pereira | |
| 74′ | 0 – 2 | Antonio Cassano |
Genoa 1-1 Parma
Parma took a first half lead but Genoa clawed their way back to salvage a draw at home.
| 27′ | 0 – 1 | Alessandro Lucarelli | |
| 88′ | Marco Borriello (pen) | 1 – 1 |
Napoli 3-0 Lazio
It was the Edinson Cavani show as he scored a hat trick to lead Napoli. He nearly had a fourth but missed a penalty kick in the 76th minute. The win moves Napoli level on points with Juventus at the top of the table while Lazio move down to fifth place.
| 19′ | Edinson Cavani | 1 – 0 | |
| 31′ | Edinson Cavani | 2 – 0 | |
| 64′ | Edinson Cavani | 3 – 0 | |
| 76′ | Edinson Cavani (pen miss) |
Torino 0-0 Udinese
A bit of disappointing result for Udinese are in the bottom half of the table. It’s a solid result for newly promoted Torino who have only conceded three goals through five matches.
