By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here are the results of the Serie A Week 17 – Seventeenth Round on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December 2015.

Inter end the 2015 year as sole leader of the Serie A despite the results of the other games.  Inter losing the home game at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium against Lazio.   Inter having now 36 points and is followed by Fiorentina with 35 points.  It means, next round Fiorentina can take the away leadership from Inter if they lose the away game against Empoli and if Fiorentina defeat Palermo at the Renzo Barbera Stadium.  Same chance is for Napoli having now 35 points, they also can become the leaders if defeating Torino at the San Paolo Stadium.

All the “big” teams winning.    Fiorentina, Napoli, Juventus and  AS Roma keeping the race for the Scudetto alive.

Great end of year for Empoli winning their four consecutive game after defeating Bologna at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium with a 2-3.  Hero for Empoli is forward Massimo “Big Mac” Maccarone scoring the winner goal.  Chaos is for Bologna.

Bad news is for Hellas Verona ending 2015 in the last position of the Serie A with only 8 points.

The top scorer up to Round 17: Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain with 16 goals

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

– Inter, 1st position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +12

– FIORENTINA, 2nd position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +18

– NAPOLI, 3rd positions with 35 points points and a positive goal difference of +18

– JUVENTUS , 4th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +14

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +14

– SASSUOLO, 6th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +5

Relegation Zone: FROSINONE, 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -15

– CARPI, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -18

– HELLAS VERONA, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -15

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Saturday 19 December 2015

• Bologna 2 – 3 Empoli, Goals:  24′ Manuel Pucciarelli (E),  36′ Franco Brienza (B.),    42′ Massimo Maccarone (E), 45′ Mattia Destro   (B.),  48′ Massimo Maccarone (E)

Sunday 20 December 2015

• Carpi 2 – 3 Juventus, Goals: 15′ Marco Borriello (J), 18′ Mario Mandzukic (J), 41′ Mario Mandzukic (J), 50′ Paul Pogba (J), 92′ Leonardo Bonucci (own goal)
  

• Fiorentina 2 – 0 Chievo Verona, Goals: 20′ Nikola Kalinic (F), 32′ Josip Ilicic (F)

• Hellas Verona 1 – 1 Sassuolo, Goals:  34′ Sergio Floccari (S), 39′ Luca Toni (H)

• AS Roma 2 – 0 Genoa, Goals: 42′ Alessandro Florenzi (R), 89′ Sadiq Umar (R)

• Sampodoria 2 – 0 Palermo, Goals: 53′ Roberto Soriano (S), 76′ David Ivan (S)

• Atalanta 1 – 3 Napoli, Goals: 52′ Marek Hamsik (N)(pen), 54′ Alejandro Gómez (A), 62′ Gonzalo Higuain (N), 85′ Gonzalo Higuain (N)
  

• Torino 0 – 1 Udinese, Goals: 41′ Stipe Perica (U)

• Frosinone 2 – 4 AC Milan, Goals: 19′ Daniel Ciofani  (F), 50′ Ignazio Abate (M), 55′ Carlos Bacca (M), 77′ Alex (M), 84′ Federico Dionisi (F), 93′ Giacomo Bonaventura (M)

• Inter 1 – 2 Lazio, Goals: 5′ Antonio Candreva (L), 61′ Mauro Icardi (I), 87′ Antonio Candreva (L)

By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here are the results of the Serie A Week 16 –  Sixteenth Round on Saturday 12, Sunday 13, and Monday 14 December 2015.

A great week for Inter!   Inter keeping the sole leadership of the Serie A after defeating Udinese at the Friuli Stadium with a mega goleada 0 – 4.  Inter reaching 36 points and a positive goal difference of +13.

Napoli vs AS Roma ending with a goalless draw not helping at all.   Napoli  in the 2nd position with 32 points are -4 points below Inter and Roma go down  to  the 5th position with 29 points are -7 points below.  The race for the Scudetto is still open, but it is Inter to have the better deal…

Juventus defeating Fiorentina with a 3-1 and jumped to the 4th position overtaking Roma!   It seems Juventus found their way to get back to the race for the Scudetto.   Juventus are -6 points below Inter.

Bright full round also for Bologna on their quest for salvation!   It seems the change of coach is giving a positive momentum and this round Bologna defeating Genoa in the away game at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.

The mast Sassuolo vs Torino had been postponed due to bad weather.  New date to be announced.

A step back for AC Milan failing to win the home game at the San Siro Stadium.  The match ended with a 1 – 1 draw.  It is Hellas Verona forward Luca Toni to block Milan after converting a penalty in the 57th minute.   Scoring for Milan is forward Carlos Bacca in the 52nd minute.  Milan were looking for a victory, but the draw keep them in the 7th position while Hellas Verona are in the very last position with just 7 points !!!

The top scorer up to Round 16: Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain with 14 goals

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 16 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

– Inter, 1st position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +13

– FIORENTINA, 2nd position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– NAPOLI, 3rd positions with 32 points points and a positive goal difference of +16

– JUVENTUS , 4th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +13

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +12

– SASSUOLO, 6th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +5

Relegation Zone: FROSINONE, 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -15

– CARPI, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -17

– HELLAS VERONA, 20th position with 7 points and a negative goal difference of -15

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Saturday 12 December 2015

• Udinese 0- 4 Inter, Goals:  23′ Mauro Icardi (I), 31′ Stevan Jovetic (I), 83′ Mauro Icardi (I), 86′ Marcelo Brozovic (I)

• Palermo 4 – 1 Frosinone, Goals: 5′ Edoardo Goldaniga (P),
  17′ Franco Vázquez (P),  24′ Paolo Sammarco  (F), 60′ Aleksandar Trajkovski (P),  86′ Alberto Gilardino

• Genoa 0 – 1 Bologna, Goals:  Goals: 91′ Luca Rossettini

• Sassuolo – Torino:  Match postponed due to bad weather

Sunday 13 December 2015

• Napoli 0- 0 AS Roma, Goals: No goals

• Juventus 3 – 1 Fiorentina, Goals: 3′ Josip Ilicic (F)(pen), 6′ Juan Cuadrado (J), 80′ Mario Mandzukic (J), 91′ Paulo Dybala(J)

• AC Milan 1  – 1 Hellas Verona, Goals: 52′ Carlos Bacca (M), 57′ Luca Toni (H)(pen)

• Chievo Verona 1 – 0 Atlanta, Goals: 76′ Valter Birsa (C)

• Empoli 3 – 0 Carpi, Goals: 46′ Massimo Maccarone (E), 51′ Riccardo Saponara (E), 61′ Massimo Maccarone (E)

Monday 14 December 2015 

• Lazio 1 – 1 Sampdoria, Goals: 73′ Alessandro Matri (L), 93′ Ervin Zukanovic (S)