Hello my friends. Here are the Serie A REULTS for Week 13 on Saturday 29, Sunday 30, and Monday 1 December 2014. Highlight of this round is the miraculous victory of Juventus defeating Torino in the 93rd minute… just about 30 seconds before ending the game and guess who did the goal? Hello, who else….. the one and only midfielder Andrea Pirlo to claim the victory and bragging rights to rule the City of Turin. Juventus having now 34 points watching from above Roma with 31 points.
AS Roma vs Inter a crazy game with the Roman gladiators battling to keep up the race for the Scudetto with Juventus. Roma defeating Inter with a 4 – 2 poker!!! A blow out for Inter because they are getting far from the coveted 3rd position falling now down to the 11th position with only 17 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Sampdoria vs Napoli ending with a 1-1 draw. A draw giving the 1 point needed to Napoli to grab back the 3rd position.
Fiorentina with a prestigious away victory against Cagliari at the Sant’Elia Stadium with a 0-4!!!! It seems the magic of Cagliari coach Zdenek Zeman went on vacation in this game…..
Big trouble for Parma losing against Palermo and remaining in the 20th position. Palermo with the 2-1 went up to the 12th position with 17 points.
Here is an interesting detail. Serie A Top 4 scorers up to Round 13 include 3 Argentinians, 1 Italian, 1 Spanish, and 1 French:
Players Up to Week 13
Goals
Presence
Penalties
Minutes Played
1.
Tévez Carlos Alberto
9
12
2
992
2.
Callejón José María
8
12
0
1035
3.
Di Natale Antonio
7
12
0
991
Higuaín Gonzalo
7
12
1
1031
Icardi Mauro Emanuel
7
13
2
1007
Ménez Jérémy
7
13
4
1044
The top scorer up to Round 13: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals
Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 13 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.
–Juventus, 1st position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +25
–AS Roma, 2nd position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +16
– Napoli, 3rd positions with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– Genoa, 4th position with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +7
– Sampdoria, 5th position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Relegation Zone: Chievo Verona, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -8 . Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -13. Parma,. 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of 17- .
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 14th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Atalanta, 17th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
Goals
DIFF
Points
14
Empoli
12
3
4
5
14:19
-5
13
17
Atalanta
12
2
4
6
5:13
-8
10
A goalless draw. Pressure continues for Atalanta to win games to avoid falling in the relegation zone. Empoli struggling to win and no goals in this game. Atalanta winning 2 games this season sending the alarm.
Empoli failing to win the third consecutive game. Hero of the match might be Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello denying Empoli the joy to celebrate a goal after several attempts even in the 93rd minute!
A clear chance for Empoli was in the 52nd minute with forward Massimo Maccarone challenging with a right footed shot goalkeeper Sportiello saving in the bottom right corner.
Here is EMPOLI official starting lineup by coach Maurizio Sarri:
There are 5 precedents for Empoli vs Atalanta with Empoli winning 2, 2 draws, and 1 win for Atalanta.
Tough for Empoli because they are among the worst defense this season conceding a total of 19 goals while scoring only 14.
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for EMPOLI: Lorenzo Tonelli and Manuel Pucciarelli with 3 goals each
Top scorer for ATALANTA: Richmond Boakye with 2 goals
Empoli
Goals
Goals
Atalanta
Tonelli, Lorenzo
3
2
Boakye, Richmond
Pucciarelli, Manuel
3
1
Moralez, Maxi
Maccarone, Massimo
2
1
Estigarribia, Marcelo
Tavano, Francesco
2
1
Denis
Barba, Federico
1
Bonaventura, Giacomo
Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI: 2 wins, 1 lost
23/11/14
SA
Parma – Empoli
0:2
Round 12
09/11/14
SA
Empoli – Lazio
2:1
Round 11
01/11/14
SA
Empoli – Juventus
0:2
Round 10
Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA: 2 draws, 1 lost
22/11/14
SA
Atalanta – Roma
1:2
Round 12
08/11/14
SA
Sassuolo – Atalanta
0:0
Round 11
02/11/14
SA
Turin – Atalanta
0:0
Round 10
Here is the probable formation for Empoli (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Hysaj, Tonelli, Rugani, Mario Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Verdi; Maccarone, Pucciarelli.
Unavailable: Guarente, Laurini
Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-1-1): Sportiello; Zappacosta, Stendardo, Benalouane, Dramé; Raimondi, Carmona, Cigarini, Gomez; Moralez; Denis.
Unavailable: Rossetti, Estigarribia, Frezzolini
Photo: facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage
2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 13
Empoli 0 – 0 Atalanta
Sunday 30 November 2014
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy
By Anna Italia
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