By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends and Happy New Year 2014! Here is the Serie A ROUNDUP for
the
Serie A Week 18, 2013 – 2014 Season on Sunday 5 and Monday 6 January 2014, matchday 18. The first Roundup of 2014.
One thing is certain. The first position remains the same this week. Juventus have an 8- point advantage over AS Roma holding the second position with 41 poins. The duel among two Italian icons: Andrea Pirlo vs Francesco Totti…… and goalkeeper Gigi Buffon is won by Juventus, period. Juventus taking the lead over Roma in the 17th minute with the goal by midfielder Arturo Vidal. Juventus giving another gift to the fans in the 48th minute with the goal by Leonardo Bonucci. Roma remaining with 9 players after Referee Rizzoli gives RED CARD to midfielder Daniele De Rossi in the 75th minute and to defender Leandro Castan in the 76th minute. Juventus crushed Roma to show their dominion in the 77th minute when forward Mirko Vucinic converts a penalty with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner.
Chievo Verona – Cagliari ending with a goalless draw. Not a good result and Chievo fans whistle the team after the game. Cagliari had the chance to win the match in the 66th minute, but forward Mauricio Pinilla fails to convert the penalty conceded by Chievo defender Bostjan Cesar. Pinilla sends his right footed shot way too high! Tough situation for Chievo previously losing 2 consecutive games and seeing their ranking in danger to fall in the relegation zone.
The Tuscan Derby a constant battle with the final smile “viola, purple.” Yep, to the delight of Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle and strong fan Conti watching the game from the tribune. Fiorentina open the score in the 66th minute with defender Gonzalo Rodriguez defeating Livorno goalkeper with a headed shot in the top left corner following a corner conceded by defender Ibrahima Mbaye.
AC Milan – Atalanta, the highlight of the game is seeing “KAKA” scoring his 100th goal with AC Milan. Kaka leading Milan to defeat Atalanta in San Siro by scoring 2 goals for a final result of 3-0 in San Siro.
Surprise of the round was the return of Inter forward Diego Milito after 3-month injury. Milito playing the last 15 minutes of the game. Lazio with a great satisfaction start the 2014 with a victory seeing their star forward Miroslav Klose scoring the only goal of the game. Great debut of Lazio coach Edy Reja on his second term with Lazio after replacing coach Vladimir Petkovic.
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Here is the situation. Juventus in the 1st position with 49 points and a positive goal difference of +31. AS Roma in the 2nd position with 41 points and a positive goal difference of +25. Napoli in the 3rd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +18.
The Europa League zone. Fiorentina 4th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +14. Hellas Verona in the 5th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Relegation Zone: Sassuolo in the 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -21. Livorno in the 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -14. Catania in the 20th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -20.
Up to Round 18, Week 18 most scored goals in favor: Juventus scoring 42 goals
Up to Round 18, Week 18 most scored against: Sassuolo conceding 38 goals
Top scorer up to Round 18: Fiorentina forward Giuseppe Rossi with 14 goals.
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Third position is where a team qualifies for the Champions League. Fourth and fifth position, this is the area for the UEFA Europa League Qualification Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth are the RELEGATION area where team go down to the Italian Serie B |
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| Italy Serie A Week 18 Sunday 5 and Monday 6 January 2014 Sunday 5 January 2014 Chievo Verona 0 – 0 Cagliari Juventus 3 – 0 AS Roma Catania 2 – 0 Bologna Udinese 1 – 3 Hellas Verona Parma 3 – 1 Torino Genoa 2 – 0 Sassuolo Lazio 1 – 0 Inter
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Sunday 5 January 2014
45% Ball Possession CHIEVO VERONA and 55% Ball Possession CAGLIARI
67% Ball Possession FIORENTINA and 33% Ball Possession LIVORNO
41% Ball Possession JUVENTUS and 59% Ball Possession AS ROMA
Monday 6 January 2014
Napoli 2 – 0 Sampdoria
50% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 50% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA
Catania 2 – 0 Bologna
54% Ball Possession CATANIA and 46% Ball Possession BOLOGNA
Udinese 1 – 3 Hellas Verona
60% Ball Possession UDINESE and 40% Ball Possession HELLAS VERONA
Parma 3 – 1 Torino
54% Ball Possession PARMA and 46% Ball Possession TORINO
AC Milan 3 – 0 Atalanta
56% Ball Possession AC MILAN and 44% Ball Possession ATALANTA
Genoa 2 – 0 Sassuolo
44% Ball Possession GENOA and 56% Ball Possession SASSUOLO
Lazio 1 – 0 Inter
44% Ball Possession LAZIO and 56% Ball Possession INTER
 Chievo Verona 0 – 0 Cagliari 
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 Udinese 1 – 3 Hellas Verona  43′ Roberto Pereyra 8′ Luca Toni 39′ Luca Toni 70′ Juan Iturbe Friuli Stadium Referee: CERVELLERA Assistants: MELI – TASSO Fourth Official: PADOVAN ADD1: TOMMASI ADD2: CIAMPI |
 Lazio 1 – 0 Inter  81′ Miroslav Klose
Olimpico di Roma Stadium Referee: DAMATO Assistants: COSTANZO – VUOTO Fourth Official: MUSOLINO ADD1: CELI ADD2: GERVASONI |
 Napoli 2 – 0 Sampdoria  53′ Dries Mertens 62′ Dries Mertens San Paolo Stadium Referee: BANTI Assistants: NICOLETTI – GRILLI Fourth Official: DE PINTO ADD1: CALVARESE ADD2: PINZANI |
 Fiorentina 1 – 0 Livorno  66′ Gonzalo Rodriguez Artemio Franchi Stadium Referee: TAGLIAVENTO Assistants: IANNELLO – MARZALONI Fourth Official: GIACHERO ADD1: GUIDA ADD2: DI BELLO |
 AC Milan 3 – 0 Atalanta  35′ Kaka 65′ Kaka 67′ Bryan Cristante San Siro Stadium |
 Catania 2 – 0 Bologna  23′ Gonzalo Bergessio 66′ Francesco Lodi (pen)
Angelo Massimino Stadium Referee: ORSATO Assistants: GIALLATINI – DOBOSZ Fourth Official: LONGO ADD1: IRRATI ADD2: BORRIELLO |
 Parma 3 – 1 Torino  34′ Marco Marcchioni 21′ Ciro Immobile 44′ Alessandro Lucarelli 70′ Amauri Ennio Tardini Stadium Referee: RUSSO Assistants: GAVA – CARIOLATO Fourth Official: SCHENONE ADD1: BARACANI ADD2: AURELIANO |
 Juventus 3 – 0 AS Roma 17′ Arturo Vidal 48′ Leonardo Bonucci 77′ Mirko Vucinic (pen) Juventus Stadium Referee: RIZZOLI Assistants: STEFANI – FAVERANI Fourth Official: MANGANELLI ADD1: MAZZOLENI ADD2: DE MARCO |
 Genoa 2 – 0 Sassuolo  28′ Alberto Gilardino (pen) 45′ Andrea Bertolacci
Luigi Ferraris Stadium Referee: ROCCHI |
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