Juventus beat Milan, Ibra leads Inter

It was a wild weekend in Serie A this week, with an incredible 41 goals scored by the time all ten games were completed. In the end, Inter found themselves still six points ahead of Juventus, but AC Milan are now nine out of the chase.

With a seemingly easy game against bottom dwellers Chievo Veron, Inter went 2-0 up with goals by Maxwell and Stankovic. However, Chievo fought back to tie the game at 2-2. However, Inter's star player showed up and gave them the three points. Ibrahimovic scored in the 79th and then in the 88th minute in a 4-2 victory.

AC Milan and Juventus meant in Torino for the most anticipated matchup of the 16th week, and it also had its share of goals. Del Piero got things started with a penalty kick, but Alessandro Pato tied it all up in the 31st. Juventus broke away though as they scored in the 34th (Chiellini) and in the 41st (Amauri) to send them up 3-1 into the locker room.
Milan were determined to get back though and Ambrosini found the back of the net in the 56th minute. The bad news continued for the Rossoneri though when Zambrotta saw his second yellow card in the 65th minute. With a man up Juventus sealed the deal with another Amauri goal in the 69th minute to make it 4-2.

In the other games, Udinese went 3-0 up on S.S. Lazio, but they were unable to hold on and Lazio scored three goals in 25 minutes to salvage a 3-3 draw. Goals were by Di Natale -2-, Quagliarella; Zarate, Diakhite and Christian Ledesma.

Roma, with Totti showing why he is so important for the squad, won 3-2 against Cagliari with a 90th minute goal from Vucinic. Totti and Simone Perrotta also scored, while Jeda and Conti scored for Cagliari. Alberto Gilardino and Adrian Mutu scored a goal each to lead Fiorentina to a 2-0 win over Catania.

The other results from today:

Palermo 2-0 Siena
P: Cassani, Simplicio

Genoa 1-1 Atalanta
G: Sculli; A: Floccari

Reggina 0-2 Sampdoria
S: Bellucci (pk), Paladino

See yesterday's results at the bottom of this blog entry.

Barca wins El Clasico!

Ex-Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster turned out to be right in his declaration. Although Los Galacticos were able to stave off various chances by Barcelona, in large part due to Iker Casillas, Barca ended up taking the Clasico in the Camp Nou and extending their league lead to nine points over their rivals.

Barcelona played some wonderful, flowing soccer, but Casillas kept them off the scoredboard with some incredible saves, including a save on Samuel Eto'o's penalty kick shot in the second half. However, Barcelona were able to finally break through in the 83rd minute on a corner kick. Carlos Puyol flicked the ball and it found Eto'o in front of Casillas for an easy tap in to give Barcelona the lead.

In the 91st minute, Lionel Messi scored yet again on a counter to finish of Real Madrid in a convincing 2-0 victory in which Barcelona had possession for more than 70% of the game. Real Madrid have managed to obtain only 3 out of the last 12 points in league play.

In the other La Liga game, Valencia defeated Espanyol 2-1.

In England, Aston Villa defeated Bolton 4-2 to see them move into fourth place as Arsenal could only manage a 1-1 draw against Middlesborough. Hull City went two up on Liverpool FC before Gerrard scored two goals to manage a draw in Anfield, while Manchester United and Tottenham played to a 0-0 draw in White Lane Park.

In Italy, Napoli defeated Lecce 3-0, while Bologna striker Marco Di Vaio scored a hat trick (leads Serie A with 12 goals) to lead his side to a 5-2 victory against Torino.