By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends.  Here is the 2011 - 2012  Italy Serie A Roundup for the "Recovered Week 1" valid for Tuesday December 20 and Wednesday December 21, 2011.  Week 1 was postponed for the strike when the players had disagreement to sign the contract.  These are the last games from 2011.  Serie A will resume on Week 17 on January 7 and Sunday January 8, 2012.  

Bad way to end the year with more news on Calciopoli. Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and 16 other people were arrested across Italy Tuesday  December 20.  There is the ongoing investigation into match-fixing scandal and illegal betting on games.Latest news is that  three Serie A matches from last season are also under investigation: Brescia vs Bari, Brescia vs. Lecce and Napoli vs Sampdoria. A ray of hope for Atalanta with the smacking home victory against Cesena.  Plus, top scorer of the Serie A along Atalanta forward German Denis with 12 goals after converting a penalty against Cesena..

Juventus failing to win at the Friuli stadium and the match with Udinese ends with a goalless draw.  This result takes away the "sole leadership."   Juventus now sharing the leadership with AC Milan both having 34 points.  For goal difference the first position is for AC Milan having a positive goal difference of +19 while Juventus have a positive goal difference of +16.    
 
The Tuscan Derby  between AC Siena v Fiorentina ending with a goalless draw. 

Making his debut as new Palermo coach is Bortolo Mutti replacing former coach Devis Mangia.  Lady Luck giving a helping hand to Palermo with the own goal by Novara defender Carlo Ludi.  However, it seems Lady Luck moving away towards Novara battling against 10-men from Palermo after the sent off in the 43rd minute of midfielder Josip Ilicic.  Novara equalizing the score with Marco Rigoni in the 84th minute.

Smacking, super victory from Napoli redeeming themselves in front of their fans at the San Paolo Stadium.  Six goals against a desolated Genoa in disbelief.  It was raining goals.....   Inter also with a positive sign ending with 4-1 against Lecce sending them to a "desperate state."  Lecce still in the rock bottom of the Serie A in the 20th position with the worst defense of the season having a negative goal difference of -16.

In the relegation area,  Cesena with 12 points,  Novara 11 points, and Lecce with 9 points.  Lecce  having the worst defense of the Serie A this season conceding so far 29 goals while scoring 16 with a negative goal difference of -13.

I will update this page with the results

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Here is the Current Situation Italy Serie A 2011 - 2012 Top 3 teams up to Week 16  Click here for complete:  2011 - 2012 Italian Serie A Table, Italy Serie A Standing, Serie A Top Scorers
1st position, 34points,  + 19 goal difference	2nd position, 34 points, + 16 goal difference	3rd position, 32 points, +11 goal difference

-  In the Champions League zone,   AC Milan (34),  Juventus (34),    Udinese (32) 

 
-  In the Europa League zone,  Lazio (29), Inter (23) 




-  In the Relegation Area  - Cesena 18th position,  Novara 19th position, and Lecce  in the 20th position.
  

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Cagliari 0 - 2  AC Milan:  AC Milan with a loud "Mission Accomplished," winning the last two games of the 2011 season before the Christmas break.  A sour note for Cagliari after  the own goal by Pisano while attempting to clear the danger from AC Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino closer to score, instead, the ball went inside the net.

In the 60th minute a headed assist by Robinho towars the Center with Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivering a right footed shot defeating Cagliari goalkeeper in the bottom left corner. 

47% Ball  Possession CAGLIARI and 53% Ball Possession AC MILAN

AC Siena 0 - 0 Fiorentina:  The Tuscan Derby with no goals, but with 10 yellow cards.  Five yellow cards for each team! 

48% Ball Possession AC SIENA and 52% Ball Possession FIORENTINA 

Atalanta 4 - 1 Cesena: Opening the score is Cesena with Antonio Candreva in the 11th minute.

Atalanta equalizing the score in the 17th minute when Referee Russo gives a penalty conceded by Cesena Guillermo Rodriguez for a foul on Guido Marilungo.  Converting the penalty is Atalanta forward German Denis with a right footed shot defeating Cesena goalkeeper in the bottom left corner.  Denis is now the sole leader of the Top Scorer table with 12 goals.
 
  % Ball Possession ATALANTA  and  % Ball Possession CESENA

Bologna 0 - 2 AS Roma

  % Ball Possession BOLOGNA and  % Ball Possession AS ROMA

Inter 4 - 1 Lecce:

  % Ball Possession INTER and  % Ball Possession LECCE

Lazio 0 - 0 Chievo Verona

  % Ball Possession LAZIO and  % Ball Possession CHIEVO VERONA

Napoli 6 - 1 Genoa:

  % Ball Possession NAPOLI and  % Ball Possession GENOA

Novara 2 - 2 Palermo:  In the 20th minute, Novara with bad luck after Carlos Ludi trying to clear away the shot from Palermo midfielder Josip Ilicic making instead an "own goal."

  % Ball Possession NOVARA  and  % Ball Possession  PALERMO

Parma 3 - 3 Catania

  % Ball Possession PARMA and  % Ball Possession CATANIA

Udinese 0 - 0 Juventus

  % Ball Possession UDINESE and  % Ball Possession JUVENTUS

Cagliari 0 - 2 AC Milan                                      4' Pisano (own goal)                                     60' Zlatan Ibrahimovic      Sant'Elia  Stadium      Referee: ORSATO Assistants: GHIANDAI – GIORDANO Fourth Official: GIANNOCCARO

Inter 3 - 1 Lecce        34' Giampaolo Pazzini     19' Luis Murial   49' Diego Milito   73' Esteban Cambiasso                              Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Referee: GUIDA Assistants: NICOLETTI – COMITO Fourth Official:  TOMMASI

 

Napoli 6 - 1  Genoa         12' Edinson Cavani     27' Cristobal Jorquera  17' Marek Hamsik  24' Edinson Cavani  45' Goran Pandev  49' Walter Gargan0  80' Juan Zuniga       San Paolo Stadium       Referee: VALERI Assistants:  MANGANELLI – BIANCHI Fourth Official:  VELOTTO

Boologna 0 - 2 AS Roma                                17' Rodrigo Taddei                                40' Pablo Osvaldo     Renato Dall'Ara Stadium Referee: DE MARCO Assistants: PETRELLA – DE LUCA Fourth Official:  BERGONZI

 
 

Lazio 0 - 0 Chievo                            Olimpico di Roma Stadium Referee: BRIGHI Assistants:  ALTOMARE – MUSOLINO Fourth Official: CALVARESE

Atalanta 4 - 1 Cesena           17' German Denis (pen)    11' Antonio Candreva         18' Guido Marilungo    44' Guido Marilungo    71' Federico Peluso   Atleti Azzurri D'Italia Stadium Referee: RUSSO Assistants;  VUOTO – COSTANZO Fourth Official: CELI

  

Novara 2 - 2 Palermo                     77' Andrea Mazzarani          20' Carlo Ludi (own goal)   84' Marco Rigoni                     73' Nicolas Bertolo                  Silvio Piola  Stadium   Referee: DOVERI Assistants:  PASSERI – GIALLATINI Fourth Official: GALLIONE

Parma 3 - 3 Catania            5' Francesco Modesto         21' Sergio Almiron   23' Jonathan Biabiany          74' Francesco Lodi(pen)   44' Sergio Floccari                 85' Andrea Catellani   Ennio Tardini Stadium Referee: MASSA Assistants:  DI FIORE – ALESSANDRONI Fourth Official: CIAMPI

     
 

Udinese 0 - 0 Juventus             Friuli Stadium   Referee: TAGLIAVENTO Assistants:  PADOVAN – TONOLINI Fourth Official:  ROMEO

AC Siena 0 - 0 Fiorentina         Artemio Franchi Stadium Referee: BANTI Assistants: ROMAGNOLI – DI LIBERATORE Fourth Official: GAVA

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