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Spotlight: Magical Mirko Monday 29 January, 2007
Football Italia rounds up the winners and the losers from Week 21 of the Serie A season
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The winners…
Mirko Vucinic (Roma)
Francesco Totti’s red card against Livorno gave Mirko Vucinic his chance against Siena and the Serbian certainly took advantage. The summer signing from Lecce put his troublesome injury problems behind him to confidently lead the line and net his first – and decisive – Roma goal.
Pippo Inzaghi (Milan)
Thrown on in the latter stages of the home game against Parma, Inzaghi netted against his former club with a typical SuperPippo finish. It wasn’t pretty, it certainly wasn’t oozing with class, but it got the job done. He’ll still be needed at the San Siro once Ronaldo finally signs.
Michele Paolucci (Ascoli)
The 20-year-old Juventus owned striker was Ascoli’s hero at Messina. The promising youngster popped up with a late brace to give the bottom of the table club their first away win. He now has four in his last four games. One to watch.
The losers…
Gennaro Delvecchio (Sampdoria)
Any chance that Sampdoria had of denying Inter a 14th straight League win evaporated with the seventh minute dismissal of Gennaro Delvecchio. He’d already challenged Adriano with an over the top tackle before his idiotic decision to head-butt Marco Materazzi. To then deny he made contact took his stupidity on to the next level…
Fabio Simplicio (Palermo)
The Brazilian has certainly been worth every penny which Palermo handed over to Parma in the summer, but the midfielder never got into the game against Lazio. He was rightly replaced by Giovanni Tedesco in a tie which the home side lost 3-0.
Christian Abbiati (Torino)
The Torino No 1 is an odd ‘keeper – brilliant one week, appalling the next. His performance against Udinese won’t go down in history as one of his best where his walkabout session resulted in a goal. With Toro struggling to hit the target at the other end, they need him at his highest level.
The goals…
Cristiano Lucarelli (Livorno)
Few thought Lucarelli would find the net after picking up the ball with his back to goal in a packed Viola area. But the Italian turned Alessandro Gamberini and slid past Tomas Ujfalusi to fire his low shot past a blameless Sebastien Frey.
Martin Jorgensen (Fiorentina)
The Dane’s winner against Livorno was the slickest and most stylish goal of the day. An Adrian Mutu pass found Ujfalusi, whose first time ball saw Luca Toni tee up for the onrushing Jorgensen to make sure of the points. Poetry in motion.
Douglas Maicon (Inter)
Inter ensured another victory thanks to a cool finish from Douglas Maicon. The Brazilian found himself free in the area and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s cross saw the defender coolly place it into the top corner with the outside of his right foot.
The numbers…
Straniero strike
Takayuki Morimoto, 18, scored his first goal for Catania against Atalanta. That strike saw the Japanese youngster become the first foreigner to score in Serie A for the Sicilians since 1983-84 when Pedrinho netted three goals.
Fortress Fiorentina
Fiorentina’s impressive scoring record at home continued against Livorno. The Viola have now netted in their last 33 games at the Franchi, scoring 77 goals in that time.
Roaming charges
Mirko Vucinic scored his first for Roma and 30th Serie A goal in total against Siena. The Serbian’s strike means that the Giallorossi have now had 14 different scorers in the championship so far this term. No other team has had so many different names on the score sheet.
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Words: Antonio Labbate
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