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 Serie A Spotlight
A unique review of each round of Serie A 2005-06, including Player of the Week, Goal of the Week and Number of the Week. |
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| Week 38: Super Dario |
| In a season that has brought unexpected success to the Stadio Artemio Franchi, Dario Dainelli has been something of an unsung hero. More |
| Week 37: Child’s play |
| While the Giallorossi faithful were disappointed not to see the return of Francesco Totti, one man will have been secretly delighted that Roma’s talisman is still on the sidelines. More |
| Week 36: Pat on the back |
| Juventus would be wrong to dispose of Patrick Vieira after just one season in Turin as his performance in the 3-0 win over Siena demonstrated. More |
| Week 35: Good Cristiano |
| Perhaps sick of the recent public clamour demanding that Pippo Inzaghi be included in the World Cup squad, Cristiano Lucarelli decided to remind Italy boss Marcello Lippi of his ability on Saturday. More |
| Week 34: If anyone Can… |
| On the day that his beloved Napoli won promotion to Serie B, it was only right that Fabio Cannavaro made the headlines too. More |
| Week 33: Three-dom fighter |
| After their Lecce loss, Milan fans were fearing the worse again when Chievo took the lead at the San Siro, that is until Kaka turned on the style. More |
| Week 32: Solari power |
| Why did Inter spend three years trying to sign Santiago Solari? He delivered the answer with his performance against Messina on Saturday night. More |
| Week 31: Oddo man out |
| There is one place up for grabs in Marcello Lippi’s Italian side for the World Cup and Massimo Oddo staked his claim to it on Sunday. More |
| Week 30: Portuguese Man of Awe |
| Inter have made some shocking and quite laughable transfer mistakes in the past, but their summer capture of Luis Figo wasn’t one of them. More |
| Week 29: Mickey taking |
| There was never any chance of David Di Michele opting to quietly and respectfully celebrate scoring a goal against his former club on Sunday. More |
| Week 28: Pippo Poser |
| Having been left out of the Italian squad, Pippo Inzaghi reminded national boss Marcello Lippi of his ability during the win over Empoli. More |
| Week 27: Born-again Bojinov |
| Serie A re-embraced one of its most promising youngsters over the weekend when Valeri Bojinov turned on the style for Fiorentina. More |
| Week 26: Simple Simone |
| Slowly but surely he is beginning to get noticed again and, as with his goal against Empoli, it looks as though Simone Perrotta has timed his run to perfection. More |
| Week 25: Class act Kaka |
| Filippo Inzaghi grabbed the headlines for his hat-trick against Reggina, but it is largely thanks to the sublime skill of Kaka. More |
| Week 24: Gonzalez the Great |
| Another influential display by Mariano Gonzalez for Palermo last night revealed why leading clubs have already started to show an interest in him. More |
| Week 23: Man of awe |
| It took a while for him to get his season going, but the New Year appears to have given Amantino Mancini a new lease of life. More |
| Week 22: Uno, Due, Tre-zeguet |
| If Fabio Capello hadn’t have joined Juventus in the summer of 2004 then you wouldn’t be reading this. More |
| Week 21: Quality in a Can |
| Fabio Cannavaro’s double prevented an unlikely defeat for Juventus at home to Empoli on Sunday, proving that cometh the hour, Canna’s the man. More |
| Week 20: Totti the talisman |
| Francesco Totti gave an inspirational captain’s performance as he masterminded yet another win for resurgent Roma on Wednesday night. More |
| Week 19: World Cup Alex |
| Alessandro Del Piero capped a momentous week for himself by scoring the only goal in his side’s hard-fought 1-0 win over Reggina at the weekend. More |
| Week 18: Happy Birthday Mutu |
| Adrian Mutu got his birthday celebrations off to a flying start with both of Juventus’ goals against Palermo on Saturday night. More |
| Week 17: Jorgensen on song |
| Martin Jorgensen helped maintain Fiorentina’s title challenge with a spectacular goal against Palermo last night to crown an excellent start to his season. More |
| Week 16: Victor Victorious |
| Victor Obinna scored his third goal of the season for Chievo against Udinese on Sunday to highlight why Inter are eager to acquire his services when the transfer window opens next month. More |
| Week 15: Vivacious Vucinic |
| Lecce striker Mirko Vucinic did his side’s relegation survival prospects, not to mention his market value, no harm whatsoever with another superb display at Udinese on Sunday. More |
| Week 14: Real Cassano returns |
| There is a player in the Roma squad who undoubtedly has the potential to lead Italy to World Cup glory next summer. That man isn’t Francesco Totti, but he is the enigma who is Antonio Cassano. More |
| Week 13: Tom given thumbs up |
| "He’s an example for all to follow. He’s a great professional and a great man, one who thanks to his determination, desire and great passion for hard work, has shown everyone that he can still be useful after a very serious injury." More |
| Week 12: The Midas Touch |
| Luca Toni can do no wrong at the moment. When he’s not scoring for the national side, he’s putting them away for Fiorentina and Week 12 was no different as the 28-year-old stunned Milan with a brace to help his side to a 3-1 win. More |
| Week 11: Gas explosion |
| It may have taken longer than many expected, but Andrea Gasbarroni showed in Week 11 why so many people thought he would be playing for the Italian national side by now. More |
| Week 10: Tenacious G |
| Milan needed a tenacious pit-bull in midfield to stand up to Juventus’ Patrick Vieira and that was exactly what they got from Gennaro Gattuso. More |
| Week 9: The Brazilian touch |
| You could be forgiven for ignoring the importance of Emerson to the present Juventus jigsaw. After all, he has become something of a forgotten man by a few followers given the inspirational form of midfield colleague Patrick Vieira. More |
| Week 8: Toni the striker – he’s great!!! |
| If the World Cup Finals kicked off tomorrow, there would only be one striker sure of his place in the Italian attack - and that man is Luca Toni. More |
| Week 7: D-Day for Bianconeri duo |
| "I will soon be back to my best and at 100 per cent again," David Di Michele said eight days ago. He wasn’t wrong either. More |
| Week 6: Brilliant Bonazzoli |
| Emiliano Bonazzoli has enjoyed a superb start to his career with Sampdoria and his brace at Messina on Sunday underlined his emergence as more than just an unsung hero. More |
| Week 5: Handyman Frey |
| Sebastien Frey has come some way since conceding six goals in that incredible Milan derby back in May 2001. More |
| Week 4: Shevchenko still king |
| Alberto Gilardino and Christian Vieri arrived amidst much adulation at Milan this summer, but Andriy Shevchenko last night underlined that he is still the No 1 Rossoneri striker at the San Siro. More |
| Week 3: Del Piero still decisive |
| Dubbed as an "expensive luxury" on Friday, Alessandro Del Piero responded by ensuring that his beloved Juventus collected the points against Ascoli in Week 3. More |
| Week 2: De Sanctis denies Roma |
| Udinese ‘keeper Morgan De Sanctis has been regarded as one of Italy’s best for the last few years now and his performance at Roma on Sunday illustrated exactly why. More |
| Week 1: Adriano cleans up |
| Inter’s title challenge was always going to depend on the goals of Adriano and he opened his Serie A account this term in some style. More |
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