Denis ORLOV
 | MATCH TOUR |
“Roma” - “Inter”. Perhaps this is the main event of the entire first round - the clash of two of the three main contenders for the scudetto. Recently, the games “Roma” and “Inter” more than once became the decoration of the season on the Apennines. Since 1996, as part of Serie A, the Romans and Milanese have held 20 fights, scoring a total of 70 goals - an average of 3.5 per match. It is not surprising that exotic results such as 3: 3, 3: 2, 4: 1, 5: 4 (the first three options were met twice) are by no means uncommon. For example, in the past championship, the “black and blue” lost in their field 2: 3, although during the match it was 0: 3. The recent confrontation in the match for the Super Bowl was even more daring: Inter managed to win with a score of 4: 3, losing 0: 3! In short, the probability of another bright performance performed by the participants in the Champions League is very high.
 | UNEXPECTED INTrigue |
“Palermo” - “Catania”. From the point of view of the ranking table and the meeting address, Palermo is a clear favorite. The team of Francesco Gvidolin aims at a quartet of the strongest, “Catania” is the rookie of the division, modestly thinking about maintaining a place in it. However, not everything is so obvious. First of all, the “elephants” (as the players of “Catania” are sometimes called) started very successfully: four points and the only one in the league zero in the missing column. And secondly, the status of the duel is special. Now this is the main Sicilian derby, the rivalry of the teams of the largest cities of the southern island. At the level of Serie A, there have not been such meetings a long time ago - since season 62/63.
 | DO NOT LOSE FROM THE VIEW |
Rolando Bianchi. The 23-year-old striker from Regina fined 15 points in two starting rounds scored 4 goals and led the sniper race. It seems that in the career of a young tall (188 cm) striker there has been a breakthrough. He has been in professional football since he was 17 years old, but he had never before played even three goals in a season!
 | IMPORTANT WORDS |
“I still don’t understand why we played on Sunday, and Inter on Saturday. Thanks to this, the black and blue have more on the day of preparation. I don’t see the reasons why League of Calcho couldn’t and our fight against Siena “Schedule for Saturday,” - Roma head coach Luciano Spalletti on the principles of compiling the calendar of the championship of Italy.
 | BEAUTIFUL NUMBERS |
571 matches in Serie A were played by the 39-year-old goalkeeper of Ascoli Gianluca Paliuc. On Sunday, he surpassed the achievement of Dino Zoff by one game, and now only Paolo Maldini is ahead - the absolute record holder in the number of fights in the Italian football elite. The assets of the defender of “Milan” 583 meetings.
 | ATALANTA - EMPOLES |  |
September 20th. "Athleti Azuri di Italy", 22: 30 *.
Judge: Giorgio Lops (Turin).
Injuries: Abeyhon, Chenty, Vieri, C.Doni, C.Conte / Eder, Tosto, Adani, Vanilla.
Disqualifications: no.
“Atalanta” (version of “SPORT Today”): Calderoni - Adriano Pereira, Rivalta, Carrozzieri, Ariatti - Miliaccio, Donati - Ferreira Pinto, Bombardini, Ventola - Zampanya.
Empoli (version of SPORTS today): Bally - Raji, Mardzoratti, Pratali, Luccini - Almiron, D. Moro - Boucher, Vannukki, Matteini - Saudati.
Last matches: + = / + =
Last year's matches: not met.
Quotes William Hill: victory “Atalanta” - 2, draw - 3, victory “Empoli” - 3.4.
 | CAGLIARI - LIVORNO |  |
September 20th. Sant'Eliya, 10:30 p.m.
Judge: Luca Marelli (Como).
Injuries: Garau, Canini / no.
Disqualifications: none / Kuffur.
“Cagliari” (version of “SPORT Today”): Chimenti - F. Pisano, D. Lopez, Bianco, Agostini - Biondini, Conti, L. Colucci - Mauro Esposito, Suazo, Pepe.
“Livorno” (version of “SPORT today”): Amelia - Pferzel, Rezaei, Galante, Dzhallombardo - Cesar Prates, Morrone, Vidigal, A. Filippini - Danilavicius, K. Lucarelli.
Last matches: - - / - +
Last year's matches: 1: 1 (“Sant'Elia”); 1-0 (“Armando Picchi”).
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Cagliari” - 2.25, the draw - 3, the victory of “Livorno” - 2.87.
 | CHIEVO - LAZIO |  |
September 20th. "Marc Antonio Bentogody," 22:30.
Judge: Luca Banti (Livorno).
Injuries: D'Anna, Tiribokki, V. Obinna / Behrami, Mutarelli.
Disqualifications: Luciano / no.
"Chievo" (version of "SPORT today"): Sichignano - F. Moro, Mandelli, A. Mantovani, S. Lanna - Semioli, Zanquetta, Matteo Brigi, Kosovsky - Pellissier, Godeas.
"Lazio" (version of "SPORT today"): Peruzzi - Oddo, Sivilla, G. Stendardo, Dzauri - K. Manfredini, Mudingayi, Ledesma, Mauri - Rocky, Makinva.
Last matches: - = / - -
Last matches: 2: 2 (Olimpico); 2: 2 (Marc-Antonio Bentogody).
Quotes William Hill: victory “Chievo” - 2.37, draw - 3, victory “Lazio” - 2.7.
 | FIORENTINA - PARMA |  |
September 20th. "Artemio Franchi", 22:30.
Judge: Tiziano Pieri (Lucca).
Injuries: Mario Santana, Do Prado, Pazzini / Fernando Coutu, Muslimovich, Bucci.
Disqualifications: Pascual / no.
"Fiorentina" (version of "SPORT today"): Frey - Uyfalushi, Dainelli, Gamberini, Potenza - Blazi, Donadel - Martin Jorgensen, Montolivo, Mutu - Tony.
Parma (version of SPORTS today): De Lucia - Coli, Paci, Kontini, P. Castellini - Grell, Dessen - Gasbarroni, Morfeo, Pisan - Budan.
Last matches: - - / = -
Last matches: 4: 1 (“Artemio Franchi”); 4: 2 (Ennio Tardini).
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Fiorentina” - 1.53, the draw - 3.5, the victory of “Parma” - 5.5.
Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 00:20 (record).
 | Messina - Regina |  |
September 20th. Giovanni Celeste, 10:30 p.m.
Judge: Massimiliano Saccani (Mantova).
Injuries: Olorunleke, Floccari, Zoro / Place.
Disqualifications: Parisi / no.
"Messina" (version of "SPORT Today"): Story - Lavecchia, Dzanki, Juliano, Rea - C. Coppola, De Vezze, Masiello - N. Cordova - Rigano, Di Napoli.
"Regina" (version of "SPORT Today"): Pelizzoli - Landzaro, A. Lucarelli, Aronica - Ricardo Esteves, Amerini, Carobbio, Giacomo Tedesco, F. Modesto - Julio Leon - Bianchi.
Last matches: + = / - +
Last year's matches: 1: 1 (“Giovanni Celeste”); 0: 3 (Orestes Granillo).
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Messina” - 1.9, the draw - 3, the victory of “Regina” - 3.75.
 | MILAN - ASKOLI |  |
September 20th. "Giuseppe Meazza", 22:30.
Judge: Paolo Dondarini (Finale Emilia).
Injuries: Nesta, Gilardino / M. Delveccio, Bocchetti, Eleftheropoulos.
Disqualifications: no.
“Milan” (version of “SPORT Today”): Dida - Bonera, D. Shimich, Kaladze, Yankulovsky - Ambrosini, Pirlo, K. Seedorf - Kaka - Ricardo Oliveira, F. Inzagi.
"Ascoli" (version of "SPORT today"): Paliuca - Folio, Cudini, Nastase, Lukovic - Jampa, Pecchia, P. Zanetti, Budyansky - Fini - Bjelanovich.
Last matches: + + / - =
Last year's matches: 1: 1 (“Chino and Lillo del Duca”); 1-0 (“Giuseppe Meazza”).
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Milan” - 1.14, the draw - 5.5, the victory of “Ascoli” - 15.
 | PALERMO - SKATING |  |
September 20th. "Renzo Barbera", 22:30.
Judge: Matteo Trefoloni (Siena).
Injuries: Bovo / Anastazi, Cervo Cesar, Rossini.
Disqualifications: no.
"Palermo" (version of "SPORT today"): Aljardi - Zacardo, Biava, Barzagli, M. Pisano - Diana, Korini, Fabio Simplicio - Bresiano, Di Michele - Amauri.
"Catania" (version of "SPORT Today"): Pantanelli - Silvestri, Sottil, Stovini, Falsini - Caserta, Bizo, Bayocco - Mascara, Spinesi, Corona.
Last matches: + + / + =
Last year's matches: not met.
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Palermo” - 1.4, the draw - 3.6, the victory of “Catania” - 7.5.
 | ROMA - INTER |  |
September 20th. Olimpico 22:30.
Judge: Nicola Rizzoli (Bologna).
Injuries: Vučinić, Gilberto Martinez / Burdisso, Rekoba, Julio Cesar, Cambiasso, Julio Cruz.
Disqualifications: no.
“Roma” (version of “SPORT Today”): A. Doni - Panucci, Kivu, Mexes, Tonetto - De Rossi, D. Pizarro - Taddei, Perrotta, Mansini - Totti.
"Inter" (version of "SPORT today"): Toldo - H. Dzanetti, I. Cordoba, Materazzi, Grosso - Vieira, Dakur, D. Stankovic - Figo - Ibrahimovic, Crespo.
Last matches: + + / + =
Last year's matches: 3: 2 (“Giuseppe Meazza”); 1: 1 (Olimpico).
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Roma” - 2.5, the draw - 2.9, the victory of “Inter” - 2.62.
Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 22:25 (direct).
 | SAMPDORIA - UDINESE |  |
September 20th. "Luigi Ferraris", 22:30.
Judge: Paolo Bertini (Arezzo).
Injuries: Badzani, Terlizzi, Parola / Paulo Barreto, Motta, G. D'Agostino.
Disqualifications: no.
Sampdoria (version of SPORT Today): L. Castellazzi - Maggio, Sala, Palombo, C. Zenoni - Oliver, Volpi, D. Delveccio, Bonanni - Flaki, Bonazzoli.
“Udinese” (version of “SPORT Today”): De Sanctis - D. Zenoni, Natalie, Zapata, Felipe - Obodo, Muntari, Pinzi - A. Gian, Yakvinta, Di Natale.
Last matches: - = / - +
Last matches: 0: 2 (“Friuli”); 1: 1 (“Luigi Ferraris”).
Quotes William Hill: victory “Sampdoria” - 2.05, draw - 3, victory “Udinese” - 3.3.
 | Torino - Siena |  |
September 20th. Grande Torino, 10:30 p.m.
Judge: Antonio Giannoccaro (Lecce).
Injuries: O. Brevy, Pankaro, Ardito / Kotstsa, Negro, Hare.
Disqualifications: Diav Dudu / E. Brevy.
“Torino” (version of “SPORT Today”): Abbyati - Komotto, I. Franceschini, Di Loreto, Balestri - Barone, De Ashentis - Conan, Rosina, Fiore - Stellone.
“Siena” (version of “SPORT Today”): Manninger - Bertotto, Portanova, Gastaldello, Molinaro - Antonini, D'Aversa, Vergassol, Candela - Chiesa, Bogdani.
Last matches: = - / + -
Last year's matches: not met.
Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Torino” - 1.9, the draw - 3.1, the victory of “Siena” - 3.6.
NOTE: match start time is Moscow time.
TOURNAMENT TABLE
| TEAMS | AND | AT | N | P | M | ABOUT |
| Roma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-1 | 6 |
| Palermo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 6 |
| Atalanta | 2 | one | one | 0 | 3-1 | four |
| Catania | 2 | one | one | 0 | 1-0 | four |
| Inter | 2 | one | one | 0 | 4-3 | four |
| Empoli | 2 | one | one | 0 | 3-2 | four |
| Messina | 2 | one | one | 0 | 2-1 | four |
| Udinese | 2 | one | 0 | one | 2-1 | 3 |
| Sienna | 2 | one | 0 | one | 3-4 | 3 |
| Livorno | 2 | one | 0 | one | 1-2 | one |
| Parma | 2 | 0 | one | one | 1-3 | one |
| Torino | 2 | 0 | one | one | 1-3 | one |
| Sampdoria | 2 | 0 | one | one | 2-3 | one |
| Chievo | 2 | 0 | one | one | 2-3 | one |
| Ascoli | 2 | 0 | one | one | 2-4 | one |
| Cagliari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Milan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-1 | -2 |
| Lazio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | -eleven |
| Regina | 2 | one | 0 | one | 5-5 | -12 |
| Fiorentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | -nineteen |
NOTE. The indicators of “Milan”, “Lazio”, “Regina” and “Fiorentina” take into account the fines imposed on the basis of “mujigate”.
Top scorers: R. Bianchi (“Regina”) - 4, Cambiasso (“Inter”), Toni (“Fiorentina”), Ventola (“Atalanta”), Di Michele (“Palermo”) - 2 each.
4th TOUR: 09/23. Livorno - Milan, Catania - Messina. 09/24. Ascoli - Sampdoria, Empoli - Palermo, Inter - Chievo, Lazio - Atalanta, Parma - Roma, Regina - Torino, Siena - Cagliari, Udinese - Fiorentina.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2nd TOUR OF ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS OF THE 2nd ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR