Serie A, Week 10: Juventus, Inter win ahead of massive derby

Although the Tuscans pulled a goal back just before half-time, they went down to ten men after Luis Neto was shown a second yellow 14 minutes from the end. Both sides added a further goal apiece in the final few minutes to give Cagliari a comfortable 4-2 victory.

High gusts of wind blew several advertising boards onto the pitch, but thankfully no-one was hurt.

He said: “We controlled it from start to finish. We had at least seven shots on goal, while they scored at the only opportunity. We immediately realised it was an off day.

“I’d like to look to the performance, but the fact is the results count and tonight we lost.”

Inter: Handanovic; Zanetti, Ranocchia (Silvestre 85), Samuel, Pereira (Nagatomo 62); Mudingayi (Cambiasso 46), Gargano, Guarin; Palacio, Cassano, Milito

Sampdoria: Romero; Berardi (De Silvestri 53), Gastaldello, Rossini, Costa; Munari, Tissone, Poli (Renan 59) (Maxi Lopez 78); Estigarribia, Soriano, Eder

Stefano Mauri cancelled out Kamil Glik’s first half opener to rescue a point for Vladimir Petkovic’s side, who will see the 1-1 draw as two points dropped.

Lazio were perhaps feeling the strain from playing their fourth game in 11 days. They came into this match without suspended duo Hernanes and Cristian Ledesma. Veteran Tommaso Rocchi came in for his first start of the season alongside Miroslav Klose, thus pushing Antonio Candreva and Mauri out wide.

Normally, when you have a round of games, there’s something noteworthy to comment upon. Napoli have trouble with Chievo? Cool, that’s interesting. There’s a narrative there, even if it is ‘Chievo enjoy kicking Marek Hamsik and Napoli fans enjoy whining about it’. This week? Not so much. League-leading Juventus’ undefeated record is unlikely to fall at home to Bologna. Atalanta probably won’t be too much of a problem for Napoli. Palermo vs. AC Milan would have been interesting a couple of years ago but isn’t anymore. So would Inter vs. Sampdoria.

In other words, all we’ve got on offer is some football. I suppose that’s enough. And hey, if nothing else takes your fancy, Roma are worth watching for the sheer lolsiness.