Serie A, Week 5: Here we go, here we go, here we go again

Inter inflicted Fiorentina’s first defeat of the season and netted a 13th consecutive league victory over La Viola in Milan. The result sees Inter move onto 13 points and grab a share of second place in Serie A. Jonathan popped up with the winner after Esteban Cambiasso cancelled out Giuseppe Rossi’s penalty.

After thrashing Sassuolo 7-0 on Sunday, Walter Mazzarri named an unchanged starting XI, so returning goal hero Diego Milito had to be content with a place on the bench.

The game that created the least interest in this round of Serie A ended with in a draw, although the visitors looked the more lively of the two sides.

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, this finished the highest scoring game in a round rich with goals. Parma, who had only scored two goals in the previous four rounds, snagged their first win of the season. Amauri received a red card for dissent, prompting Atalanta to stage a comeback, but they never found an equalizer. Now alarm bells are going off in Bergamo, as the nerazzurri were defeated for the fourth time in five matches

Both teams have hit the ground running so far, taking ten points from a possible 12 in each of their four league matches.

Inter’s Curva Nord stand will be shut for this game as punishment for racist chanting heard during the 1-1 draw with Juventus.

Fabio Liverani’s game plan was to frustrate the hosts. For 79 minutes they did just that, until the unlucky substitute headed Antonio Di Natale’s free kick into his own net.

The result sees Udinese stretch their unbeaten home run to an impressive 21 games. Coming into the game, Francesco Guidolin was still without the injured Zeljko Brkic and Maurizio Domizzi, although Giampiero Pinzi was back on the substitutes bench.

Dainelli, Kupisz (injuries), Guana (out of squad due to discipline issues)

Pepe, Caceres, Rubinho (injuries)

We’re pretty sure that Milan just finished losing to Napoli about five minutes ago, but here we are again, ready to start the next round of games in Serie A. Time sure goes fast when you’ve hit your head on the ceiling while jumping up and down on the bed.

Fortunately for us, everything slows down a little in this midweek round of fixtures. Most of Italy’s top sides face opponents that will be content with just a point. Until Tuesday, that is, when Inter and Fiorentina, both with ten points on the season, face off at the San Siro.