Serie A Match Summaries - Week 2
Played on Sunday:
Lecce 0 - AS Roma 4
AS Roma: Gabriel Batistuta 42', 80', Damiano Tomassi 48', Francesco Totti 90' (penalty)
Halftime: 0-1
Attendance: 17,000
Gabriel Batistuta scored his first goal for Roma in the 42nd minute with a firm header from a Cafu cross. Damiano Tomassi added the second three minutes after the re-start before Batistuta struck again, blasting home a left foot drive from a narrow angle. Francesco Totti wrapped up game with a penalty in the final minute after Marco Delvecchio had been pulled down by Lecce
defender Alberto Savino.
Bologna 2 - AC Milan 1
Bologna: Giovanni Bia 19', Giovanni Piacentini 90'
AC Milan: Andriy Shevchenko 66'
Red Card: Federico Giunti 75'
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 35,000
A long range volley by midfielder Giovanni Piacentini five minutes into injury time gave Bologna victory. Bologna had taken the lead in the first half through defender Giovanni Bia before Ukranian international Andriy Shevchenko equalised for AC Milan with a second half header. Fifteen minutes from time AC Milan had Federico Giunti sent off for his second offence.
Brescia 0 - Parma 0
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 12,000
Only 12,000 were on hand in pouring rain. An in-form Roberto Baggio led Brescia while Diego Fuser almost snatched a win for Parma with a shot just wide in the closing minutes. It was Brescia's first point of the season.
Fiorentina 2 - Reggina 1
Fiorentina: Nuno Gomes 86', Leandro 89'
Reggina: Massimo Marazzina 69'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 27,000
Two goals in three minutes by Portuguese striker Nuno Gomes and Brazilian forward Leandro gave Fiorentina a come-from-behind victory against Reggina. After attacking for most of the match, Fiorentina fell behind to a header by Reggina's Massimo Marazzina in the 69th minute before mounting a furious rally to save the day for Fiorentina manager Fatih Terim.
Juventus 2 - Bari 0
Juventus: Darko Kovacevic 2', Zinedine Zidane
90' (penalty)
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 20,000
Yugoslav international Darko Kovacevic got Juventus off to a quick lead with a close range strike after two minutes. Manager Carlo Ancelotti was forced to use Kovacevic and reserve forward David Trezeguet in place of the flu-stricken Alessandro Del
Piero and Filippo Inzaghi. Zinedine Zidane scored a penalty in
injury time to close out the scoring for Juventus after Antonio
Conte was brought down in the box.
[Full match report]
Verona 1 - Udinese 1
Verona: Alberto Gilardino 51'
Udinese: Roberto Muzzi 65'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 13,000
Udinese striker Roberto Muzzi scored a vital away goal giving his side a draw at Verona. After rain delayed the start
of the second half, Verona's young forward Albeto Gilardino put
his side ahead with a nice chip before Muzzi equalised for Udinese in the 65th minute.
Vicenza 1 - Atalanta 2
Vicenza: Luca Toni 49'
Atalanta: Cristiano Doni 65', Fausto Rossini 77'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 14,000
Atalanta came away with a controversial victory at Vicenza. After falling behind to a Luca Toni strike early in the second half, Atalanta began to counter-attack and equalised through
midfielder Cristiano Doniin in the 65th. In the 77th, with Vicenza defender Giuseppe Cardone injured on the ground, forward Fausto Rossini continued play and found the back of the net. Vicenza have yet to earn a point after two matches.
Played Saturday:
Lazio 3 - Perugia 0
Lazio: Hernan Crespo 43', Sinisa Mihajlovic
68' (penalty), Simone Inzaghi 78'
Verona: Natale Gonnella 87'
Halftime: 1-0
Major summer signing Hernan Crespo got his Lazio career off to a superb start with a goal on his debut two minutes before half-time in Rome. Further goals from Sinisa Mihajlovic and Simone Inzaghi sealed a straightforward win for the champions over Perugia.
Inter Milan 3 - Napoli 1
Inter Milan: Luigi Di Biagio 10', Ivan Zamorano 38',
Laurent Blanc 45'
Napoli: Clarence Seedorf 60' (own goal)
Halftime: 3-0
Attendance: 62,655
New Internazionale coach Marco Tardelli made a dream start to his Serie A career when his side cruised to victory over Napoli. The Milan giants, inspired by Luigi di Biagio who former boss Lippi nearly sold to Fiorentina two weeks ago, ran their opponents ragged to go 3-0 in front before half-time, Di Biagio, Ivan Zamorano and Laurent Blanc with the goals. David Sesa scored Napoli's second-half consolation.
Serie A Leading Scorers After Week 2
| goals | player (penalty if applicable, team) |
| 2 | Amoroso ( 1, Parma) |
| 1 | Amoroso ( Fiorentina) , Andersson ( 1, Bari) , Bierhoff ( Milan) , Bisoli ( Brescia) , Del Piero ( Juventus) , Diana ( Brescia) , Gargo ( Udinese) , Gonnella ( Verona) , Iaquinta ( Udinese) , Inzaghi ( Lazio) , Kovacevic ( Juventus) , Marazzina ( Reggina) , Materazzi ( 1, Perugia) , Mihajlovic ( Lazio) , Muzzi ( Udinese) , Pierini ( Fiorentina) , Possanzini ( Reggina) , Recoba ( Inter) , Shevchenko ( Milan) , Sosa ( Udinese) , Stellone ( Napoli) , Totti ( Roma) , Vugrinec ( Lecce) , Zenoni ( Atalanta) |
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