Serie A Team Of The Week: Round 9
Goal.com provides a brief list of those who deserved a place in the sun after the Serie A Round 9 action. As every week there were more players who deserved a place than places available...
zoom - galleria Team of the week:
Marco Ballotta (Lazio): Four great saves by the ‘grandad’ of all goalkeepers were not enough for the Biancocelesti to avoid defeat. Eternal player.
Maurizio Domizzi (Napoli): Perfect in defence, anticipating the Juve forwards in every circumstance. Then to top it all off, scoring two goals (albeit from the penalty spot) to the best goalkeeper in the world is something to be proud of.
Cicinho (Roma): Finally he proved his worth after a difficult start to the season. Great game running up and down the right flank and proving decisive in his cross for Vucinic’s goal.
Juan (Roma): Wonderful performance of the Brazilian who neutralized Kaka with ease thanks to some well executed tackles.
Walter Samuel (Inter): Back to his best like his Roma days, with every opponent finding it impossible to get past him. No wonder they call him ‘the wall’.
Walter Gargano (Napoli): Quantity and quality for the team, including the Partenopei’s equalizer which paved the way for Napoli’s win over Juventus.
Domenico Morfeo (Parma): Changed the game in favour of the Crociati with his entrance after the break. Great assists and more importantly scored the winning goal to award Parma with three precious points.
Julio Leon (Genoa): A man of the match performance by the Grifoni’s midfielder, who masterminded all the Rossoblu attacks, showing of all of his qualities.
Mirko Vucinic (Roma): Missed a good opportunity in the first half, but then redeemed himself in the second half. His second decisive goal in the space of 4 days; Totti can recover without any hurry.
Francesco Tavano (Livorno): Finally he’s back. Following a very poor start to the season, the former Empoli forward showed his class and technical abilities against Parma, thanks to two goals and a lot of good effort.
Asamoah Gyan (Udinese): Third time lucky for the Bianconeri’s attacker, as after seeing Ballotta save two shots in the first half, Gyan managed to slot in his third try and send Udinese flying.
Honourable Mention
Alberto Fontana (Palermo)
Kaladze (Milan)
Andrea Barzagli (Palermo)
Cristiano Doni (Atalanta)
David Pizarro (Roma)
Mascara (Catania)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli
