Pro Patria recorded two draws and a loss in January, a run that has seen them drop to second place in 1-A. The defeat was all the more costly for coming against Reggiana, who have taken their place at the top.
Of the chasing pack, Cremonese have pulled off a potential coup with the signing of Domenico Morfeo, last seen sauntering away from Brescia because he didn't fancy football much any more. The chance to work again under the avuncular Emiliano Mondonico may have reignited the competitive instinct of the wayward ex-prodigy, or, it may not. This one really could go either way.
Anxious times at Hellas Verona, as president Pietro Arvedi makes an agonisingly slow recovery from the car crash that left him in a coma. The sale of the club, and with it the long-hoped for cash injection, is now on hold until the elderly aristocrat is capable of resuming negotiations.
Further down the food chain Venezia, a big club in nothing but name, have suffered (yet another) 2-point penalty for (yet more) administrative misdeeds, leaving the cash-strapped side four points adrift at the bottom of the league. Their only permanent signing in this window has been the manager's 18-year old son.
In the other division it's as you were at the top, with Gallipoli still leading by a point from Benevento, the 'Magic Rooster' having controversially signed Gianluca Sansone from under the warty noses of the 'Little Witches'.
The biggest name to move in 1-B is Francisco Lima, 'The Duracell', who at the age of 37 has returned to Italy to be clipped into place in the middle of the Taranto midfield. Was this what inspired relegation rivals Lanicano to make public overtures to Pavel Nedved? The approach was, like Lanicano's results so far in 2009, pointless
We must also mention the most extraordinary match of the season so far, a 6-5 victory for Arezzo against Sorrento. Sorrento ace Mirtay scored a hat-trick against his former club, who trailed 3-0 until the 41st minute, until an unprecedented flurry of goals culminated in an 89th-minute winner from Kelwin Matute.
Finally, Carlo Sabatini has left Padova, to be replaced with Attilio Tesser, a man who has averaged twelve games before being sacked in each of his last three jobs. Surprisingly, Tesser has never managed Perugia.
Of the chasing pack, Cremonese have pulled off a potential coup with the signing of Domenico Morfeo, last seen sauntering away from Brescia because he didn't fancy football much any more. The chance to work again under the avuncular Emiliano Mondonico may have reignited the competitive instinct of the wayward ex-prodigy, or, it may not. This one really could go either way.
Anxious times at Hellas Verona, as president Pietro Arvedi makes an agonisingly slow recovery from the car crash that left him in a coma. The sale of the club, and with it the long-hoped for cash injection, is now on hold until the elderly aristocrat is capable of resuming negotiations.
Further down the food chain Venezia, a big club in nothing but name, have suffered (yet another) 2-point penalty for (yet more) administrative misdeeds, leaving the cash-strapped side four points adrift at the bottom of the league. Their only permanent signing in this window has been the manager's 18-year old son.
In the other division it's as you were at the top, with Gallipoli still leading by a point from Benevento, the 'Magic Rooster' having controversially signed Gianluca Sansone from under the warty noses of the 'Little Witches'.
The biggest name to move in 1-B is Francisco Lima, 'The Duracell', who at the age of 37 has returned to Italy to be clipped into place in the middle of the Taranto midfield. Was this what inspired relegation rivals Lanicano to make public overtures to Pavel Nedved? The approach was, like Lanicano's results so far in 2009, pointless
We must also mention the most extraordinary match of the season so far, a 6-5 victory for Arezzo against Sorrento. Sorrento ace Mirtay scored a hat-trick against his former club, who trailed 3-0 until the 41st minute, until an unprecedented flurry of goals culminated in an 89th-minute winner from Kelwin Matute.
Finally, Carlo Sabatini has left Padova, to be replaced with Attilio Tesser, a man who has averaged twelve games before being sacked in each of his last three jobs. Surprisingly, Tesser has never managed Perugia.
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