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For Italian soccer fans, the international break was excruciating.&nbsp; The national team had two friendlies (which Arsenal fans <a title="van Persie injured in Italy-Dutch match" href="http:\/\/www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/15/sports/sports-uk-soccer-england-van-persie.html" target="_blank">would not consider too friendly</a>) and watched to see who else would qualify from Europe.&nbsp; Thankfully, the action from this weekend was exciting enough to make up for the break.</div>
Second Place is a Two Team Race…
AC Milan fired up the offense (while its defense was offensive) in a 4-3 win over Cagliari, but were jumped by Juventus for second in the table with Juventus’ 1-0 win over Udinese.&nbsp; With both clubs playing well, and Sampdoria struggling recently, the race for #2 could be the interesting plot line to watch through the season.

…But Watch Out for Parma
Quietly Parma is fifth in the table, only four points behind Juventus.&nbsp; Its 3-2 dramatic win over Fiorentina, who I had expected to be the dark horse scudetto candidate, moved them ahead of the Viola in the standings.&nbsp; Their next two matches are against Napoli and Genoa, two mid-table clubs that could further cement Parma as a dark horse title contender.
Francesco Totti is AMAZING
Welcome back!&nbsp; After sitting for almost two months with a knee injury, Francesco Totti returned with a bang, scoring a hat trick in the first 30 minutes of Roma’s match with Bari.&nbsp; The fact that he scored so quickly against such a quality defense has to hearten Roma fans, whose club had been sitting perilously close to a bottom 10 finish.&nbsp;&nbsp;Their next match is against relegation candidate Atalanta, followed by a tough stretch of the Roman derby, at Sampdoria, and hosting Parma.&nbsp; But with a healthy Totti, a movement upward is very possible.
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Add Two More Managers to the Unemployment Rolls
After their matches this weekend, two clubs in very different positions made managerial changes to try and improve their fortunes.&nbsp; Palermo, who with 17 points in 13 matches could challenge for a European competition, fired Walter Zenga after a draw with woeful Catania and replaced him with ex-Lazio manager Delio Rossi.&nbsp; Rossi steered Lazio to a Coppa Italia victory last year&nbsp;but left due to rumored discontent with ownership.&nbsp; The other change was Siena replacing manager Marco Baroni with Alberto Malesani.&nbsp; He is the club’s third manager, and his goal will be to avoid relegation with the last place club
Robert is a Serie A fan in the United States who is a contributor to this site.

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