Kaka to return to AC Milan - Italian media reports

 Brazilan midfielder Kaka will return to Italian club AC Milan after four years at Real Madrid, according to local media reports.

The Gazzetta Dello Sport said the 30-year-old would sign a two-year contract with the club to end a difficult period with Real, where he has made only 82 league appearances since joining from Milan in 2009.

However, Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani, who has been handling talks with Real in Madrid, also told Gazzetta dello Sport's website (www.gazzetta.it) that personal terms had not yet been agreed with the Brazilian.

"He hasn't signed with Milan, therefore he isn't a Milan player," Galliani was quoted as saying.

Kaka was a Milan fan favourite after six years at the club during which they won one Serie A title, the Champions League and the World Club Championship.

Inter Milan move top after beating Catania

  Inter Milan moved top of Serie A after winning 3-0 at Catania while Mario Gomez scored his first Serie A goals and Giuseppe Rossi made it three for the season as Fiorentina defeated Genoa 5-2 on Sunday.

AC Milan bounced back from last week's defeat at Hellas Verona with a 3-1 win at home to Cagliari in an entertaining evening featuring 32 goals in eight games.

It was one-way traffic in Sicily as Walter Mazzari's Inter showed that they have put last season's troubles behind them.

Smartly worked goals from Rodrigo Palacio, Yuto Nagatomo and Ricky Alvarez helped them beat a fired-up Catania team who have yet to get a point after two defeats.

Alberto Aquilani give Vincenzo Montella's Fiorentina the lead at Genoa after 10 minutes before Giuseppe Rossi scored his second in as many games four minutes later and Gomez tapped in his goal four minutes before the break.

Alberto Gilardino gave the home side some hope nine minutes after the break with a stunning volley, but Rossi tapped in his second almost immediately afterwards.

Francesco Lodi reduced the deficit again on the hour with a penalty following a foul on Gilardino, but an injury time penalty from Mario Gomez ruined Genoa's celebrations for their 140th anniversary, in which cricket was played on the Stadio Luigi Ferraris pitch before the match.

The club's official name is Genoa Cricket and Football Club, and it has a cricket team which was re-established in 2007 and plays in Italy's top division.

Goals from Robinho, Philippe Mexes and Mario Balotelli were enough for AC Milan against a plucky Cagliari team.

Brazilian Robinho and Mexes put Massimiliano Allegri's side two goals up after half an hour, only for Marco Sau to pull one back for the away side three minutes later.

However, Balotelli's first league goal of the season in the 62nd minute put the result beyond doubt.

Earlier on Sunday Roma moved into second place on goal difference after splendid goals from Miralem Pjanic and Adem Ljajic gave them a comfortable 3-0 win over newly promoted Hellas Verona.

Rudi Garcia's side moved to six points after Bosnia international Pjanic's delightful chip from more than 20 metres out in the 59th minute and a powerful long range drive from Ljajic on his Roma debut six minutes later.

The home side were playing with the Curva Sud section of the Olympic Stadium shut after racist chanting directed at Balotelli from hardcore fans at the end of last season.

Flying Dortmund, dull Bayern stay neck and neck

 Borussia Dortmund steam-rollered hapless Freiburg 5-0 while Bayern Munich plodded past VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 as the two unbeaten arch-rivals remained level on points at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday.

The two wins could not have been more different, with Dortmund creating countless chances against outclassed Freiburg and Bayern struggling to get into gear against well-organised but toothless opponents.

Marco Reus and Robert Lewandowski each scored twice for Dortmund and Jakub Blaszczykowski completed the rout while win-less Freiburg had Fallou Diagne sent off before halftime.

Bayern, who only came to life after Xherdan Shaqiri came on as a second-half substitute, took the three points thanks to Thomas Mueller's first league goal of the season but coach Pep Guardiola was far from satisfied.

"We won the match but we have to improve some things," he told the club's website (www.fcbayern.telecom.de).

Both teams have 19 points from seven games with Dortmund, who have scored 21 goals to Bayern's 14, ahead on goal difference.

Hamburg SV, with former Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk making his first appearance in the hot seat, twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Marcell Jansen grabbed a point for the visitors with four minutes to play.

Bayer Leverkusen's 2-0 win over Hanover 96 kept them one point behind the leaders in third spot while Hertha Berlin came from behind to beat Mainz 05 3-1 and Hoffenheim rallied from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with Schalke 04.

Dortmund, who scored six goals in their previous home game against Hamburg, were so dominant that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could easily have had a hat-trick against Freiburg.

Last season's Bundesliga and Champions League runners-up created at least half a dozen chances before Reus snapped up a rebound to put them ahead in the 35th minute.

THEATRICAL FALL

Dortmund increased their lead on the stroke of halftime when Lewandowski was pushed by Diagne, fell theatrically backwards and was awarded a penalty while the Senegalese defender was sent off.

Reus converted the penalty and the rest was a foregone conclusion.

Lewandowski opened his account just before the hour with a brilliantly-taken goal. He controlled Reus's long pass on his chest with his back to goal, held off two defenders and dinked the ball into the net.

The Pole then turned in Jonas Hofmann's cross and compatriot Blaszczykowski completed the scoring with 11 minutes to go.

Bayern's uninspired win was in complete contrast, the only goal coming when Shaqiri sliced open the Wolfsburg defence with a diagonal pass to Franck Ribery and the Frenchman's low cross was turned in at the far post by Mueller.

First-half goals from Simon Rolfes and Sidney Sam were enough for Leverkusen to down Hanover while Sami Allagui scored twice for promoted Hertha in their 3-1 win over Mainz.

Schalke failed to build on an excellent start at Hoffenheim where Kevin-Prince Boateng sidefooted the visitors ahead and Joel Matip headed a second in the 13th minute.

Anthony Modeste pulled one back from close-range but Marco Hoeger burst through the Hoffenheim defence to restore Schalke's two-goal advantage five minutes before the break.

A Roberto Firmino penalty and David Abraham free kick gave Hoffenheim their second 3-3 home draw of the season while Firmino also hit the bar near the end.

Hamburg, who have the league's worst defensive record, fell behind to a Johannes Flum goal for Eintracht in the 31st minute before Pierre-Michel Lasogga headed them level in first-half stoppage time.

Marco Russ put Eintracht back in front nine minutes after the restart but Jansen curled in the last-gasp equaliser to haul Hamburg out of the bottom three.

Man City's Pellegrini vows to keep calm despite defeat

  Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini refused to panic after his side lost 3-2 at Aston Villa on Saturday as their wait for a first away win in the Premier League this season goes on.

The Chilean coach refused to let his stuttering side's form on the road worry him despite a run of only three victories from their last 11 away league games dating back to last season.

City have picked up only one point from three of those games this term after defeat to Cardiff City and a draw at Stoke City and have slipped to fifth spot, five points off leaders Arsenal.

"It's important to keep calm. In general I was very happy with the way my team played today and we deserved a different score," he said. "We played very well and deserved to win."

They started well against Villa and dominated the first half but missed lots of chances before Yaya Toure opened the scoring with his fourth goal in their six league games this season.

Pellegrini's side would come to rue their profligacy in front of goal as they twice squandered the lead.

Villa's Karim El Ahmadi equalised early in the second half before Edin Dzeko restored City's lead. The hosts then scored twice in three minutes to turn the game on its head with Leandro Bacuna's magnificent free-kick and Andreas Weimann's winner.

"We played very well and deserved to win," a frustrated Pellegrini told Sky Sports. "We deserved another score in the match, but in five minutes we did two things that threw away everything good we had done in the rest of the match.

"The way we lost this game was incredible. We led twice, and we had control of the game."

Villa manager Paul Lambert praised the way his side overcame a crippling injury list to claim a third league win of the season that takes them up to ninth place with nine points.

"I thought we were outstanding. The injury list is pretty horrendous. We've lost two lads (forwards Christian Benteke and Gabriel Agbonlahor) who have scored a lot of goals for us and we've lost (Ashley) Westwood who has been fantastic.

"We're up against one of the best teams in the country. Not just for the Barclays Premier League but for Champions League football so that says a lot about the magnitude of the result.

"I know from experience reputation will never win you the game. Their two lads (Toure and Brazilian Fernandinho) played well but El Ahmadi, (Yacouba Sylla) and (Fabian) Delph were absolutely brilliant."

Lazio vs Chievo 15-09-2013 Italian Serie A

 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy  will be hosting on Sunday, 15 September 2013, an Italian Serie A match between Lazio and Chievo. The match referee will be G. Calvarese.
Lazio lost against Juventus 4-0 in the Super cup and it followed it with another loss 4-0 in the league in Turin. In Addition to this, the Brazilian midfielder, Hernanes, was sent off and is suspended for this match. However, Lazio made a good start when it won the match against Udinese 2-1 at home. The German striker, Miroslav Klose, is in its best form and is a key figure for Lazio. On the othe rhand, Hernanes, Radu and Biglia are out because of injuries. Lazio doesn't have a good record in the last eleven meetings against Chievo, with only one win. 
Chievo team, on the othe hand, played against Napoli last week, where the first half ended in the score 2-2. However, in the second,half, Napoli played better and could score two other goals, so to let the game end in the score 4-2. Chievo started this season with a draw 0-0 at Parma and it will try to score goals this Sunday in Rome. Players will be ready forthis game, except for defender, Dainelli, who is sufferning from an injury.


Possible line-ups:
Lazio: Marchetti - Cavanda, Cana, Biava, Konko - Lulic, Onazi, Ledesma, Gonzalez - Ederson - Klose.
Chievo: Puggioni - Sardo, Papp, Cesar, Drame - Improta, Redovanovic, Rigoni, Sestu - Thereau, Paloschi.


Match Details and Timings:
Lazio vs Chievo
Football: Italian Serie A
Match date: Sunday, 15 September 2013
Kick Off Time: 14:00 CET - 13:00 GMT
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Referee: G. Calvarese‎.

Torino vs AC Milan 14-09-2013 Italian Serie A

Stadio Olimpico di Torino (Torino) will be hosting on September 14, 2013, an Italian Serie A match between Torino and AC Milan. The match referee will be D. Massa.
Torino team has lost the game against Atalanta 2-0, though it made a good start this season with a win at home. The match was difficult and Torino had more possession of the ball more shots on target, but this wansn't enough to kame it avoid the loss. Striker, Ciro coming from Genoa, will do its best to score a goal  and midfielder, Brighi, will be present this time after he was absent in the last match. However, defender, will be absent becasue of his injury. 
Milan, on the other side, has won Cagliari 3-1.  Strikers, Robinho and Balotelli, had their touch in this match as they scored the goals. The team, however, has lost against Verona, and it wants to player a btter game and make a win at Turin this week. Coming back from Madrid on a free transfer, Kaka will be among the strating eleven in this game. Milan has to worry about its defense as many players are out because of injuries. These are:  De Sciglio, Silvestre, Abate and Bonera, in addition to the attacker Pazzini.

Match Details and Timings:
Torino vs AC Milan
Football: Italian Serie A
Match date: September 14, 2013
Kick Off Time: 7:45 PM BST - 18:45 GMT - 19:45 UK (BST)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino - Torino
Referee: D. Massa‎