Italian action on January 6th, 2011.

Most of the scorelines from Italy today were pretty close with only a couple matches having a clear winner. Bologna and Fiorentina could only manage a 1-1 draw as Mario Santana equalised in the 67th minute, taking his time to equalise following a goal which put the home side ahead from Marco Di Vaio in the fifth minute. Brescia almost managed a draw against Cesenea, but couldn't come back from a two goal deficit. Luis Jimenez scored first for Cesenea, in the 33rd minute, before Luca Ceccarelli put them two in front in the last minutes of regulation in the first half. Eder drew the home side one back with a goal in the 50th minute but Brescia couldn't make anything else work. The game ended with a flurry of cards and substitutions for both sides with the goal tally 2-1 in favor of the away side. On to other matches, Cagliari were edged by AC Milan 1-0 thanks to an 85th minute goal from, not Ambrosini, Pato, Seedorf, or Robinho, but rather Rodney Strasser. Genoa and Lazio's match finished 0-0 with lots of subs, a yellow card, but no goals. Lecce and Bari were able to find a winner though, with Stefano Okaka Chuka putting in a strike in the 78th minute for Bari which won the club three points. Finally, on to the bigger score line games where Parma whipped Juventus 4-1 in Turin thanks to two goals from the Italian youth star Sebastian Giovinco on either side of half time for Parma in his return to his old club, Juve, before Nicola Legrottaglie put one away for the home side to give them some hope in the 60th minute. Hernan Crespo converted a penalty in the 62nd to stop any late resurgence by Juventus before Raffaele Palladino struck the fourth in the third minute of stoppage time in the second half ending the game very well for one side and quite badly for the other. Palermo thrashed Sampdoria 3-0 as three M's struck within the 90 minutes: Fabrizio Miccoli opened the scoring in the 37th before Giulio Migliaccio tacked on a second in the 50th before Massimo Maccarone wrapped things up in the 79th. Finally, Roma beat Catania by a two goal margin, winning 4-2. Marco Borriello put the home side ahead first, in the fifth minute, before Matias Silvestre equalised in the 29th for Catania. Catania then pulled ahead in the 38th minute through Maxi Lopez. Marco Borriello then equalised for Roma in the 47th. Roma then rallied, with Mirko Vucinic tallying two goals after the 85th minute: one in the 86th and the second in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Thus, the heroes of the Roma side were Borriello and Vucinic today. Inter faced, and beat, Napoli in Milan with a margin of victory of 3-1 later in the day in a game which was in Inter's favor from the off. In the third minute, Thiago Motta put the Champions of the World in the lead before several cards were given. Then Michele Pazienza drew Napoli level in the 25th minute before Esteban Cambiasso put Inter in the lead once more, in the 37th minute. Finally, in the second half, Thiago Motta scored once more, in the 55th minute, sealing the day for the home side and the three points. In other news, around 400 clubs will be getting payments from FIFA as benefits for large numbers of their players taking part in the World Cup. According to FIFA, Barcelona will be receiving $866,267 while Bayern München will be earning $778,667. Chelsea will then be given the next most amount, $762,667, as Liverpool earn $695,600 and Real Madrid earn $678,133.