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Two bottom-of-the-league clubs, and the game showed it. While spirited, it was mostly midfield play, and a lot of physical stuff. Diana put Brescia ahead thirty-two minutes in on a great goal where he went wide by himself, received the ball, and scored by pushing the ball past the diving keeper. With thirty minutes left in the game, Pecchia scored for Napoli on a great bomb shot from above the top of the key. That was how it ended, 1-1.

This was last Monday’s Italian game that I taped. Amazing game. When you get two of the top teams in Italy clashing, the results can be dramatic. Juventus started things off quickly with a goal from Trezeguet after a series of brilliant passes in the box. Juventus absolutely stunned Inter with another goal just minutes later, when Zidane sent in a bomb off his left foot that keeper Frey couldn’t stop. But Inter fought back just three minutes later with a terrific header from Frenchman Blanc off Recoba’s corner kick. Less than fifteen minutes in and we’ve already got three goals! But then, as always happens in these derbies, controversy. Viera scored a magnificent header leaping about ten feet in the air to do it, but though countless replays showed no fouls of any kind, the ref wouldn’t count the goal. Midway through the second half, Inter finally got their equalizer when Di Bagio’s free kick deflected into the net. That ended it, though both keepers made great saves in injury time. Great game! Final: 2-2 draw.

A gripping, disturbing film about callous teens and a murder. I saw this many years ago and it hasn’t lost its edge. If I remember right, it was based on a true story. Essentially, one boy murders a girl and his friends don’t really seem bothered by it. Quite revealing about modern society. Some really good moments with Keanu Reaves’ character’s screwed up mother and how she can’t figure out why her kids are so messed up.