Top 5 Stories of Serie A Round 12: Gómez and Dybala Missed

It's the first midweek round of the season, with the last few weeks of December being a stern test to the clubs' endurance levels. Juventus and Atalanta played an exciting draw, and Inter managed to squeeze their path through Napoli and now find themselves with just one point behind their city rivals, Milan. So let's take a look at our Top 5 stories for Serie A round 12.

The Top 10 Serie A Goal Celebrations in the 2000-2009 Era

It's the second part of The Cult of Calcio's goal celebrations series. After ranking the best celebrations of the modern era in part one, it's time to go back to the noughties (2000 - 2009) and remember the top 10 Serie A goal celebrations of an incredible era. So we present you our chosen list, which happens to include some of the greatest names in football history. 

Lazio Demolish Sampdoria With Super Immobile Hat Trick

Perhaps Azzurri’s coach Roberto Mancini should find a way to freeze down Ciro Immobile until June to preserve his astounding state of shape and then unfreeze him just before the Euro 2020. The Nazionale and Lazio’s cannoniere demolished Sampdoria with a hat-trick to lead his side to their 11th consecutive league victory on Saturday.

Napoli & Insigne Overthrow Lazio Sending a Message to Juve

Rome, Stadio Olimpico. Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli came, beat 2-1 Simone Inzaghi’s Lazio and collected their first three points to push “relegation” away. Oh yes, relegation, as many commentators would argue. These three points contributed to appease a hysterical fan base, turned scared and neurotic on the wave of some national and local press’ comments.