Seven matches were played last night at the penultimate round of the "Serie A".
The "Napoli", currently in fourth place, closed in on Florence's "Fiorentina" by two points last night. Rafa Benitez's players were forced to admit the superiority of the Turin champions "Juventus", while "Fiorentina" defeated "Palermo" 3-2 away.
"Viola" went ahead after goals from Josip Ilicic and Alberto Gilardino with scores of 1-0 and 2-1, but the hosts managed to equalize both times. However, they couldn't find an answer to Marcos Alonso's goal for "Palermo".
In the final match, "Milan" players thrashed "Torino" 3-0 at home, moving one position higher. Interestingly, both teams had players shown a red card in these matches. Stephan El Shaarawy, who scored a brace, and Giampaolo Pazzini, who converted a penalty from 11 meters, were among the goalscorers.
Results:
"Empoli" 1 - 1 "Sampdoria" [1-0] 57' Manuel Pucciarelli [1-1] 90' Samuel Eto'o
"Cesena" 0 - 1 "Cagliari" [0-1] 90' Marco Sau
"Palermo" 2 - 3 "Fiorentina" [0-1] 23' Josip Ilicic [1-1] 26' Mate Jajalo [1-2] 33' Alberto Gilardino [2-2] 69' Luca Rigoni [2-3] 78' Marcos Alonso 90' Jasmin Kurtic ("Fiorentina") sent off
"Parma" 2 - 2 "Hellas" [1-0] 21' Antonio Nocerino [2-0] 36' Silvestre Varela [2-1] 42' Luca Toni [2-2] 80' Luca Toni (from penalty spot)
"Udinese" 0 - 1 "Sassuolo" [0-1] 70' Francesco Magnanelli 80' Guilherme ("Udinese") sent off
"Chievo" 1 - 1 "Atalanta" [0-1] 48' Alejandro Daro Gomez [1-1] 88' Sergio Pellisier
"Milan" 3 - 0 "Torino" [1-0] 18' Stephan El Shaarawy 43' Cristian Zaccardo ("Milan") sent off 57' Cristian Molinaro ("Torino") sent off [2-0] 57' Giampaolo Pazzini (from penalty spot) [3-0] 65' Stephan El Shaarawy
