On Wednesday evening eight "Serie A" matches were played. Another match ended on Tuesday, and Verona's "Hellas" and Rome's "Lazio" will face off on Thursday.
The 500th game of captain Gianluigi Buffon's wearing the shirt of Italian champion Turin's "Juventus" was marked by misfortune - the "bianconeri" had to admit the advantage of "Genoa" with a minimal result. This is the first loss in the league this season. The goal was scored by Luca Antonini during added time.
Meanwhile, "Roma" took advantage of their main competitor stumbling and, with a 2-0 victory over "Cesena", leveled the score with "Juventus". Goals were scored by Mattia Destro and Daniele De Rossi.
In other matches, "Milan" failed to secure a victory. The match against "Cagliari" ended in a 1-1 draw.
Principled "Milan" rivals from the same city - "Inter" - with a penalty shot by Mauro Icardi at the end of the match at home, defeated the Genoa's "Sampdoria", who were in third place. Interestingly, the Milanese had a clear possession advantage in this match, but the visitors had more shots on goal.
Once again, "Napoli" failed to defeat their opponents. They played a 1-1 draw with "Atalanta". Rafa Benitez's players had a great opportunity to take three points but Gonzalo Higuain failed to score from the penalty spot during added time.
Results:
"Sassuolo" 3 - 1 "Empoli"
"Atalanta" 1 - 1 "Napoli"
"Cagliari" 1 - 1 "Milan"
"Fiorentina" 3 - 0 "Udinese"
"Genoa" 1 - 0 "Juventus"
"Inter" 1 - 0 "Sampdoria"
"Palermo" 1 - 0 "Chievo"
"Roma" 2 - 0 "Cesena"
"Torino" 1 - 0 "Parma"
