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After the winter break, the fights in the Italian football championship were extended. The 17th round saw many unexpected results, as teams in the lower parts of the tournament table managed to earn points.
The defending champions, "Milan" club, took advantage of a surprise victory over "Lecce" thanks to H. Crespo's benefit and reduced the gap from league leaders "Juventus," who failed to beat the second-to-last placed team "Parma" away.
For only the fifth time this season, one of the championship favorites, "Inter," won in a tough match against Tomo Danilevičiaus' "Livorno." The 3rd place team, "Udinese," suffered their fourth defeat, losing to "Sampdoria."
"Cagliari" climbed to the 6th place, despite missing G. Zola's penalty kick and managing to overcome "Messina." "Reggina" also secured a minimal victory against "Palermo."
Meanwhile, the absolute underdog "Atalanta" achieved their first season victory by starting 2005 with a win against "Fiorentina," while the team at the bottom of the table, "Siena," surprisingly won easily away against "Chievo."
Today, in the city derby of Rome, considered one of the most intense and interesting matches of the season, the clubs "Lazio" and "Roma" will face each other.
League Table
Results
1 - 1
63' [0 - 1] Zlatan Ibrahimovic
84' [1 - 1] Marco Marchionni
0 - 2
42' [0 - 1] Marco Materazzi
74' [0 - 2] Christian Vieri (11m.)
24' Adriano missed a penalty
T. Danilevičius did not appear on the field
1 - 1
17' [0 - 1] Igli Tare
65' [1 - 1] Luigi Di Biagio (11m.)
65' De Souza Texeira Juarez ("Bologna") was sent off
M. Stankevičius ("Brescia") played the entire match
1 - 0
7' [1 - 0] Shunsuke Nakamura
2 - 0
68' [1 - 0] Francesco Flachi
75' [2 - 0] Marcello Castellini
5 - 2
23' [1 - 0] Hernan Crespo
36' [2 - 0] Hernan Crespo
50' [3 - 0] Andriy Shevchenko
57' [4 - 0] Hernan Crespo
75' [4 - 1] Valeri Bojinov
83' [4 - 2] Marco Cassetti
89' [5 - 2] Jon Dahl Tomasson
74' Alessandro Nesta ("Milan") was sent off
1 - 0
80' [1 - 0] Igor Budan
1 - 3
44' [0 - 1] Rodrigo Taddei
51' [0 - 2] Tore Andre Flo
65' [0 - 3] Tore Andre Flo
73' [1 - 3] Franco Semioli
64' Simone Vergassola ("Siena") was sent off
2 - 1
21' [0 - 1] Riccardo Zampagna
48' [1 - 1] Mauro Esposito
55' [2 - 1] Massimo Gobbi
60' Gianfranco Zola missed a penalty
