21st round: Second in a row "Milan" failure © EuroFootball.com

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ver the weekend, the 21st round of Serie A matches were played in Italy. The defending champions "Milan" suffered their second consecutive defeat at home unexpectedly losing to "Bologna", further distancing themselves from league leaders "Juventus".

The Italian champions were unable to score against G. Pagliuca's goal, with the only goal of the match scored by "Bologna" goalkeeper T. Locatelli. "Juve" took advantage of their opponent's defeat, defeating the bottom team "Atalanta" away and increasing their lead over "Milan" to 8 points.

"Inter" from Milan, who have been inconsistent in their performances, climbed to third place after winning against "Palermo" thanks to C. Vieri's two goals in Sicily. Dropping down to fourth place was "Udinese", who suffered their third consecutive loss against "Parma".

"Roma" found themselves in fifth place, managing to recover from a two-goal deficit against "Messina" and securing a victory with three goals in the second half. The other team from the city, "Lazio", performed worse - initially leading against "Reggina", but later conceding two goals, including one in the last moments of the match, continuing their streak of failures.

"Cagliari" and "Chievo" managed to secure narrow victories at home against "Fiorentina" and "Livorno" respectively, while "Brescia" lost to "Lecce" on their home turf. The only draw was between "Sampdoria" and "Siena".

League table

Results of the 21st round

1 - 0

31' [1 - 0] Simone Tiribocchi

Tomas Danilevičius played from the 68th minute

1 - 0

34' [1 - 0] Alberto Gilardino

0 - 1

27' [0 - 1] Tomas Locatelli

1 - 2

22' [0 - 1] Ruben Olivera

80' [0 - 2] Alessandro Del Piero (pen.)

90' [1 - 2] Lilian Thuram (own goal)

0 - 1

15' [0 - 1] Axel Konan

Marius Stankevičius played the full match

1 - 0

11' [1 - 0] Mauro Esposito

2 - 1

9' [0 - 1] Aparecido Cesar

71' [1 - 1] Emiliano Bonazzoli

90' [2 - 1] Gaetano De Rosa

35' Aparecido Cesar ("Lazio") was sent off the field

3 - 2

12' [0 - 1] Riccardo Zampagna

32' [0 - 2] Alessandro Parisi

56' [1 - 2] Francesco Totti

60' [2 - 2] Antonio Cassano

82' [3 - 2] Alessandro Mancini

1 - 1

66' [1 - 0] Simone Vergassola

78' [1 - 1] Fausto Rossini

0 - 2

5' [0 - 1] Christian Vieri

57' [0 - 2] Christian Vieri