On Sunday, in the 20th round of the Italian "Serie A" championship, the players of Milano's "Inter" experienced a defeat after seven consecutive victories.
Claudio Ranieri's team lost with a minimal result of 1-0 to the team of "Lecce", one of the league's underdogs.
The team from the fashion capital faltered, allowing Marius Stankevičius' AS Roma to climb to fourth place in the league table by defeating Verona's Chievo 3-0 away. The Lithuanian watched the match from the bench.
In another game, "Milan" also won with a score of 1-0 against "Cagliari" at home and did not let the Turin "Juventus" club, leading in the championship, to pull away.
Results:
"Fiorentina" 2 - 1 "Siena" 4' [1 - 0] S. Jovetic 63' [2 - 0] C. Natali 89' [2 - 1] E. Calaio (penalty kick)
"Roma" 1 - 1 "Bologna" 56' [0 - 1] M.D. Vaio 62' [1 - 1] M. Pjanic
"Cesena" 0 - 1 Bergamo "Atalanta" 76' [0 - 1] M. Rossi (own goal) 79' G. Denis ("Atalanta") sent off
Verona's "Chievo" 0 - 3 Roma's "Lazio" 21' [0 - 1] A. Hernanes 87' [0 - 2] M. Klose 89' [0 - 3] M. Klose
"Genoa" 3 - 2 "Napoli" 31' [1 - 0] R. Palacio 36' [2 - 0] A. Gilardino 70' [3 - 0] R. Palacio 81' [3 - 1] E. Cavani 82' [3 - 2] E. Lavezzi
"Lecce" 1 - 0 Milano "Inter" 40' [1 - 0] G.G.S. Giacomazzi
"Palermo" 2 - 0 "Novara" 41' [1 - 0] I. Budan 72' [2 - 0] I. Budan
"Milan" 3 - 0 "Cagliari" 32' [1 - 0] Z. Ibrahimovic 39' [2 - 0] A. Nocerino 75' [3 - 0] M. Ambrosini