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In the Italian "Serie A" championship on Sunday, seven matches of the 30th round were played. "Udinese" maintained the fourth place in the league after playing a draw with "Roma", important victories were also achieved by the "Lazio" and "Parma" clubs, while "Atalanta" climbed from the last position.
"Roma", currently in seventh place, needed to defeat "Udinese" away in order to return to the fight for a spot in the next season's Champions League, however, despite dominating the opponents for a long time, the hosts managed to equalize the score twice and secured a draw.
"Sampdoria" remains in fifth place after playing a draw with "Cagliari" away, while the sixth position is held by the "Palermo" club, who defeated "Messina" in a tense Sicilian derby.
"Lazio" rose to the middle of the tournament table after easily defeating Tomo Danilevičius' "Livorno" 3-1 at home. "Parma" also achieved a crucial victory away by winning 3-1 against "Reggina". "Atalanta" crushed "Chievo" at home and climbed from the last position after a long break, while the match between "Lecce" and "Siena" ended in a draw.
Table:
Statistics of Sunday's matches:
3 - 0
6' [1 - 0] Michele Marcolini (11m.)
14' [2 - 0] Stephen Makinwa
53' [3 - 0] Andrea Lazzari
0 - 0
3 - 1
16' [1 - 0] Roberto Muzzi
45' [2 - 0] Aparecido Cesar (11m.)
55' [3 - 0] Tommaso Rocchi
61' [3 - 1] Igor Protti (11m.)
Tomas Danilevičius ("Livorno") played the full match
2 - 2
10' [1 - 0] Cedric Konan
18' [1 - 1] Massimo Maccarone
55' [2 - 1] Massimo Paci
80' [2 - 2] Rodrigo Taddei
2 - 1
51' [1 - 0] Cristian Zaccardo
69' [1 - 1] Riccardo Zampagna
77' [2 - 1] Luca Toni
Salvatore Aronica ("Messina") in the 35th minute, Eugenio Corini ("Palermo") in the 81st minute sent off the field
1 - 3
21' [0 - 1] Domenico Morfeo
49' [0 - 2] Domenico Morfeo
53' [1 - 2] Mozart (11m.)
63' [1 - 3] Fabio Simplicio
Mark Bresciano ("Parma") sent off the field in the 65th minute
3 - 3
14' [0 - 1] Cristian Chivu
22' [0 - 2] Vincenzo Montella
27' [1 - 2] Antonio Di Natale
34' [2 - 2] Giampiero Pinzi
44' [2 - 3] Vincenzo Montella
75' [3 - 3] David Di Michele
