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All 35th round matches took place at the same time on Sunday, and in one match two championship leaders fought - "Milan" had to admit a minimal victory to "Juventus" at home and before the end of the championship, leaving three rounds behind, yielded the first place to the Turin club on the tournament table. The most important matches of the season took place at the "San Siro" stadium, and although "Milan" had the advantage of the field, the non-participating in the Champions League "Juventus" players seemed better prepared for this fight and snatched the victory thanks to the only goal by D.Trezeguet. Although the hosts started the match more actively and in the 19th minute A.Sheva failed to take advantage of a good opportunity, in the 28th minute the guests broke forward - A.Del Piero passed the ball into the penalty area and there D.Trezeguet headed the ball into the net. Later Del Piero's attempt was blocked by Dida, and during the break "Milan" coach C.Ancelotti made radical changes - Serginho took the field instead of A.Pirlo, and furthermore the hosts started playing with three defenders. In the 56th minute, F.Inzaghi also got a chance to score after an injury, but immediately almost made his mark - in a counterattack, A.Shevchenko managed to pass the ball to his teammate, but his shot was parried by G.Buffon, and the second attempt was stopped by G.Zambrotta. Soon after, "Juve" almost doubled the lead, but Del Piero's shot hit the crossbar. Tension was growing, and referee P.Collina twice refused to award a penalty kick: initially Cafu was slightly held in the penalty area, later F.Cannavaro handling the ball, but the referee decided to consider this episode as accidental. "Milan" launched a decisive attack, but still could not send the ball into G.Buffon's goal. "Juve" resisted and won three very important points, preventing their opponents from doing the same. In other matches of the day, the struggling "Brescia" club, fighting for survival, suffered a home defeat to Milan's "Inter", the outsider "Atalanta" kept hope alive by beating "Messina" at home, and "Fiorentina" achieved a very important victory against their direct competitor "Chievo". The clubs fighting for fourth place continued head-to-head: "Udinese" won away with a minimal difference against "Lazio" club, while "Sampdoria" easily won against "Lecce". Meanwhile, "Palermo" and "Cagliari" played goalless, "Reggina" and "Bologna" ended in a draw. Once again, "Livorno" lost a very productive match, this time at home in the Tuscan derby, losing 3-6 to "Siena". The match between "Parma" and "Roma" was dramatic - the visitors took the lead after a goal by A.Cassano, but later D.Morfeo equalized the score, and at the end of the match, A.Gilardino converted a penalty kick to snatch the victory for the hosts. 35th round match statistics: 0 - 1 20' [0 - 1] David Trezeguet 2 - 1 37' [0 - 1] Riccardo Zampagna 48' [1 - 1] Pereira Adriano 54' [2 - 1] Antonio Bernardini 0 - 3 54' [0 - 1] Obafemi Martins 65' [0 - 2] Obafemi Martins 90' [0 - 3] Christian Vieri M.Stankevičius played until the 55th minute 0 - 0 1 - 2 42' [0 - 1] Fabrizio Miccoli 79' [0 - 2] Valeri Bojinov 86' [1 - 2] Davide Mandelli 0 - 1 65' [0 - 1] Vincenzo Iaquinta 3 - 6 15' [0 - 1] Stefano Argilli 35' [1 - 1] Christiano Lucarelli (11m.) 36' [1 - 2] Enrico Chiesa 53' [1 - 3] Simone Vergassola 55' [2 - 3] Christiano Lucarelli 60' [2 - 4] Simone Vergassola 62' [2 - 5] Massimo Maccarone 72' [3 - 5] Corrado Colombo 81' [3 - 6] Massimo Maccarone 17' Fabio Galante ("Livorno") was sent off T.Danilevičius did not appear on the field 2 - 1 4' [0 - 1] Antonio Cassano 62' [1 - 1] Domenico Morfeo 88' [2 - 1] Alberto Gilardino (11m.) 1 - 1 15' [0 - 1] Claudio Bellucci 31' [1 - 1] Filipe Ricardo Esteves 3 - 0 23' [1 - 0] Aimo Diana 32' [2 - 0] Vitaly Kutuzov 87' [3 - 0] Mark Edusei
