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On Sunday, the remaining 12 matches were played in the Italian championship. The "Fiorentina" interrupted the "Milan" series of eight consecutive victories, while "Inter" recovered with a win against "Parma". "Fiorentina" played against "Milan" at home and defeated the title rivals 3-1. Just ten minutes after the start of the match, the excellent in-form "Fiorentina" forward L.Toni scored the first goal with a header. This goal "woke up" the visiting team, who immediately created several dangerous opportunities and in the 25th minute, A.Gilardino's header found the back of the net, making the score 1-1. However, at the beginning of the second half, the hosts once again broke forward. Taking advantage of a defensive error by A.Nesta, the ball was sent to the net by the Dane M.Jorgensen. "Milan" tried to equalize, but the hosts successfully defended and in the 87th minute, L.Toni secured his team's victory by scoring a goal from a corner. This victory allowed the "Fiorentina" club to catch up with their rivals in the tournament table and share the third position with them. Meanwhile, another Milan club, "Inter", at home, somewhat struggled with a 2-0 victory over the "Parma" team. The hosts could not break the opponents' defense until the 69th minute, when J.Verona's precise pass led the Portuguese player L.Figo towards the goalkeeper and the ball went into the net after his shot. Towards the end of the match, "Inter" manager R.Mancini sent E.Cambiasso onto the field, who scored his team's second goal within a minute and sealed the hosts' victory. "Sampdoria" continued their successful performance in the championship by defeating Rome's "Lazio" team 2-0 at home. Although neither team had many opportunities during the first hour of the match, the substitutions made by the "Sampdoria" coach revitalized the hosts' game and in the 72nd minute, A.Diana, who came on as a substitute, put "Sampdoria" ahead. Two minutes later, another substitute on the field, F.Flachi, scored another goal for the hosts, and the struggling "Lazio" team had to admit the opponents' superiority. "Palermo", positioned in the middle of the tournament table, could only manage a draw away against the underdog "Treviso", led by the new team coach A.Cavasinas, with a score of 2-2. In the first six minutes of the game, the home team's player Reginaldo scored two goals, putting "Treviso" in the lead by two goals. However, the "Palermo" players later gathered themselves, responded with two goals, and secured a point. The team "Livorno" continued their excellent results, this time defeating "Empoli" at home. The victory was brought to the hosts by goals from S.Morrone and C.Lucarelli, helping their club to rise to the fifth position. Also, the team "Chievo", who has been quite successful this season, could not defeat the "Serie A" underdogs "Ascoli" at home. Although the Verona club took the lead after a precise shot from S.Pellissier, the visitors equalized thanks to G.Comotto's goal just before the end of the first half, so the match ended in a 1-1 draw. On the other hand, "Reggina" defeated the visitors from the struggling "Cagliari" with a score of 3-1. The hosts scored two goals in the first half, but in the 66th minute, N.Abeijono's goal brought hope back for the "Cagliari" team. However, with only ten minutes left in the match, the home team's player C.Paredes secured his team's victory by scoring the third goal. Finally, another championship underdog, the "Lecce" club, remembered the taste of victory by crushing "Siena" 3-0 at home. The victory was brought to the hosts by goals from M.Vučiničiaus, A.Konano, and G.Cozzolino. Results of Sunday's matches: 3 - 1 10` [1 - 0] Luca Toni 25` [1 - 1] Alberto Gilardino 46` [2 - 1] Martin Jorgensen 87` [3 - 1] Luca Toni 2 - 0 68` [1 - 0] Luis Figo 81` [2 - 0] Esteban Cambiasso 2 - 0 72` [1 - 0] Aimo Stefano Diana 74` [2 - 0] Francesco Flachi 2 - 2 2` [1 - 0] Reginaldo 6` [2 - 0] Reginaldo 27` [2 - 1] Michele Ferri 69` [2 - 2] Franco Brienza 2 - 0 31` [1 - 0] Stefano Morrone 87` [2 - 0] Cristiano Lucarelli 1 - 1 1` [1 - 0] Sergio Pellissier 43` [1 - 1] Gianluca Comotto 3 - 1 2` [1 - 0] Nicola Amoruso 38` [2 - 0] Francesco Cozza (11m.) 66` [2 - 1] Nelson Abeijon 80` [3 - 1] Carlos Humberto Paredes 3 - 0 16` [1 - 0] Mirko Vucinic 63` [2 - 0] Axel Cedric Konan 90` [3 - 0] Giuseppe Cozzolino
