On a night of the 30th round of Serie A matches in Italy, the country's vice-champion "Roma" couldn't overcome the mid-table team and played a 1-1 draw. Despite Alessandro Florenzi putting Garcia's team ahead in the second half, Maxi Lopez equalized just a few minutes later.
The slip-up by "Giallorossi" was brilliantly capitalized on by the other team from the capital, "Lazio", who demolished "Empoli" 4-0 at home and climbed to second place in Serie A. The goals for Rome team were scored by Stefano Mauri, Miroslav Klose, Antonio Candreva, and Felipe Anderson.
Meanwhile, "Napoli" unexpectedly defeated Florence's "Fiorentina" 3-0 at home and took the fourth position away from them. Rafa Benitez's team now has one point more than "Viola", but they are still seven points behind the third place. Last night, the Southern Italian club was led to victory by Dries Mertens, Marek Hamsik, and Jose Callejon.
In the fight for a place in the Europa League, Genoa's "Sampdoria" played a 1-1 draw away to "Milan" and now have the same number of points as "Fiorentina". Although Siniša Mihajlović's team was initially ahead with Roberto Soriano's goal, "Rossoneri" equalized with Nigel De Jong's strike.
Results:
"Cesena" 0 - 1 "Chievo" [0-1] 83' Sergio Pellissier
"Atalanta" 2 - 1 "Sassuolo" [1-0] 42' German Denis [1-1] 59' Domenico Berardi [2-1] 63' German Denis (from the penalty spot) 71' Simone Missiroli (Sassuolo) sent off 81' Giuseppe Biava (Atalanta) sent off
"Lazio" 4 - 0 "Empoli" [1-0] 4' Stefano Mauri [2-0] 31' Miroslav Klose [3-0] 44' Antonio Candreva [4-0] 53' Felipe Anderson 58' Diego Novaretti (Lazio) sent off
"Napoli" 3 - 0 "Fiorentina" [1-0] 23' Dries Mertens [2-0] 71' Marek Hamšik [3-0] 89' Jose Maria Callejon
"Torino" 1 - 1 "Roma" [0-1] 58' Alessandro Florenzi (from the penalty spot) [1-1] 64' Maxi Lopez
"Udinese" 1 - 3 "Palermo" [0-1] 15' Achraf Lazaar [0-2] 21' Luca Rigoni [0-3] 66' Ivailo Chochev [1-3] 81' Antonio Di Natale
"Milan" 1 - 1 "Sampdoria" [0-1] 58' Roberto Soriano [1-1] 74' Nigel De Jong
