Serie A Roundup – Week 33

Whomever said that the race for the Scudetto was over, spoke too soon. Inter Milan suffered a stunning 1-0 loss on the road to Napoli. Ex-Juve striker Marcelo Zalayeta scored in the 73rd minute to give Napoli the win and extend Inter’s winless streak to 3 games. The loss was the Nerazzurri’s 3rd of the season and may have opened the door to 2nd place AC Milan to challenge Inter for the Scudetto.

AC Milan continues its fierce late season charge with a 3-0 win at the San Siro over Palermo. 2 PK goals from Kaká and another score from Super Pippo Inzaghi gave Il Rossoneri the win. Milan extended their unbeaten streak to 7, having won 6 in that span. AC Milan has pulled 2 points ahead of Juventus and moved to within 7 points of their league leading arch rivals.

Fiorentina moved into 4th place and the last Champions League spot with an impressive 4-1 win at home versus fellow Champions League spot contender, Roma. A double by Alberto Gilardino helped I Viola to the 3 points. Fiorentina leaped over Genoa after Genoa lost 2-0 to Bologna on the road. Marco Di Vaio scored his league leading 21st goal for Bologna in the victory.

Here are the results and standings from Week 33:

SATURDAY, APRIL 25th
Chievo 1 – 2 Udinese
CHI: Sergio Pellissier (71′)
UDI: Gaetano D’Agostino (pen 35′ & 93′)

Fiorentina 4 – 1 AS Roma
FIO: Juan Manuel Vargas (6′), Alberto Gilardino (47′ & 67′), Massimo Gobbi (73′)
ROM: Julio Baptista (86′)

SUNDAY, APRIL 26th
Bologna 2 – 0 Genoa
BOL: Marco Di Vaio (pen 15′) & Claudio Terzi (25′)

Lazio 0 – 1 Atalanta
ATL: Leonardo Talamonti (24′)

Lecce 2 – 1 Catania
LEC: Gianni Munari (11′) & Simone Tiribocchi (25′)
CAT: Jorge Martínez (47′)

AC Milan 3 – 0 Palermo
ACM: Kaká (pen 10′ & pen 56′) & Filippo Inzaghi (19′)

Reggina 2 – 2 Juventus
REG: Antonino Barillá (26′) & Emil Hallfreðsson (69′)
JUV: Alessandro Del Piero (pen 48′) & Cristiano Zanetti (73′)

Torino 1 – 0 Siena
TOR: Rolando Bianchi (10′)

Sampdoria 3 – 3 Cagliari
SAM: Guido Marilungo (26′ & 43′) & Antonio Cassano (86′)
CAG: Alessandro Matri (47′), Robert Acquafresca (pen 68′), Daniele Conti (80′)

Napoli 1 – 0 Inter Milan
NAP: Marcelo Zalayeta (73′)

STANDINGS