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The Serie A is heading down to the last few matches. There are 9 weeks left for teams to slip down the table or rise up the table. The marquee matchup of the weekend was AS Roma vs Juventus, too bad the match was one-sided as La Vecchia Signora dominated I Giallorossi in Rome.&nbsp; The score 4-1, Vincenzo Iaquinta scored twice to give the Turin side its 5th straight win and extend its unbeaten streak to 7 matches.&nbsp; The loss dropped Roma into 6th place a full 5 points from a Champions League spot.
Genoa &amp; Fiorentina both won to make their duel for the last Champions League place more compelling.&nbsp; Genoa took care of Udinese 2-0 at home, Diego Milito scored his 16th goal of the season as Genoa maintained 4th place in the standings. Fiorentina kept pace with a tough 1-0 win at home versus Siena. Once again, Adrian Mutu saved I Viola with a goal in the 72nd minute to break Fiorentina’s 2 game losing streak and keep them in 5th place just 2 points back of Genoa.
Here are the results from Week 29 – home teams listed first:
Saturday, March 21
Catania 1 – 0 Lazio 
CAT: Michele Paolucci (24′)
Roma 1- 4 Juventus 
ROM: Simone Loria (48′) 
JUV: Iaquinta (34′ &amp; 55′), Mellberg (68′), Nedved (74′)
Sunday, March 22
Bologna 0 – 1 Cagliari 
CAG: Robert Acquafresca (45′)
Chievo 1 – 0 Palermo 
CHI: Luciano (46′)
Fiorentina 1 – 0 Siena 
FIO: Adrian Mutu (72′)
Genoa 2 – 0 Udinese 
GEN: Giuseppe Sculli (60′), Diego Milito (94′)
Inter Milan 3 – 0 Reggina 
INT: Esteban Cambiasso (6′), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (10′ &amp; 58′)
Lecce 2 – 2 Atalanta 
LEC: Fabio Caserta (9′ &amp; 91′) 
ATL: Simone Padoin (29′ &amp; 48′)
Torino 1 – 3 Sampdoria 
TOR: Rolando Bianchi (29′) 
SAM: Pazzini (8′), Sammarco (24′), Cassano (69′)
Napoli 0 – 0 AC Milan
STANDINGS 
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Serie A Roundup - Week 29 - World Soccer Talk

Serie A Roundup – Week 29

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After this week’s results in Spain, two things are clear: #1. The top 3 teams in the league are lethal &amp; ferocious finishers. In Week 28, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Sevilla FC won their matches by a combined score of 13 to 1. Only Valladolid managed to score in their 4-1 drubbing at the hands of Sevilla.
#2. The battle for the 2 Europa League spots will come down to the final week. After this week’s matches there are 4 teams tied at 43 points in pursuit of European positions.
Atletico Madrid’s tendency to play down or up to their opponents level was on the downside as they lost 2-0 at Mallorca. Los Colchoneros are holding on to 5th place with the edge in goal differential.
Valencia broke out of a 6-game winless streak with a big 1-0 road win against Racing to move into 6th place and back into a European spot. Juan Mata scored in the 77th minute to get the 3 points.
Malaga was this week’s victim of the Barcelona goal scoring machine as the Blaugrana destroyed the newly promoted side 6-0 at the Camp Nou.&nbsp; The lethal trio of Henry, Messi, and Eto’o each scored with Eto’o scoring twice to bury the Andulsian side.&nbsp; Malaga is now in 8th place.
The other team battling for a Europa League spot is Deportivo La Coruna.&nbsp; Depor drew 1-1 at home to Real Betis wasting an opportunity to move into 5th place by themselves.&nbsp; The draw puts them in 7th place.
Here are the results from Week 28 – home teams listed first:
Saturday, March 21
Villarreal 2 – 0 Athletic Bilbao 
VIL: Cazorla (68′) &amp; Fernández (91′)
Sevilla 4 – 1 Valladolid 
SEV: Kanouté (7′, 42′, 69′) &amp; Luis Fabiano (57′) 
VLD: Goitom (21′)
Sunday, March 22
Deportivo La Coruna 1 – 1 Real Betis 
DLC: Verdú (8′) 
BET: Sergio García (32′)
Numancia 2 – 1 Sporting Gijon 
NUM: Barkero (43′) &amp; Goiria (54′) 
SPG: Barral (46′)
Osasuna 1 – 0 Espanyol 
OSA: Nekounam (92′)
Racing Santander 0 – 1 Valencia 
VAL: Mata (77′)
Getafe 2 – 1 Recreativo Huelva 
GET: Soldado (63′ &amp; 67′) 
REC: Maidana (46′)
Real Madrid 3 – 0 Almeria 
RMA: Marcelo (23′), Huntelaar (52′ &amp; 65′)
Barcelona 6 – 0 Malaga 
BAR: Xavi (19′), Messi (25′), Henry (32′), Eto’o (44′ &amp; 56′), Alves (51′)
Mallorca 2 – 0 Atletico Madrid 
MAL: Aritz Aduriz (23′) &amp; Gonzalo Castro (90′)
STANDINGS 
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La Liga Roundup - Week 28 - World Soccer Talk

La Liga Roundup – Week 28

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