Italian Serie A – Round 27

March 4, 2017

Roma                        1-2                Napoli

Kevin Strootman 89’                                      Dries Mertens 26’ 50’

Roma stumbles in the title race at home.

You know it was a bad day for Roma when Edin Dzeko is not on the score sheet.

Napoli went to Rome and came out victorious.

Sampdoria                 3-1              Pescara

Bruno Fernandes 18’                                       Alberto Cerri 32’

Fabio Quagliarella 58’

Patrik Schick 68’

Sampdoria took advantage of bottom table Pescara and ended a Series of draws.

AC Milan                 3-1                 Chievo Verona

Carlos Bacca 24’ 70’                                    Jonathan De Guzman 42’(pen)

Gianluca Lapadula 82’(pen)

AC Milan made it five league matches without a defeat after two second-half goals restored their lead over Chievo Verona.

March 5, 2017

Atalanta                0-0                Fiorentina

The 2016/17 Serie A season will complete with Atalanta and Fiorentina not finding a goal against each other.  It was another goalless draw that maintained the ten-point gap Atalanta enjoys over Fiorentina in the league standings.

Empoli                   0-2               Genoa

                                                                     Olivier Ntcham 89’

                                                                    Oscar Hiljemark 90’+3’

Arguably against the run of play, two late goals gave Genoa an away victory over Empoli.  The result allowed Genoa to open up a 7-point gap between the two sides, leaving Empoli sitting right above the relegation zone.

Cagliari                  1-5                  Inter Milan

Marco Borriello 42’                                  Ivan Perisic 34’ 47’

                                                                    Ever Banega 39’

                                                                    Mauro Icardi 67’(pen)

                                                                    Roberto Gagliardini 89’

A victory that shows the change in Inter Milan’s form.

Inter Milan bounced back from their ‘3-1’ defeat to Roma by thrashing recently-promoted Cagliari.

It was Inter Milan’s revenge for their loss earlier in the season after a late own goal denied them any point in front of their home fans.

Udinese                     1-1              Juventus

Duvan Zapata 37’                                         Leonardo Bonucci 60’

Juventus could take full advantage of Roma’s slip up against Napoli and open a wider gap.  A point from Udinese was good enough to extend their lead at the of the table to 8 points.

Torino                      3-1                  Palermo

Andrea Belotti 73’ 76’ 81’                               Andrea Rispoli 30’

Torino avoided a humiliating home defeat to relegation zoned Palermo when Andrea Belotti scored a hat-trick in 8 minutes to bring Torino from a goal behind to winning by two goals.

Crotone                 0-0           Sassuolo

Crotone ended five consecutive league defeats with a goalless draw against Sassuolo.

Bologna                0-2                     Lazio

                                                                             Ciro Immobile 9’ 74’

Ciro Immobile scored a brace as Lazio defeated Bologna to keep up with their bid for a top-four finish in Serie A.