Juventus regained top spot in Serie A thanks to substitute Alessandro Del
Piero's decisive goal in a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Champions League
hopefuls Lazio.
The unbeaten Turin outfit found themselves toppled at the summit by AC Milan on Tuesday after the Rossoneri won 1-0 at Chievo, but Simone Pepe set them on
their way on Wednesday with the opening goal after half an hour.
Stefano Mauri equalised for the visitors on the stroke of half-time but Del
Piero grabbed an 82nd-minute winner with a superb free-kick to lift Antonio
Conte's side a point above Milan with six games left.
Libor Kozak was sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence to add
to Lazio's misery.
Roma struck twice late in the second half to defeat Udinese 3-1 and keep their
Champions League hopes alive.
Daniel Osvaldo put the home team in front in the eighth minute, but Luis
Enrique's side were pegged back as Gelson Fernandes equalised two minutes before
half-time.
Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic produced a wonderful display to repel
Roma's efforts after the restart but could do nothing to keep out Francesco
Totti's close-range effort four minutes from time, and Marquinho made it 3-1 at
the death.
Napoli's hopes of securing European football suffered another setback as Walter
Mazzarri's side fell to a 3-1 home defeat to Atalanta and had Macedonian striker
Goran Pandev sent off.
Giacomo Bonaventura's 10th-minute opener for the mid-table visitors sent Napoli
on their way to a third consecutive league defeat which left Mazzarri's men
outside the UEFA Europa League qualifying places.
Ezequiel Lavezzi equalised for the home side, but second-half scores by
Gianpaolo Bellini Carlos Carmona put the game out of reach.
Diego Milito netted twice as Inter Milan snatched a 2-1 win to bolster their
European bid at home to Siena.
The visitors took an eighth-minute lead through Gaetano D'Agostino only for
Milito to level on 42 minutes.
The Argentina striker then grabbed the winner from the penalty spot on 81
minutes after substitute Yugo Nagatomo was felled in the area.
Siena's night got worse in stoppage time when goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo was
dismissed for his protests with the referee.
The win moved Inter two points behind the Europa League places.
Elsewhere, Parma cruised to a comfortable 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Novara
thanks to first-half goals from Sebastian Giovinco and Jonathan Moreira.
Novara midfielder Marco Rigoni missed a penalty in the second half as the
relegation-threatened visitors failed to make the breakthrough.
Cesena kept alive their slim hopes of avoiding the drop by salvaging a 1-1 draw
at fellow strugglers Genoa.
Marco Rossi opened the scoring for the home side at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris,
but Adrian Mutu's reply 14 minutes from time ensured the points were shared.
Lecce's bid to escape relegation received another boost as they struck twice in
the last two minutes to come from behind and claim a 2-1 win at ten-man Catania.
Gonzalo Bergessio put Catania ahead in the 52nd minute and Lecce should have
equalised after the hour mark but David Di Michele missed a penalty.
However, substitute Daniele Corvia drew Lecce level in the 88th minute with
Catania goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo handed his marching orders for a second
bookable offence. Di Michele then made amends for his earlier miss and netted
the winner soon after.
Finally, Fiorentina were held to a goalless home draw by Palermo.
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