Milan beat Fiorentina, Juve edge closer to title
29 March 2014 4:44 AM IST
Mario Balotelli struck once and set up the other as AC Milan fought to a 2-0 win over Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A football.
Wednesday’s win was Milan’s first first in five games and it helped lift the pressure on their head coach Clarence Seedorf.
Milan’s win also practically wrote off Fiorentina’s chance of clinching a place in the Champions League with 10 points now separating them from third-placed Napoli.
Seedorf praised Balotelli’s attitude followin the win. ‘I asked Mario for intensity and in that sense he had a great game in both phases. We already knew he had talent and could take free kicks like that, but I was most impressed by his consistency and intensity tonight,’ Seedorf said. Thanks to a brace from Carlos Tevez, Juventus ended Parma’s lengthy unbeaten run and took another step towards retaining the title with a 2-1 win at home.
Napoli staved off a valiant fightback from Catania to win 4-2 at the Stadio Angelo Massimino. Duvan Zapata, Jose Callejon and Henrique scored in the first half to make the final outcome look like a foregone conclusion, but bottom side Catania hit back through Fabian Monzon and Norbert Gyomber.
SERIE A RESULTS: Fiorentina 0-2 Milan, Cheivo 3-0 Bologna, Atalanta 2-0 Livorno, Sassuolo 1-2 Sampdoria, Cagiliari 1-0 Verona, Juve 2-1 Parma, Catonia 2-4 Napoli
Wednesday’s win was Milan’s first first in five games and it helped lift the pressure on their head coach Clarence Seedorf.
Milan’s win also practically wrote off Fiorentina’s chance of clinching a place in the Champions League with 10 points now separating them from third-placed Napoli.
Seedorf praised Balotelli’s attitude followin the win. ‘I asked Mario for intensity and in that sense he had a great game in both phases. We already knew he had talent and could take free kicks like that, but I was most impressed by his consistency and intensity tonight,’ Seedorf said. Thanks to a brace from Carlos Tevez, Juventus ended Parma’s lengthy unbeaten run and took another step towards retaining the title with a 2-1 win at home.
Napoli staved off a valiant fightback from Catania to win 4-2 at the Stadio Angelo Massimino. Duvan Zapata, Jose Callejon and Henrique scored in the first half to make the final outcome look like a foregone conclusion, but bottom side Catania hit back through Fabian Monzon and Norbert Gyomber.
SERIE A RESULTS: Fiorentina 0-2 Milan, Cheivo 3-0 Bologna, Atalanta 2-0 Livorno, Sassuolo 1-2 Sampdoria, Cagiliari 1-0 Verona, Juve 2-1 Parma, Catonia 2-4 Napoli
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