Tevez stars for Juventus, Milan held, Napoli lose
26 March 2014 5:05 AM IST
Roma had reduced the arrears to Antonio Conte’s pacesetters with a 2-0 win away to Chievo on Saturday when Torino striker Ciro Immobile had gone top of the scorers’ charts thanks to a hat-trick in a 3-1 win against Livorno.
But Roma’s hopes that Juve would drop points on their trip to Catania were already slim and after Tevez saw his low strike creep past the outstretched hand of Mariano Andujar on the hour the Sicilian strugglers suffered a further blow when Gonzalo Bergessio saw red for a foul on defender Giorgio Chiellini.
Rolando Maran’s hosts battled but Juventus were unlucky not to add further goals with Tevez, Andrea Pirlo, from a free kick, and Arturo Vidal all testing Andujar in the final stages. The champions’ 25th win kept them top on 78 points, 14 ahead of Roma.
A late header by Spanish forward Joaquin helped Fiorentina snatch a precious 1-0 win away at 10-man Napoli which dented the Partenopei’s hopes of a second-place finish.
Lazio welcomed an ailing AC Milan looking to creep closer to the Europa League places but dropped two precious points in a 1-1 draw.
Kaka helped open the scoring in the 43rd minute. Lazio levelled just after the hour when Uruguayan Alvaro Gonzalez got on the end of Lucas Biglia’s nod-on into the box to head past Marco Amelia from close range to draw level and pile misery on AC Milan.
But Roma’s hopes that Juve would drop points on their trip to Catania were already slim and after Tevez saw his low strike creep past the outstretched hand of Mariano Andujar on the hour the Sicilian strugglers suffered a further blow when Gonzalo Bergessio saw red for a foul on defender Giorgio Chiellini.
Rolando Maran’s hosts battled but Juventus were unlucky not to add further goals with Tevez, Andrea Pirlo, from a free kick, and Arturo Vidal all testing Andujar in the final stages. The champions’ 25th win kept them top on 78 points, 14 ahead of Roma.
A late header by Spanish forward Joaquin helped Fiorentina snatch a precious 1-0 win away at 10-man Napoli which dented the Partenopei’s hopes of a second-place finish.
Lazio welcomed an ailing AC Milan looking to creep closer to the Europa League places but dropped two precious points in a 1-1 draw.
Kaka helped open the scoring in the 43rd minute. Lazio levelled just after the hour when Uruguayan Alvaro Gonzalez got on the end of Lucas Biglia’s nod-on into the box to head past Marco Amelia from close range to draw level and pile misery on AC Milan.
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