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Serie A round-up: Roma ruin Maldini's farewell as Juve move to second

Monday, May 25, 2009

There was no happy ending for the retiring AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini as his last match at San Siro ended in a 3-2 loss to AS Roma.

John Arne Riise opened the scoring for Roma in the 36th minute when the full-back buried a left-footed free-kick into the top corner from 30 yards.

Massimo Ambrosini brought Milan level on 75 minutes as he fired home the rebound after goalkeeper Arthur failed to hold Filippo Inzaghi's shot.

Roma substitute Jérémy Menez restored Roma's lead five minutes later when he dribbled past Giuseppe Favalli to shoot low past Dida.

But a minute later Milan were level again as Ambrosini poked home Kaká's low cross

Francesco Totti then put the seal on a topsy-turvy encounter when he hammered home a free-kick five minutes from the end.

Milan became more and more desperate and with tempers running high, Ambrosini spoiled his afternoon when he was given his marching orders on 88 minutes for arguing with the referee for a penalty that hadn't been given.


AC Milan
AC Milan logo
2 - 3
AS Roma logo
AS Roma
Massimo Ambrosini 75
John Arne Riise 36
Massimo Ambrosini 81
Jérémy Menez 80

Francesco Totti 85


AC Milan v AS Roma goal & highlights




Caretaker boss Ciro Ferrara was handed the perfect start to life in the Juventus hot seat as he guided them to a 3-0 win at Siena to move them up to second.

Ferrara's troops went ahead after 18 minutes when Alessandro Del Piero fired in a 30-yard free-kick that curled in the top-right corner.

Claudio Marchisio doubled Juve's lead with 39 minutes played as he turned in Del Piero's precise pass.

Del Piero then sealed the victory with his second of the match, striking low into the bottom corner on 89 minutes.


Siena
Siena logo
0 - 3
Juventus logo
Juventus

Alessandro Del Pieroa 18

Claudio Marchisio 39

Alessandro Del Piero 89


Siena v Juventus goal & highlights


Elsewhere in Serie A on Sunday:

AtalantaAtalanta logo
2 - 2
Palermo logo
Palermo
Cagliari
Cagliari logo
2 - 1
Inter Milan logo
Inter Milan
Catania
Catania logo
3 - 1
Napoli logo
Napoli
Chievo
Chievo logo
0 - 0
Bologna logo
Bologna
Lecce
Lecce logo
1 - 1
Fiorentina logo
Fiorentina
Sampdoria
Sampdoria logo
2 - 2
Udinese logo
Udinese
Torino
Torino logo
2 - 3
Genoa logo
Genoa


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