Roma in a romp
ROMA were indebted to a trio of former Premier League rejects to maintain their slim Serie A title hopes yesterday.
Federico Fazio, Mohamed Salah and Edin Dzeko were all on target in the 3-0 win over Bologna.
Leaders Juventus, who beat Chievo thanks to Gonzalo Higuain’s double on Saturday, hold a six-point advantage to remain on course for a sixth successive championship in Italy.
Elsewhere, AC Milan cruised to 4-0 win over Palermo while rivals Inter slipped up 2-1 at Crotone.
In Spain, Neymar is ® sweating over his availability for El Clasico on April 23.
The Barca star was sent off in the shock 2-0 loss at Malaga. But the Brazilian’s sarcastic applause as he walked off could result in a longer ban if his reaction is deemed as misconduct against the officials.
Real Madrid, who were held in the derby with Atletico, are three points clear with a game in hand.
Bayern Munich took a huge step towards winning a fifth Bundesliga title in a row after their 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund.
P W D Juventus ................ 31 25 2 Roma ...................... 31 23 2 Napoli ..................... 30 19 7 Lazio ...................... 30 18 6 Atalanta ................. 31 18 5 AC Milan ................ 31 17 6 Inter Milan .............. 31 17 4 Fiorentina .............. 31 14 10 Sampdoria ............. 31 12 9 Torino .................... 31 11 11 Udinese .................. 31 11 7 Chievo .................... 31 11 5 Cagliari .................. 31 10 5 Bologna ................. 31 9 7 Sassuolo ................ 31 9 5 Genoa .................... 31 7 8 Empoli .................... 31 5 8 Crotone .................. 31 5 5 Palermo ................. 31 3 6 Pescara .................. 31 2 8 L F A Pt 4 62 20 77 6 69 26 71 4 69 33 64 6 52 31 60 8 52 34 59 8 47 33 57 10 57 35 55
7 49 39 52 10 39 37 45 9 59 52 44 13 41 40 40 15 35 45 38 16 41 62 35 15 29 46 34 17 38 49 32 16 30 51 29 18 18 49 23 21 25 51 20 22 25 67 15 21 31 68 14 L F A Pt 2 79 4 88 5 56 6 56 7 45 11 40
9 52 11 43
9 43 13 45 11 29 14 47 13 46 14 36 15 32 15 33 16 26 18 31 19 26 20 32 31 72 28 69 24 62 39 61 24 54 36 50 42 50 41 49 42 46 51 41 38 40 54 39 51 35 47 33 47 31 50 28 48 27 58 22 64 20 70 17