Serie A round 19: Inter come back from the dead, Juve crumble to ruins

This weekends fixtures saw Juve smashed 3-0 by Milan and Inter comeback at the brink.

Inter 4-3 Siena
Inter played Siena and were 1-0 down early through a stunning Maccarone goal. Diego Milito leveled and Wesley Sneijder fired home from a free kick to set up what looked like to be another victory for Inter. But, Siena equalised almost immediately and after the break Maccarone finished off a fine move to give Siena, rock bottom of the league, the lead at the San Siro. And so it stayed, until the 89th minute where Sneijder again fired home a stunning free kick. Still, it was not the end as Goran Pandev set up Walter 'the wall samuel' in injury time to score. 4-3 Inter, Siena heartbreak.

Juventus 0-3 Milan
AC Milan demolished Juventus in Turin to keep up their superb momentum and close the gap on Inter to eight points, with a game in hand for the back and reds as well. Juve started well but dreadful defending cost them time and time again and first Nesta taped home after a Pirlo corner bypassed four Juve players, second Ronaldinho headed home unmarked on a corner and finally Ronaldinho again scored with a cool finish in the box under little pressure. Juve were broken here and in reality surely now a new coach is required to halt there mid season disintegration.
Race for the Champions League places
Fiorentina, Palermo, Napoli and Roma are the main current protagonists for these positions and can now even realistically challegne Juventus after all moving within at least three points of them. Roma, with ten men, held out for a 1-0 victory over Chievo thanks to a Daniele De Rossi header. Napoli also beat Sampdoria by 1-0 thanks to a German Denis header as well as they keep them fantastic run of being unbeaten under Walter Mazzari. Fiorentina also won, beating inform Bari 2-1. They came from behind after Edgar Baretto gave them the lead through a header from close range. The viola came back though for a vital win to keep them high in the table, as Adrian Mutu and Jose Castillo gave them the goals for the three points. Palermo also seem reborn under Delio Rossi, and an Edison Cavani penalty gave them the win over Atalanta.

Elsewhere
Lazio drew away to Udinese 1-1 to ensure they start the year unbeaten with new boy Sergio Floccari scoring for the third time in two games, but much better performances will be required if they are to pull away from the bottom of the table any time soon. Bologna crashed at home to Cagliari as they look set to be involved in a relegation battle right to the end. Genoa returned to winning ways as they beat Catania 2-0, while Livorno beat Parma at home to see them climb to 14th in the table, while Parma crash to their third straight defeat.