Week 23 review: Inter's one hand on the scudetto

Inter made light work of Cagliari on Sunday afternoon at the San Siro, dispatching of Cagliari by 3-0 in comfortable fashion, while city rivals Milan failed to win for the third consecutive round away in Bologna taking only a 0-0 draw from the match. Since the derby defeat Milan seem to have been hit for six, unable to score like they did so frequently only rounds ago and short on confidence once again much like they were at the start of the season. With Manchester United coming to Milan next week, if these sort of performances continue there season could be all but over in terms of hunting trophies. They face Udinese at home on Friday, so a chance to build up some momentum before that almighty champions league clash is on the table. Inter on the other hand keep on winning, and once again next signing Goran Pandev was on the score sheet. They have opened up a ten point lead on Milan, but now have Roma in their rear view mirror as the Capital side moved up into second place thanks to a victory in Florence. Fiorentina outplayed Roma from start to finish, and could have been well in front at half time. However, Roma punished them for not taking their chances and stole three points at the death through Mirko Vucinic.

Juventus woes continued however, as they could only take a point from Livorno away after initially falling behind. They take on Genoa at the weekend, and the away side will look to take advantage of a giant in crisis and build on their win against Chievo.

Napoli suffered their first Serie A defeat since Walter Mazzarri took over and their first goal conceded since December 12th 2009. Antonio Di Natale's hatrick was the difference as Udinese took the three points against the southern outfit.

Elsewhere
Atalanta picked up three points against a travel sick Bari side, while Catania took three points from Rome as they beat Lazio by 1-0. The Rome side have since sacked manager Davide Ballardini for former Napoli coach Edy Reja. Sampdoria won their third game in a row as they beat Siena 2-1 away from home, while city rivals Genoa continued their climb up the table as they beat Chievo 1-0 thanks to Marco Rossi. Finally, Palermo kept up their sparkling form by beating Parma 2-1 at home, with Fabio Simpilicio scoring a late winner.