Truth be told, this was a weekend of high drama but only modest consequence for most of Serie A
This was not a good weekend for those Serie A fans who prefer to leave a game early and beat the traffic. Cagliari salvaged a point at home to Roma with a goal in the 95th minute. Fiorentina left it even later away to Sassuolo, Kevin Mirallas dragging them level in the 96th. That was the same minute in which Lazio took a 2-1 lead at home to Sampdoria. Somehow, they finished all square as well.
The timing of those goals offers only a glimpse of the drama. Cagliari had trailed 2-0 to Roma as late as the 84th minute. Even after Artur Ionita halved the deficit, the Sardinians quickly found themselves reduced to nine men – Luca Ceppitelli and Darijo Srna sent off for protesting a free-kick decision too vehemently. Still, Marco Sau was able to punish a moment of inattentiveness from Roma’s defence at the end.
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Milan 0-0 Torino, Genoa 1-1 Spal, Empoli 2-1 Bologna, Parma 1-1 Chievo, Udinese 1-3 Atalanta, Sassuolo 3-3 Fiorentina, Lazio 2-2 Sampdoria, Cagliari 2-2 Roma, Napoli 4-0 Frosinone, Juventus 1-0 Internazionale
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