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Hello my friends. Here are  the Serie A RESULTS for Week 16 on Thursday 18, Saturday 20, and Sunday 21 December 2014. These are the last games in 2014 as there is the Christmas break. Serie A will resume on Monday 5 January 2015.

Juventus ending 2014 as sole leader of the Serie A with 39 points after defeating Cagliari with a 1-3.  Juventus commanding the Serie A and being the only Serie A team in Champions League.  It’s a great way to end the year.

Juventus and Napoli will be traveling to Doha to play the Supercoppa Italia on Sunday 22 December.

AS Roma failing to defeat AC Milan at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium to keep a -1 point difference wit Juventus.  The goalless draw  keeps Roma in the 2nd position with a -3 points difference behind Juventus.   AC Milan playing with 10 players since the 70th minute after Referee Rizzoli sent off defender Pablo Armero.

Chievo Verona ending with a happy note year 2014 by winning the Verona Derby after defeating Hellas Verona with the goal by forward Alberto Paloschi in the 81st minute.

Torino claiming a home victory at the Olimpido Stadium by defeating Genoa with the goals by defender Kamil Glik.

A tough lesson at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium for Palermo.  Palermo creating an upset by slapping Atalanta with 2 goals in the first half. Atalanta making a comeback in the second half to draw the match to a 3-3.   One goal ruled out for Atalanta for offside.

The top scorer up to Round 16: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 10 goals

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 16 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of + 27

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +17

–  , 3rd positions with 26 points points and a positive goal difference of +

–  , 4th position with   points and a positive goal difference of +

-, 5th position with  points and a positive goal difference of +

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Cesena, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -20

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Thursday 18 December 2014

• Serie A Week 16 / 16ª Giornata Andata​​

• Cagliari 1 – 3 Juventus, Goals: 3′ Carlos Tevez (J), 15′ Arturo Vidal (J), 50′ Fernando Llorente (J), 65′ Luca Rossettini (C)

• Napoli 2 – 0 Parma, Goals: 19′ Duvan Zapata (N),30′ Dries Mertens (N)

Saturday 20 December 2014

• Sassuolo 1 – 1 Cesena, Goals:  76′ Simone Zaza (pen) (S),    94′ Zé Eduardo (C)
• AS Roma 0 – 0 AC Milan, No Goals

Sunday 21 December 2014

• Hellas Verona 0 – 1 Chievo Verona,  Goals: 81′ Alberto Paloschi (C)

• Atalanta 3 – 3 Palermo, Goals: 6′ Luca Rigoni (P), 16′ Franco Vazquez (P), 40′ German Denis (pen)(A), 45′ Franco Vazquez (P), 55′ Maximiliano Moralez (A), 76′ German Denis (A)

• Fiorentina 1 – 1 Empoli, Goals: 44′ Juan Manuel Vargas, 57′ Lorenzo Tonelli

• Sampdoria 2 – 2 Udinese, Goals: 15′ Pedro Mba Obiang (S), 31′ Alexandre Geijo  (U), 34′ Danilo (U), 60′ Manolo Gabbiadini  (S)

• Torino  2 – 1 Genoa, Goals: 42′ Iago Falqué (G), 52′ Kamil Glik  (T), 63′ Kamil Glik  (T)
• Inter 2 – 2 Lazio, Goals:  2′ Felipe Anderson (L), 37′ Felipe Anderson (L), 66′ Mateo Kovacic (I), 80′ Rodrigo Palacio (I)