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Hello my friends. Here are the results of the Serie A Week 20 – Twentieth Round on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January 2016.

A super week for Napoli remaining in the first position.   Napoli defeating Sassuolo at the San Paolo Stadium with a 3-1 result.   Napoli also seeing their key player forward Gonzalo Higuain remaining as sole top scorer of the Serie A reaching 20 goals after scoring 2 goals against Sassuolo.

It’s a step back for Roma….  The awaited re-debut of new Roma coach Luciano Spalletti ending with a 1-1 draw at the Olimpico Stadium against Hellas Verona.   Spalletti replacing coach Rudi Garcia.  Surely, Roma fans are upset because they expected Roma to defeat Hellas who are the last team of the Serie A in the 20th position.

A brilliant round for Juventus humiliating Udinese at the Friuli Stadium with a poker… yep, Udinese 0 – 4 Juventus…. It seems the super sprint for the Scudetto is working for the defending champions.   Juventus are only -2 points behind Napoli holding the first position with 44 points.

Genoa also with a poker at the Ferraris Stadium defeating Palermo with a 4-0 score.

Inter with 40 points now in difficulty to recover the leadership.  Inter went from the 1st to the 3rd position and are -4 points below Napoli.  Inter failing to defeat Atalanta at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium ending with a 1-1 draw.

Mission accomplished for AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic winning the home game against Fiorentina at the San Siro Stadium.  Milan gaining momentum and still dreaming to reach at least to the 3rd position.   Milan 2 – 0 Fiorentina.

The top scorer up to Round 20: Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain with 20 goals

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 20 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–NAPOLI, 1st position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +25

– JUVENTUS 2nd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22

–INTER, 3rd positions with 40 points points and a positive goal difference of +12

– FIORENTINA , 4th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +14

–  AC MILAN, 6th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Relegation Zone: CARPI, 18th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -16

– FROSINONE, 19th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -23

– HELLAS VERONA, 20th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -19

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Saturday 16 January 2016

• Serie A Week 20 / 20ª Giornata /
  

• Napoli 3 – 1 Sassuolo, Goals:  3′ Diego Falcinelli (S)(pen), 19′ José Callejón (N),  42′ Gonzalo Higuaín, 93′ Gonzalo Higuaín (N)

• Torino 4 – 2 Frosinone,  Goals: 9′ Ciro Immoile (T) (pen), 33′ Paolo Sammarco (F), 37′ Andrea Belotti (T),  41′ Andrea Belotti (T),  74′ Danilo Avelar (own goal),  82′ Marco Benassi

• Atalanta 1 – 1 Inter, Goals:  17′ Jeison Murillo (A) (o.g),     25′ Rafael Toloi (I)(o.g)

Sunday 17 January 2016

• Bologna 2 – 2 Lazio,  Goals: 2′ Emanuele Giaccherini (B.), 18′ Mattia Destro (B.), 71′ Antonio Candreva (L)(pen), 77′ Senad Lulic (L)
  

• AS Roma 1 – 1 Hellas Verona, Goals: 41′ Radja Nainggolan (R), 61′ Giampaolo Pazzini (S)(pen)

• Chievo Verona 1 – 1 Empoli,  Goals:  7′ Alberto Paloschi (C), 47′ Lorenzo Tonelli  (E)

• Carpi 2 – 1 Sampdoria,  Goals: 27′ Lorenzo Lollo (C), 33′ Joaquin Correa (S), 55′ Jerry Mbakogu (C)(pen)

• Udinese 0 – 4 Juventus,  Goals: 15′ Paulo Dybala (J), 18′ Sami Khedira (J), 26′ Paulo Dybala (pen), 42′ Alex Sandro

• Genoa 4 – 0 Palermo, Goals: 3′ Suso (G),  71′ Leonardo Pavoletti (G),  75′ Tomás Rincon (G), 88′ Leonardo Pavoletti (G)

• AC Milan 2 – 0 Fiorentina, Goals: 4′ Carlos Bacca (M), 88′ Kevin Prince Boateg (M)