Roma tops Novara to close Lazio gap to four
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April 2, 2012, Monday
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AS Roma moved to within four points of third-placed Lazio and a Champions League qualifying round berth after an exciting 5-2 home win against relegation-threatened Novara in Serie A yesterday.
Novara took the lead in the 17th minute when Andrea Caracciolo deftly headed home but Roma hit back when Marquinho equalized with his first for the club when he met Pablo Osvaldo's cross with a bullet header after 25 minutes.
It took the lead nine minutes later when Osvaldo headed in Francesco Totti's corner and three second-half goals from Simplicio, Bojan Krkic and Eric Lamela sealed the win with Takayuki Morimoto scoring for second-bottom Novara.
Luis Enrique's Roma remains sixth but is now only a point behind Udinese and Napoli, which was away at title-challenging Juventus in yesterday's late game.
Lazio lost 1-3 at Parma on Saturday when leader Milan drew 1-1 at Catania.
In Spain, Radamel Falcao scored his 20th league goal of the season as Atletico Madrid cruised past Getafe 3-0 in the early game yesterday.
The Colombia striker guided home Juanfran Torres' cross in the 77th to cap an easy victory at the Vicente Calderon stadium.
Atletico got going in the 24th as Eduardo Salvio continued his impressive play with the Argentine forward heading Filipe Luis' cross high over goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya to land under the far corner. Brazilian playmaker Diego headed Falcao's cross off the crossbar and volleyed home the rebound to make it 2-0 in the 62nd.
Atletico climbed within five points of fourth-placed Malaga and the last Champions League qualifying spot.
On Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Real Madrid to a 5-1 win at Osasuna as the leader maintained a six-point lead over chasing Barcelona.
The champion responded with a 2-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao, with Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi scoring.
Jose Mourinho's Real, on 78 points, moved a step closer to its first league title in four years with eight matches left ahead of Barcelona which has 72.
Novara took the lead in the 17th minute when Andrea Caracciolo deftly headed home but Roma hit back when Marquinho equalized with his first for the club when he met Pablo Osvaldo's cross with a bullet header after 25 minutes.
It took the lead nine minutes later when Osvaldo headed in Francesco Totti's corner and three second-half goals from Simplicio, Bojan Krkic and Eric Lamela sealed the win with Takayuki Morimoto scoring for second-bottom Novara.
Luis Enrique's Roma remains sixth but is now only a point behind Udinese and Napoli, which was away at title-challenging Juventus in yesterday's late game.
Lazio lost 1-3 at Parma on Saturday when leader Milan drew 1-1 at Catania.
In Spain, Radamel Falcao scored his 20th league goal of the season as Atletico Madrid cruised past Getafe 3-0 in the early game yesterday.
The Colombia striker guided home Juanfran Torres' cross in the 77th to cap an easy victory at the Vicente Calderon stadium.
Atletico got going in the 24th as Eduardo Salvio continued his impressive play with the Argentine forward heading Filipe Luis' cross high over goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya to land under the far corner. Brazilian playmaker Diego headed Falcao's cross off the crossbar and volleyed home the rebound to make it 2-0 in the 62nd.
Atletico climbed within five points of fourth-placed Malaga and the last Champions League qualifying spot.
On Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Real Madrid to a 5-1 win at Osasuna as the leader maintained a six-point lead over chasing Barcelona.
The champion responded with a 2-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao, with Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi scoring.
Jose Mourinho's Real, on 78 points, moved a step closer to its first league title in four years with eight matches left ahead of Barcelona which has 72.
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