Midweek madness in the Serie A. All teams were in action with plenty of drama, surprises, and teams jockeying for a better position on the table. Fiorentina moved back into a European spot with an important 2-1 home win over Napoli. I Viola leaped over Napoli for 6th place with goals from Mario Santana & the game winner from Riccardo Montolivo in the 79th minute.

Inter increased its lead over Juventus to 6 points when Inter beat Catania 2-0 on the road with goals from the 'IC' boys. Dejan Stankovic in the 5th & Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 71st. Juventus lost on the road to Udinese 2-1 as Fabio Quagliarella & Antonio Di Natale scored to end Udinese's 11-game winless streak and snap Juve's 7-game unbeaten streak.

Roma continued their unbeaten 2009 with a 2-1 home win versus Palermo. Francesco Totti & Matteo Brighi scored in the 1st half and held on to sink the Sicilians 3 points from a European spot. I Giallorossi are the hottest team in Italy having lost once since November 1st.

Genoa failed to gain ground on Milan in a battle of 4th versus 3rd. Future permanent Milan resident David Beckham scored on a trademark free kick in front of England coach Fabio Capello to give Milan a 1-0 lead but Argentine assassin Diego Milito equalized in the 87th minute for a share of the points.

Here are the results from Week 21 [Home Teams Listed First]:

Atalanta 0 - 1 Bologna
BOL: Volpi (80')

Cagliari 1 - 0 Siena
CAG: Acquafresca (37')

Catania 0 - 2 Inter Milan
INT: Stankovic (5') & Ibrahimovic (71')

Chievo 1 - 1 Lecce
CHI: Mantovani (88')
LEC: Vives (56')

Fiorentina 2 -1 Napoli
FIO: Santana (47') & Montolivo (79')
NAP: Vitale (49')

AC Milan 1 - 1 Genoa
MIL: Beckham (33')
GEN: Milito (87')

Roma 2 - 1 Palermo
ROM: Totti (24') & Brighi (45')
PAL: Cavani (31')

Sampdoria 3 - 1 Lazio
SAM: Delvecchio (13'), Cassano (51'), Stankevicius (55')
LAZ: Rocchi (30')

Udinese 2 - 1 Juventus
UDI: Quagliarella (20') & Di Natale (74')
JUV: Iaquinta (pen 77')

Torino 0 - 0 Reggina