4 matches remain in the 2008-09 Serie A season and after week 34 the only thing that was settled was the participants dueling for the last Champions League spot. Fiorentina kept 4th place with a 1-0 home win over relegation threatened Torino. Peruvian midfielder Juan Vargas scored to keep i Viola 1 point ahead of Genoa for the last Champions League spot.
Genoa got a hat trick from their superstar goal scorer Diego Milito in their 3-1 home win over Sampdoria in an intense Derby della Lanterna. Italy's oldest club snapped a 2-game losing skid and swept the season series from their city rivals. Roma's 0-0 home draw against Chievo sees I Giallorossi 7 points back of Genoa and virtually out of the Champions League spot race.
Juventus continued their head scratching slide with their 2-2 draw at home against Lecce. Argentina born forward José Castillo scored the equalizer in 2nd half injury time to extend La Vecchia Signora's ill-timed winless streak to 5 games.
The Milan sides continued their winning ways with 2-0 victories. 1st place Inter moved closer to their 17th Scudetto with goals from Ibrahimovic & Muntari to beat Lazio. While Il Rossoneri kept pressure on Inter with goals from Kakà & Pippo Inzaghi to get 3 points against Catania.
Here are the results and standings from Week 34:
SATURDAY, MAY 2nd
Bologna 1 - 2 Reggina
BOL: Vaggelis Moras (87')
REG: Franco Brienza (40') & Edgar Barreto (46')
Inter Milan 2 - 0 Lazio
INT: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (58') & Sulley Ali Muntari (70')
SUNDAY, MAY 3rd
Genoa 3 - 1 Sampdoria
GEN: Diego Milito (30', 73', 93')
SAM: Hugo Campagnaro (45'+3')
Catania 0 - 2 AC Milan
ACM: Kakà (51') & Pippo Inzaghi (27')
Palermo 5 - 1 Cagliari
PAL: Migliaccio (29'), Miccoli (38'), Tedesco (50'), Cavani (57'), Succi (87')
CAG: Jeda (48')
Siena 2 - 1 Napoli
SIE: Houssine Kharja (11') & Massimo Maccarone (25')
NAP: Inacio Pia' (80')
Udinese 3 - 0 Atalanta
UDI: Fabio Quagliarella (43' & 74)' & Giovanni Pasquale (91)
AS Roma 0 - 0 Chievo
Juventus 2 - 2 Lecce
JUV: Pavel Nedved (54' & 66')
LEC: Axel Konan (11') & José Castillo (93')
Fiorentina 1 - 0 Torino
FIO: Juan Manuel Vargas (57')
STANDINGS
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