Marchegiani saves a penalty  but it's not enough as Lazio are held at 
Fiorentina while Milan hammer Empoli go top for the first  time since they
won the championship back in 1996. Sampdoria and Vicenza are relegated
leaving Salernitana, Perugia, Cagliari and Piacenza one more week to fight
for survival. Parma and Fiorentina claim the final Champions League places
despite failing to win.

15 May 1999

FIORENTINA			1-1			LAZIO
Batistuta 14						Vieri 27

Heinrich missed an open goal from a close range header before Batistuta gave
the Viola the lead with a his trademark shot across goal from a superb
Edmundo pass. Vieri headed Lazio level from a Mihajlovic free kick. 
Vieri headed a shot against the crossbar. Lazio seemed to have a good case
for a penalty when Tarozzi hauled down Vieri? The camera angle wasn't
conclusive. Fiorentina where then awarded a penalty of their own when Nesta
pulled down Batistuta. Rui Costa blasted the penalty at Marchegiani.


MILAN				4-0			EMPOLI
Bierhoff 31, 54, 60
Leonardo 88

Bierhoff scored the first with his feet and two headers completed his
hat-trick. All three goals from Guly's assists. Leonardo scored with a
tap-in from Ganz's centre. Boban, Albertini and Sala also had great chances.


16 May 1999

BARI				0-1			JUVENTUS
							Conte 82

Mancini pulled off a brilliant save from Tudor's point blank header, Tudor
headed the rebound back across goal and Conte headed past Mancini. Crap
match. 


BOLOGNA			2-2			SAMPDORIA
Ingesson 27, 93 (Pen)					Montella 5, 38

Montella gave Samp the lead from a free kick. Ingesson headed in Signori's
corner. Montella looked miles offside when he volleyed Samp back into the
lead. Bologna should have been awarded a penalty when Balleri kicked 
Simutenkov in the box. Simutenkov got his revenge when he threw himself to
the ground under a non tackle, Ingesson converted and sent down Samp into
Serie B.


PARMA				0-1			PIACENZA
							S Inzaghi 30

Sensini tried to foul Inzaghi in the box and incredibly he stayed on his
feet, powered his way past Sensini and tucked the ball under Buffon's legs.
As I have said before Inzaghi is hugely talented it's just a shame he
would rather take a penalty than shoot. Veron blasted a shot against the
post, Crespo horribly miss kicked the rebound.


ROMA				3-1			CAGLIARI
Totti 16, 80						Mboma 47
Di Francesco 34

Totti scored from Paulo Sergio's cross and Di Francesco made it 2-0 with
a deflected shot. O'Neill held off a couple of challenges in midfield and
played in Mboma with a superb through pass. Mboma rounded Konsel and shot
into an empty net. Cavezzi struck the post. Totti scored his second with a 
bullet header from Di Biagio's free kick.


SALERNITANA			2-1			VICENZA
Di Michele 40						Mendez 47
Vanucchi 88

Di Michele made up for several misses when he fired Salernitana into the lead
from Tedesco's knock down in the box. Mendez headed in Otero's cross but
Salernitana deservedly took the points and in the process condemned Vicenza 
to Serie B when Vanucchi heading in Giampaolo's cross.

Red Card(s) : Otero 92 (Vicenza), Mendez 93 (Vicenza)


UDINESE			1-2			PERUGIA
Amoroso 63 (Pen)					Petrachi 25, 46

Petrachi smashed in Perugia's first after a superb run and pass from Nakata
and grabbed his second early in the second half from Tedesco's pass. Poggi
bought a penalty by clutching his face in the box. Amoroso scored from the
spot. Tedesco was sent off for a miss timed tackle.

Red Card(s) : Tedesco 72 (Perugia)


VENEZIA				3-1			INTER
Volpi 1							Ronaldo 51 (Pen)
Recoba 4
Maniero 18

When Volpi initially struck the ball from outside the box it seemed to be
sailing over the bar but dipped wickedly in off the post at the last minute.
3 minutes later Inter were 2-0 down, Recoba with his free kick special.
Baggio struck the crossbar with a free kick, Djorkaeff missed an open goal
from the rebound. Maniero made it 3-0 with a header from a fabulous 
Carnasciali cross. Ronaldo won himself another penalty with a pathetic dive
but didn't miss this week.

Red Card(s) : Maniero 61 (Venezia)