<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Amauri scored a dramatic late winnner to fire struggling Fiorentina to a 2-1 win at AC Milan on Saturday and boost his former club Juventus&#39;s title hopes.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Juve travel to Palermo later on Saturday and can leapfrog champions Milan if they win.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The Brazilian-born Italy international&#39;s goal ruined Antonio Cassano&#39;s return to first team action following heart surgery.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Cassano had not played since October after falling ill following a match at Roma.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He had suffered a minor stroke and needed an operation to fix a heart defect.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But his entry late on did little to inspire a reaction from an out-of-sorts Milan.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The hosts had been gifted the opener when Matija Nastasic was harshly adjudged to have fouled Maxi Lopez in the box.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Zlatan Ibrahimovic stroked home the spot-kick and Maxi Lopez later hit the post as Milan threatened to run away with the match.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But Fiorentina stuck doggedly to their task and equalised when Lorenzo Di Silvestri played Stevan Jovetic in behind the backline and the Montenegro playmaker beat goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   And Amauri struck a minute from time following a Philippe Mexes mistake, playing a one-two with Jovetic before clipping the ball home.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Fiorentina boosted their own survival hopes, moving up two places to 15th and maintaining a five-point gap to the drop zone.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Udinese moved up into a Champions League qualifying position with a 3-1 win over Parma.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time as he arrived late into the box to shoot home from the penalty spot.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Captain Antonio Di Natale added the second on 56 minutes as he controlled a cross at the back post before lashing home on the volley.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Alessandro Lucarelli pulled a goal back six minutes from time after Asamoah failed to clear a corner.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But the Ghanaian added his second in stoppage time in almost identical fashion to his first.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The northerners are now level on points with Lazio, who previously held third spot, ahead of the Romans&#39; evening clash with Napoli.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Roma&#39;s Champions League qualification hopes hit a bump in Puglia as they were thrashed 4-2 by lowly Lecce.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Colombian Luis Muriel and former West Ham forward Daniel Di Michele both scored a brace as Lecce boosted their survival hopes.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Roma scored two consolation goals in the last two minutes through Bojan Krkic and Erik Lamela.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Roma remain four points behind third spot but could yet lose more ground in the evening.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Inter Milan played out an entertaining 2-2 draw away to Cagliari, in a match played in Trieste, 500 miles away from the hosts&#39; Sardinian home, due to an unplayable pitch.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Cagliari opened the scoring after just five minutes as Daniele Astori acrobatically volleyed home from a corner with his back to goal despite being dragged down by Andrea Ranocchia.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But the lead lasted only a minute as Mauro Zarate twisted and turned on the edge of the box before crossing for Diego Milito, who found himself alone in front of goal as the Sardinians&#39; defence pushed up.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The hosts went back in front just after the hour mark as Daniele Conti crossed for Mauricio Pinilla, who had snuck in behind Javier Zanetti, to plant a firm header beyond goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But the Chilean goalscorer was then incredibly shown a second yellow card for merely lifting his shirt in celebration to show his tummy.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Again Inter hit straight back with Diego Forlan&#39;s cross luckily falling to Esteban Cambiasso as he tried to burst between two defenders, the Argentine reacting quickly to prod home after all three players had lost the flight of the ball.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Inter closed in on a Europa League spot as they now trail Roma by just two points.</div>

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