Massimo Maccarone

Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone has denied he is responsible for the team's relegation from Serie A despite selling their best two players.

Sampdoria fans staged a protest outside the club's Bogliasco training complex in Genoa on Tuesday, calling on coach Alberto Cavasin to resign.

Goals from Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto?o helped Inter Milan defeat Sampdoria 2-0 in Genoa and move second in Serie A on a Sunday that saw Udinese hit seven at Palermo and fourth-placed Lazio lose at Cagliari.

AS Roma booked an Italian Cup semi-final against Inter Milan on Thursday after a 2-0 win at Juventus achieved with second-half goals from Montenegrin Mirko Vucinic and Rodrigo Taddei.

Italian football badboy Antonio Cassano celebrated his return to his former club Sampdoria on Wednesday as his new team AC Milan ran out 2-1 winners in their Italian Cup quarter-final.

Christian Maggio scored deep into injury time to give Napoli a 1-0 victory at home to Palermo at the San Paolo in Naples on Monday night.

Victory at Polish side Lech Poznan would have taken big-spending City into the next round, but despite dominating the early exchanges they fell behind in the 30th minute when Dimitrije Injac drove the ball home.

Victory in Poland would have taken big-spending City into the knockout phase, but despite dominating the early exchanges they fell behind in the 30th minute when Dimitrije Injac drove the ball home.

Inter Milan secured a fifth straight Serie A title after Diego Milito scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at Siena on Sunday as AS Roma finished second, two points behind, despite their 2-0 win at Chievo.

Roma were left fuming on Sunday after Inter Milan's 2-0 victory over bitter city rivals Lazio allowed Jose Mourinho's side to edge closer to a fifth successive Serie A title.

Inter Milan followed up their passage into the Champions League final with a 2-0 defeat of Lazio on Sunday as Jose Mourinho's side edged closer to a fifth successive Serie A title.

Clarence Seedorf's stoppage-time goal gave AC Milan a 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday which cut the gap on Inter Milan to just a point, but the win was overshadowed by a serious injury suffered by David Beckham.

Juventus squandered a great opportunity to move into the Serie A top four on Sunday when they were held 3-3 at Siena having roared into a 3-0 lead after just 10 minutes.

Roma failed to fully capitalise on Inter Milan's shock 3-1 defeat to Catania when they were held to a 3-3 draw at relegation-haunted Livorno on Sunday.

Ronaldinho plundered a hat-trick as AC Milan crushed 10-man Siena 4-0 on Sunday to close the gap on Serie A leaders Inter Milan to just six points and with the Milan derby to come next week.

Hat-trick hero Ronaldinho inspired AC Milan to a crushing 4-0 thumping of 10-man Siena to close the gap on Serie A leaders Inter Milan to just six points with the Milan derby to come next week.

Hat-trick hero Ronaldinho inspired AC Milan to a crushing 4-0 thumping of 10-man Siena to close the gap on Serie A leaders Inter Milan to just six points with the Milan derby to come next week.

Landon Donovan impresses in Everton debut, 2-2 tie with Arsenal on snowy day in Premier League. Landon Donovan debuted for Everton on Saturday, setting up one goal in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal on a day when snow disrupted the Premier League.

Champions Inter Milan scored two late goals to stun rock-bottom Siena 4-3 at the San Siro on Saturday to open up an 11-point lead at the top of Serie A.

Champions Inter Milan scored two late goals to stun rock-bottom Siena 4-3 at the San Siro on Saturday to open up an 11-point lead at the top of Serie A.