San Siro rang again with the resurgence of Ronaldinho, who came to scoring twice against Juventus last week and confirmed his improvement with a hat-trick
Three goals from Ronaldinho for Milan and two from Luca Toni for the Rome encouraged the 20th day of the Serie A, where Juventus deepened the crisis of losing results against Chievo Verona (1-0). Furthermore, the title race tightened after the victory of Milan, which cut two points of his resounding 4-0 Inter to Siena, who played 80 minutes with ten men.
San Siro rang again with the resurgence of Ronaldinho, who came to scoring twice against Juventus last week and confirmed his improvement with a hat-trick, the first since 27 September 2005, when the Barcelona shirt three times to beat Udinese goalkeeper in the Champions League group stage.
Leonardo's team was favored by the expulsion in the 10th minute goalkeeper adversary, Gianluca Curci, who forced a penalty which transformed Brazilian (m. 12). The Siena, which despite being the red lantern had championship in the all-powerful Inter difficulties last weekend, had a good scoring opportunity to achieve a tie by Massimo Maccarone, who missed just before Dida.
After half an hour, Milan punished the visitors with a goal by Borriello, a coup that failed the Siena. Then, Dinho did the rest of the rout nodding a corner and signed his hat trick with a powerful shot from the left of the area. The next day, the Milan derby rossonero give the team a chance to move within three of Inter and with a game.
If Milan is proposed as the team to give a scare to Inter, Juventus looked away from the fight for first place. Ciro Ferrara's team fell to Chievo Verona, who won without too much effort with a goal by Gennaro Sardo (m. 33) and again demonstrated their problems, especially in the lead.
The lack of attackers after injuries to David Trezeguet and Vincenzo Iaquinta, Amauri also sanctioned, Juventus coach forced to dip into the youth squad Michelle Paolucci and trust the captain Alessandro del Piero, something blurred in so far this season.
The twentieth day confirmed that Rome is proposed as the third team championship with a rout at Genoa, with its new signing Luca Toni, who arrived in the January transfer from Bayern Munich and signed two goals. Fiorentina starred in a new setback when they lost against Bologna (1-2) Atalanta and Lazio gave a lesson (3-0).
The day, waiting for the Naples-Palermo, was completed with the goalless draw between Parma and Udinese and tables (1-1) between Sampdoria and Catania.