MILAN (Reuters) - AS Roma drew for the sixth time in their last seven Serie A games when they were held 1-1 at lowly Verona on Sunday, losing yet more ground on leaders Juventus in a chaotic Serie A programme.
Antonio Candreva capped the weekend's bizarre sequence of events when he scored a spectacular winner to give Lazio a 2-1 win over Palermo, only to injure himself as he tried to climb the fence to celebrate with fans.
Bottom club Parma's match at home to Udinese was postponed by the Italian federation (FIGC) on Friday because the cash-strapped hosts, who have not paid their players all season, could not afford to pay for stewards or policing.
Meanwhile, the Sampdoria-Genoa derby on Saturday was postponed minutes before kickoff due to a waterlogged pitch and will now be played on Tuesday (5: p.m.).
Roma's draw left them with 48 points from 25 games, nine behind Juventus who beat Atalanta 2-1 on Friday.
Roma host Juve in their next game on March 2 while third-placed Napoli (42 points) are at home to Sassuolo on Monday (1800).
Roma started well and stalwart Francesco Totti gave them the lead in the 26th minute with a 25-metre shot which bounced in front of goalkeeper Francesco Benussi.
Verona levelled before halftime when Bosko Jankovic's header took a deflection off Seydou Keita and left Morgan De Sanctis completely stranded.
AC Milan eased some of the pressure on beleaguered coach Filippo Inzaghi with a 2-0 win over lowly Cesena, moving up to joint eighth.
Giacomo Bonaventura set Milan on their way to only their second league win this year with a fierce shot from the edge of the area in the 20th minute and Giampaolo Pazzini added the second with a late penalty.
Lazio's Candreva scored arguably the goal of the day when he cut inside, slipped past two defenders and rifled his shot into the top corner after 78 minutes against Palermo.
But he slipped as he attempted to climb the fence to celebrate with fans, appeared to bang his foot against a metal block and was substituted shortly afterwards.
Paulo Dybala had given Palermo a first-half lead following a blunder by defender Mauricio and Stefano Mauri volleyed Lazio level before halftime.
Empoli moved seven points clear of the danger zone when they beat fellow strugglers Chievo 3-0, helped by two goals by Massimo Maccarone, in the afternoon's other game.