Juventus moved closer to a fourth straight Serie A title with a 1-0 win over Genoa yesterday.

Carlos Tevez scored the only goal of the game after 25 minutes to secure a 20th win in 28 Serie A fixtures for Massimiliano Allegri’s men.

Their advantage at the top of the table is now such that they can plan on wrapping the title up even before the semi-finals of the Champions League, which they will reach if they can see off Monaco in the quarters.

Roma kept pace, some 14 points back, as they saw off relegation-battling Cesena 1-0.

Daniele De Rossi got the goal after 41 minutes, his first strike away from home in the league since August 2013.

The victory kept Roma in second place but just one point clear of rivals Lazio, who clinched their sixth straight win with a 2-0 triumph over Verona.

Lazio took the lead when Felipe Anderson scored his ninth goal of the campaign in the fourth minute.

Not long after, Vangelis Moras nearly pulled the visitors level but he was denied by the post.

After Lazio’s Lucas Biglia hit the crossbar in the 27th, the hosts doubled their lead two minutes into the second half when Antonio Candreva hit the back of the net with a free-kick.

Sampdoria moved up to fourth and piled more pressure on their former hero Roberto Mancini, who saw his Inter side slump to a sixth straight defeat in all competitions and further out of the European race with a 1-0 loss.

A stunning strike from Eder, the Brazilian-born player just called up by Italy, midway through the second half was enough to make it four wins on the bounce for coach Sinisa Mihajlovic – the former Inter player who both played alongside and under Mancini.

Napoli needed Duvan Zapata’s 89th minute equaliser to get a point after Mauricio Pinilla’s 72nd minute goal for Atalanta, who were reduced to 10 men when Alejandro Gomez was sent off.

Napoli coach Rafael Benitez also saw red, sent to the stands for dissent late on.

Napoli remain a point above Fiorentina, who were held to a 2-2 draw at Udinese.

The hosts took the lead through Molla Wague after 15 minutes, but two goals in four minutes from Mario Gomez early in the second half flipped the match on its head before Panagiotis Kone’s 62nd minute leveller.

Torino inflicted more misery on struggling Parma as they claimed a 2-0 win over the bankrupt club.

Maxi Lopez and Migjen Basha scored for Torino while Parma were forced to play more than half of the match with 10 men after defender Alessandro Lucarelli was sent off in the 36th minute for his second bookable offence.

Conte names Italy squad

Italy coach Antonio Conte has named the following squad for the Euro 2016 qualifier away to Bulgaria on Saturday and the friendly against England in Turin on March 31.

Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Marchetti (Lazio), Sirigu (Paris SG).

Defenders: Barzagli (Juventus), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Moretti (Torino), Ranocchia (Inter).

Midfielders: Antonelli (Milan), Bertolacci (Genoa), Candreva (Lazio), Cerci (Milan), Darmian (Torino), Florenzi (Roma), Marchisio (Juventus), Parolo (Lazio), Pasqual (Fiorentina), Soriano (Sampdoria), Valdifiori (Empoli), Verratti (PSG).

Forwards: Eder (Sampdoria), Gabbiadini (Napoli), Immobile (Borussia Dortmund), Pellé (Southampton), Vazquez (Palermo), Zaza (Sassuolo).

Serie A

Cesena 0
Roma 1
De Rossi 41;

HT: 0-1. Att: 20,000.

Empoli 3
Saponara 46, 61; Mchedlidze 59;
Sassuolo 1
Rugani 50 og;

HT: 0-0. Att: 7,702.

Juventus 1
Tevez 25;
Genoa 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 39,919.
Missed penalty: Tevez (J) 62.

Lazio 2
Anderson 4; Candreva 47;
Verona 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 39,000.

Napoli 1
Zapata 89;
Atalanta 1
Pinilla 72;

HT: 0-0. Att: 35,519.
Red card: Gomez (A) 55.

Parma 0
Torino 2
Lopez 19; Basha 73;

HT: 0-1. Att: 9,000.
Red card: Lucarelli (P) 36.

Sampdoria 1
Eder 65;
Inter 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 21,000.

Udinese 2
Wague 15; Kone 62;
Fiorentina 2
Gomez 50, 53;

HT: 1-0. Att: 24,900.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Juventus	28	20	7	1	55	14	67
Roma	28	14	11	3	39	21	53
Lazio	28	16	4	8	51	27	52
Sampdoria	28	12	12	4	37	28	48
Napoli	28	13	8	7	47	36	47
Fiorentina	28	12	10	6	41	31	46
Torino	28	10	9	9	32	30	39
Milan	28	9	11	8	41	35	38
Genoa	27	9	10	8	37	33	37
Inter	28	9	10	9	42	36	37
Palermo	28	8	11	9	38	41	35
Udinese	27	8	9	10	31	36	33
Empoli	28	6	15	7	30	30	33
Sassuolo	28	7	11	10	34	43	32
Chievo	28	8	8	12	21	30	32
Verona	28	8	8	12	33	48	32
Atalanta	28	5	11	12	23	38	26
Cagliari	28	4	9	15	34	53	21
Cesena	28	4	9	15	25	49	21
Parma (-3)	26	3	3	20	21	53	9

Top scorers
16 goals: Tevez (Juventus).
15 goals: Icardi (Inter), Menez (Milan).
13 goals: Higuain (Napoli), Toni (Verona).
12 goals: Dybala (Palermo).

Next fixtures

Saturday, April 4: 12.30 Roma vs Napoli. 15.00 Atalanta vs Torino; Cagliari vs Lazio; Genoa vs Udinese; Verona vs Cesena; Inter vs Parma; Palermo vs Milan; Sassuolo vs Chievo. 18.30 Fiorentina vs Sampdoria. 20.00 Juventus vs Empoli.

Lega Pro A: Arezzo vs Alessandria 1-1; Sassari vs Pavia 0-0.

Lega Pro B: Gubbio vs Forli 2-1; Prato vs Pistoiese 2-1; Spal vs Pro Piacenza 4-0; Ascoli vs Reggiana 1-1; Carrarese vs L’Aquila 1-2; Pontedera vs Tuttocuoio 0-1; Santarcangelo vs Ancona 1-0; Savona vs Grosseto 0-0; Teramo vs San Marino 2-0.

Lega Pro C: Catanzaro vs Salernitana 1-2; Lupa Roma vs Foggia 1-1; Juve Stabia vs Ischia 1-1.