Bankrupt, bottom-of-the-table Parma, whose players have not been paid all season, pulled off a stunning 1-0 victory over runaway Serie A leaders Juventus yesterday.

Midfielder Jose Mauri, 18, scored on the hour as Juventus, 7-0 winners over Parma earlier in the season, suffered only their second league defeat of the campaign.

Even though the leaders rested several players ahead of their Champions League tie with Monaco on Tuesday, it was still a remarkable result for Parma who have only continued in the league thanks to a fund set up by the Italian federation.

Juventus remained 14 points clear at the top and on course for a fourth successive title while Parma, who have had three points deducted for breaching financial regulations, are on 16 points, still five adrift at the bottom.

Parma, who at one stage had to postpone two successive games due to their financial problems, have taken seven points from their last three outings, but remain 10 points from the safety zone with nine matches left.

Genoa beat lowly Cagliari 2-0, pushing the Sardinians closer to Serie B while Inter lifted some of their gloom with a 3-0 win at Verona in the late kick-off.

Goals from M’Baye Niang and Iago Falque earned Genoa all three points against a luckless Cagliari side, who hit the woodwork three times.

The win keeps Genoa in with an outside chance of making Europe next season, although Cagliari’s hopes of staying up took a blow with five points separating them from Atalanta above the relegation zone, and the Bergamo club have a game in hand.

“This has given us great satisfaction in a very difficult season,” said Parma coach Roberto Donadoni.

“Everyone is making a great sacrifice. I must pay my compliments to the lads who are doing something extraordinary.”

“To be captain today against Juve and win in this situation is something I will never forget,” added captain Massimo Gobbi.

“This is the sort of story that can only happen in sport.”

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri criticised his team.

“Today was an important match, but we didn’t understand that,” he said on the club’s Twitter feed.

“We didn’t control the match and we deserved the defeat.”

“The absent players are no excuse,” he added later in the press conference.

“We didn’t win a tackle out there and that tells you a great deal about the spirit Parma played with.”

Juventus rested strikers Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez along with playmaker Andrea Pirlo, who had recovered from a calf injury, while goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon had a stomach virus.

Parma goalkeeper Antonio Mirante kept the hosts in the game in the first half but Parma broke through just after the hour when Ishak Belfodil, always a threat on the break, burst down the right and pulled the ball into the middle for Mauri to sidefoot into the top corner from just inside the area.

There were some bad-tempered exchanges as Juventus pressed for an equaliser, but Parma held out to give Donadoni his first Serie A win over Juve in 10 attempts as a coach.

Serie A

Genoa 2
Niang 52; Falque 58;
Cagliari 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 18,000.

Parma 1
Mauri 60;
Juventus 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 15,544.

Verona 0
Inter 3
Icardi 11; Palacio 48; Moras 90og;

HT: 0-1. Att: 20,645.
Missed penalty: Toni (V) 77.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Juventus	30	21	7	2	57	15	70
Roma	29	15	11	3	40	21	56
Lazio	29	17	4	8	54	28	55
Fiorentina	29	13	10	6	43	31	49
Sampdoria	29	12	12	5	37	30	48
Napoli	29	13	8	8	47	37	47
Torino	29	11	9	9	34	31	42
Inter	30	10	11	9	46	37	41
Milan	29	10	11	8	43	36	41
Genoa	29	10	11	8	40	34	41
Palermo	29	8	11	10	39	43	35
Sassuolo	29	8	11	10	35	43	35
Udinese	29	8	10	11	32	38	34
Empoli	29	6	15	8	30	32	33
Verona	30	8	9	13	36	54	33
Chievo	29	8	8	13	21	31	32
Atalanta	29	5	11	13	24	40	26
Cesena	29	4	10	15	28	52	22
Cagliari	30	4	9	17	35	58	21
Parma (-3)	29	5	4	20	24	54	16

Playing today – 15.00
Atalanta vs Sassuolo
Cesena vs Chievo – 12.30
Lazio vs Empoli
Milan vs Sampdoria – 20.45
Napoli vs Fiorentina
Torino vs Roma
Udinese vs Palermo

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

Next fixtures

Wednesday: 18.30 Genoa vs Parma.

Saturday: 18.00 Sampdoria vs Cesena. 20.45 Juventus vs Lazio.

Sunday: 12.30 Sassuolo vs Torino. 15.00 Chievo vs Udinese; Empoli vs Parma; Palermo vs Genoa; Roma vs Atalanta; Cagliari vs Napoli. 20.45 Inter vs Milan.

Monday, April 20: 20.45 Fiorentina vs Verona.

Serie B
Bari vs Crotone – 1-1
Brescia vs Bologna – 1-1
Catania vs Trapani – 4-1
Cittadella vs Carpi – 0-1
Frosinone vs Pescara – 2-1
Modena vs Entella – 2-0
Pro Vercelli vs Livorno – 3-3
Spezia vs Ternana – 0-1
Virtus Lanciano vs Latina – 1-1

Tomorrow
Perugia vs Varese – 20.30

Standings: Carpi 71; Bologna 57; Vicenza 56; Frosinone 54; Avellino 52; Livorno 51; Spezia, Perugia 50; Pes-cara 48; Virtus Lanciano 47; Bari 45; Ternana 43; Modena, Trapani 42; Catania, Latina 41; Crotone, Pro Vercelli, Entella 40; Cittadella 39; Brescia 32; Varese 28.