Carpi were relegated after just one season in Serie A despite a 2-1 win at Udinese last night with their swift return to the second tier confirmed by Palermo’s 3-2 victory over Verona.

Tiny Carpi were playing in the fifth division just six seasons ago and despite rounding off their maiden campaign in the top flight with victory, they ended 18th in the table.

They finished a point adrift of Udinese in 17th and Palermo above them.

Simone Verdi struck twice in the first half for Carpi before Antonio Di Natale came off the bench and scored a 79th-minute penalty to mark his final performance for Udinese, who lost Cyril Thereau to a first-half red card.

Palermo moved out of Carpi’s reach after Alberto Gilardino’s 64th-minute strike secured a home victory over bottom club Verona.

Federico Viviani’s 48th-minute effort for the visitors had cancelled out Franco Vazquez’s opener, with both sides having been reduced to 10 men after Michel Morganella and Pawel Wszolek were dismissed following a clash.

Goals from Enzo Maresca and Gilardino put Palermo 3-1 up before Eros Pisano’s 84th-minute strike set up a nervy finale.

Miroslav Klose marked his final Lazio outing with a goal but was unable to help the Rome club avoid a 4-2 home defeat by Fiorentina.

First-half efforts from Fiorentina’s Matias Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi and Cristian Tello followed Senad Lulic’s second-minute opener.

Fiorentina added a fourth in the second half through Vecino before Klose closed his Lazio account with a 74th-minute penalty.

Empoli marked Marco Giampaolo’s last game in charge with a 2-1 home win over Torino to end the season in 10th, while Atalanta won 2-1 at Genoa and Chievo and Bologna drew 0-0.