Roma kept their Champions League hopes alive with a narrow 1-0 win over Genoa last night.

Daniel Osvaldo scored the only goal of the game in the third minute to end his three-month goalscoring drought for the club.

Rodrigo Palacio struck the crossbar for Genoa in the 71st minute.

The win followed Roma’s 1-0 win at Palermo and saw the Giallorossi close the gap on third-placed Lazio to four points.

Lazio hold the last Champions League qualifying spot with 10 games remaining.

Osvaldo put the hosts in front almost from the off.

He controlled Leandro Greco’s long cross in the area and hit a diagonal shot past Genoa goalkeeper Sebastien Frey.

Roma remained the better side but Genoa nineteen minutes from time.

A volley from Argentine striker Palacio from substitute Cristobal Jorquera’s dangerous cross hit the woodwork with Stekelenburg already beaten.


 P W D L F A Pts
Milan 28 18 6 4 57 22 60
Juventus 28 14 14 0 44 17 56
Lazio 28 14 6 8 42 34 48
Napoli 28 12 11 5 52 30 47
Udinese 28 13 8 7 39 26 47
Roma 28 13 5 10 41 33 44
Inter 28 12 5 11 38 36 41
Catania 28 10 11 7 36 35 41
Bologna 28 9 9 10 31 33 36
Palermo 28 10 5 13 40 45 35
Chievo 28 9 8 11 24 35 35
Atalanta 28 9 13 6 31 29 34
Cagliari 28 8 10 10 29 35 34
Genoa 28 9 6 13 35 49 33
Siena 28 8 8 12 32 30 32
Fiorentina 28 8 8 12 27 33 32
Parma 28 7 10 11 33 44 31
Lecce 28 6 8 14 31 45 26
Novara 28 5 8 15 24 46 23
Cesena 28 4 5 19 16 45 17

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