Lazio and Napoli’s European hopes for next season were hit as both sides failed to win for the sixth Italian league game in a row on Saturday.
Lazio were held by lowly Torino 1-1 at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.
The point did at least end a run of four straight defeats for Delio Rossi’s Lazio after Sebastiano Siviglia equalized for the hosts following Ignazio Abate’s first-half opener for Torino.
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Abate opened the scoring on 36 minutes with a shot from distance after French midfielder Olivier Dabo had lost the ball in midfield.
But 15 minutes from time, Siviglia headed home a cross from Stefano Mauri to salvage a share of the spoils.
In an otherwise uninspiring match, the biggest drama came a few minutes into the second half when referee Massimiliano Saccani was knocked flat by a fierce shot by Lazio’s Aleksandar Kolarov.
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Saccani stayed motionless on the turf for a couple of minutes before getting up to continue with the match.
Torino stayed third from bottom after their fifth draw in a row.
In Naples, Napoli allowed Bologna to leave their Stadio San Paolo with a point.
Cristian Maggio opened the scoring for the hosts after good work from Argentines Ezequiel Lavezzi and German Denis on 20 minutes.
But the lead lasted only three minutes before Serie A top scorer Marco Di Vaio pounced on a defensive mix-up to slot home his 16th league goal of the season.
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