Soccer / Football : Italy : Serie A 2012/2013

Inter forward Antonio Cassano will miss the Nerazzurri's final match of the season after he underwent surgery to stabilise a fractured bone in his hand. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during training on Thursday, ending his season prematurely. Inter released a statement confirming the surgery and adding to the long list of unavailable players for coach Andrea Stramaccioni in Sunday's final match at home to Udinese. Cassano joins the likes of Chivu, Jonathan, Obi, Mudingayi, Milito, Castellazzi, Stankovic, Mbaye, Gargano, Samuel, Silvestre and Zanetti on the sidelines.

The battle for third in Serie A will go down to the final day after Milan drew while Fiorentina beat Palermo, in the process relegating the visitors. Siena were also relegated after a cruel injury time winner gave Napoli all three points. Milan and Roma played out a 0-0 draw but their match was stopped for about two minutes because of racist abuse directed towards Mario Balotelli and other black players by Roma fans. Referee Gianluca Rocchi halted the game and the stadium announcer told Roma supporters they must desist with their monkey chants against black Milan players, or the game would be postponed.

Fiorentina will be without Adem Ljajic against Palermo on Sunday. The 21-year-old continues to serve his two-match ban after insulting officials at the final whistle of the Viola's match against Roma last weekend. Mohamed Sissoko, Marcelo Larrondo and Michele Camporese are all out through injury, while Vincenzo Montella welcomes back Alberto Aquilani to the midfield.

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been handed a three-match ban for spitting at an opponent in Sunday's 1-0 win over Palermo. The 20-year-old spat at Salvatore Aronica seven minutes from time and was promptly shown a red card. Pogba will miss the remaining three matches of the season against Atalanta, Cagliari and Sampdoria.

Fiorentina forward Adem Ljajic has been punished with a two-match suspension for insulting the referee during a 1-0 defeat to Roma. The Serbia striker will miss matches against Siena and Palermo but will be available for the final game against Pescara. Ljajic's fellow countryman and teammate Nenad Tomovic picked up a yellow card during the game and will be suspended for next week's clash with Siena.

Juventus claimed their second successive Serie A title with a hard-earned 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Palermo. The result also secured the Turin club's 29th league crown with three games remaining. Napoli will play Champions League football next season after Edinson Cavani's hat-trick fired them to a convincing 3-1 win over Inter. Mario Balotelli's late goal cemented Milan's hold on third place in Serie A as they beat Torino 1-0. Miroslav Klose hit five goals in Lazio's 6-0 demolition of Bologna. The Germany striker, 34, is the first Lazio player to score five goals in a match. He is also the first player to score five in the Italian top-flight since 1986.

Napoli defender Hugo Campagnaro will miss Sunday night's clash against Inter due to a nagging calf problem. The Argentine defender could not overcome the injury that has been hampering him all week. As a result coach Walter Mazzarri will have to shuffle his backline with Alessandro Gamberini or Rolando favourites to replace him.

Midfielder Riccardo Montolivo could miss Milan's final four Serie A matches after tearing a muscle in his right leg, an injury that could affect the Rossoneri's attempt to hold off Fiorentina for third place and the final Champions League spot. Montolivo was injured in training on Thursday an will be evaluated in the coming days.