Italian Serie A Roundup, May 15

Italian Serie A Roundup, May 15

Published May. 15, 2010 10:06 p.m. ET

Ronaldinho scored twice to help AC Milan beat Juventus 3-0 in the Serie A on Saturday, a day after coach Leonardo and Milan agreed this would be his last match in charge.

Ronaldinho was in inspired form on the left wing. He set up Luca Antonini for the opening goal and doubled the lead before halftime.

"I have had 10 years here at Milan, but I think the team will go on and get better," Leonardo said. "I'm not sure what I will do. I will take a break and think about it calmly."

After the break, the former world player of the year added his second before making way for Filippo Inzaghi.

"Leonardo has done excellent things for us, he is a friend and I want to see him happy," Ronaldinho said. "He knew I was happiest on the left wing more than anywhere else and he played me there."

Juventus ended an anticlimactic season in uninspired form. Alessandro Del Piero tried hard to create an opening, but after halftime the team appeared content to run down the clock.

"We came across as a team that was unfamiliar with each other," Del Piero said. "We have missed out on many of our objectives this season."

Juventus coach Alberto Zaccheroni will also step down now that the season is over and Sampdoria boss Luigi Delneri is the favorite to take over.

"Delneri is one name, but there are a lot of names going round," Del Piero said. "There's a lot of time (for the board) to decide. I don't think there will be a revolution and most of the players will stay."

Also, Lazio defeated Udinese 3-1. Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sergio Floccari and Cristian Brocchi scored for Lazio, while Antonio Di Natale scored his 29th league goal of the season for the visitors.

At the San Siro, Juventus had an early chance to open the scoring. Hasan Salihamidzic set Vincenzo Iaquinta free behind the defense, but the striker dragged his shot across the face of the goal and wide.

Alexandre Pato then went close with a header from Antonini's cross that Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon held.

Milan opened the scoring in the 16th. Clarence Seedorf chipped over the defense and Antonini ran onto the ball and shot past Buffon for his first of the season.

Slack defense was again responsible for Milan's second as Ronaldinho took advantage of its hesitancy, played a quick one-two pass with Pato and slotted the ball low beyond Buffon.

Juventus has two chances to pull a goal back before the break. Del Piero forced Dida into pushing the ball over the bar from long range and Fabio Cannavaro headed wide from close in from Hasan Salihamidzic's cross.

Ronaldinho's second and Milan's third came from yet another error from Juventus' defense. Gianluca Zambrotta crossed, Giorgio Chiellini failed to clear the danger with a header and the ball fell to the Brazilian, who curled a shot past substitute stopper Alex Manninger.

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