Race for Scudetto: El Shaarawy finds Roma winner; Empoli shock Fiorentina

Another championship weekend is behind us. The big match of the round was undoubtedly Milan-Juventus, a game won by the Bianconeri thanks to a goal by former Rossoneri midfielder Manuel Locatelli. But there were other vital matches, starting with Fiorentina-Empoli, a Tuscan derby, which deserves a separate chapter. Victories also for Roma, Napoli, Lazio, Inter and Atalanta. Let's see what happened:

SURPRISE OF THE WEEK - EMPOLI DEFEAT FIORENTINA

This was a surprising result, certainly the biggest surprise of the weekend. Everyone expected an easy victory for Vincenzo Italiano's team, continuous and well organised since the beginning of the season.

Instead Aurelio Andreazzoli and his boys brought home the three points by putting in an extraordinary performance. Suffice it to say that Empoli had a goal disallowed (due to a hand-ball) and missed a clear scoring opportunity in the final minutes of the match with Mattia Destro, but they absolutely did not fall away; on the contrary, the result was always in Andreazzoli's boys' hands.

Francesco Caputo and Emmanuel Gyasi scored for a surprise Tuscan derby win, moreover at a time when this Fiorentina had been launched in terms of ambition, conviction and a level of football.

Perhaps thanks to this victory and Caputo's performance Empoli's season might really start anew. Better late than never.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK - STEPHAN EL SHAARAWY

Certainly he is no longer the young talent capable of impressing with dribbles and technical plays that may sometimes lack an end product, but perhaps it is better this way: Stephan El Shaarawy has grown, he has become a man, he is less fast and explosive than before, but he is a reliable footballer, a man of experience, important for the locker room and