Bologna 1-2 Internazionale
Palermo 0-2 Juventus
Roma 1-0 Siena
Napoli 0-1 Genoa
Sampdoria 1-0 Atalanta
Milan 1-0 Cagliari
Fiorentina 2-1 Chievo
Lecce 0-2 Lazio
Catania 2-0 Reggina
Torino 1-0 Udinese
Inter required a slice of good fortune to beat Bologna on Saturday, as Mario Balotelli’s free-kick evaded everyone to loop into the bottom corner in the 82nd minute. Inter had dominated for long periods, but had to wait until the 57th minute for Esteban Cambiasso to turn that dominance into a goal. With 11 minutes remaining the home side were sparked into life after Britos’s header but Balotelli’s free-kick ensured the three points headed back to Lombardia.
Juventus kept the gap at 9 points with a safe negotiation of a potentially tricky trip to Sicily. The Gobbini took a first-half lead afterfine individual goal from Momo Sissoko, who picked the ball up just inside the Palermo half, left Fabio Liverani in his wake, side-stepped Cesare Bovo and unleashed an unstoppable shot past Amelia into the top right-hand corner of the goal. David Trezeguet then wrapped things up in the second half. Roma bounced back from last week’s surprise defeat at Atalanta with a 1-0 win over Siena thanks to Rodrigo Taddei’s 63rd minute strike, a win that keeps them in 6th and puts 6 points between them and the chasing pack.
Fiorentina were far from convincing in their laboured 2-1 win over Chievo, the home side seemed to be suffering a hangover from their midweek UEFA Cup defeat to Ajax. The struggling visitors went ahead through Santiago Morero and lead for almost an hour before Alberto Gilardino levelled the score with less than 20 minutes remaining. A frantic final 10 minutes then saw Vincenzo Italiano dismissed for his second yellow card before Adrian Mutu, with the last touch of the game, ensured all three points remained in Florence – that’s five matches unbeaten for Prandelli’s men. Genoa remain in fifth just a point behind La Viola after a 1-0 win at Napoli, condemning Edy Reja’s men to their fifth defeat in 7 matches after Bosko Jankovic latched onto a Thiago Motta pass for the only goal of the game.
Milan laboured to a 1-0 win over Cagliari thanks to Clarence Seedorf’s solitary strike, Sampdoria beat Atalanta 1-0 – Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini combining yet again to good effect (brilliant business by Samp). Torino beat Udinese for their first win in 2009 and goals from Pasquale Foggia and Aleksandar Kolarov gave Lazio a 2-0 win at Lecce. Reggina look more adrift than ever at the bottom, now 6 points from safety after they were beaten 2-0 at Catania with a goal in each half from Capuano and Potenza.
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