Juventus 4-1 Bologna
Cagliari 0-1 Genoa
Inter 2-0 Fiorentina
Sampdoria 2-2 Roma
Reggina 1-1 Napoli
Siena 1-5 Milan
Palermo 5-2 Lecce
Lazio 0-3 Chievo
Udinese 1-1 Catania
Atalanta 2-0 Torino
As you were up top in Serie A as Inter beat Fiorentina to remain clear at the summit. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who so flattered to deceive against Manchester United, headed a controversial goal for the lead in the first half and doubled it in stoppage time but Jose Mourinho once again had Julio Cesar to thank for a string of fantastic saves to safeguard the points. Juventus remain the leader of the chasing pack following a comfortable victory over stricken Bologna. Massimo Mutarrelli had given the visitors a surprise lead but the Gobbini overpowered their opponents in the second half, with goals from Salihimidzic, Giovinco, and of course two from Alex Del Piero (his 8th and 9th of the campaign).
AC Milan barely got out of first gear and still hammered Siena, which included Filipo Inzaghi notching up his 300th league goal. His brace, alongside that of Alexandre Pato, combined to brush aside the limp Tuscans although there was bad news for Carlo Ancelloti with both the returning Kaka and David Beckham limping off with injuries. Genoa moved into that golden fourth spot thanks to an 85th-minute goal from Ruben Olivera, his second of the season, gave the Grifone all three points against 10-man Cagliari. Cagliari lost Andrea Cossu to a harsh red card in the 39th minute but held out until just five minutes from the end when Olivera punished them as Genoa's pressure finally paid off.
Roma could only be held at Sampdoria after they had Marco Motta sent off. And it was a duel of two strikers as Pazzini and Julio Baptista helped themselves to two each, under the circumstances Luciano Spalleti will be the happier. Napoli have a new coach – Edy Reja paying the price for some terrible form, replaced by Roberto Donadoni – but he could not get off to a winning start, being held at rock-bottom Reggina. Ezequiel Lavezzi’s equalizer to Bernado Corradi’s goal was just that, not a springboard to a victory. The other new coaching appointment, Gigi De Canion, could only inspire his Lecce side to a 5-2 thumping at Palermo, who were once again inspired by their South American stars Simplicio and Cavani who scored twice.
At the bottom, there was a massive win for Chievo, 3-0 at Lazio which takes them three points off the bottom three. Torino’s defeat at Atalanta, for whom Sergio Floccari scored twice, leaves them two points adrift ahead of Lecce and Reggina. Udinese and Catania could only draw, leaving both in mid-table.
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