Juventus close gap on Inter Milan
Juventus moved within a point of Serie A leaders Inter Milan as they hammered Sampdoria 5-1 this evening to leapfrog their opponents into second.
Goals from Amauri (26) and Giorgio Chiellini (42) gave Juve a two-goal cushion at half-time and they extended that when Mauro Camoranesi struck five minutes after the break.
Amauri grabbed his second after 62 minutes and, though Giampaolo Pazzini pulled one back a minute later, substitute David Trezeguet completed the rout two minutes from time.
Inter face Palermo on Thursday night, when they can extend their lead to four points.
AC Milan threw away a two-goal lead in the dying moments at the Stadio San Paolo as battling Napoli earned a 2-2 draw.
The Rossoneri appeared to be cruising to victory when goals from Filipo Inzaghi and Alexandre Pato put the 2-0 up inside the first five minutes - and Ignazio Abate's dismissal four minutes from time appeared to be academic.
But Luca Cigarini netted a stunning volley in the last minute and fellow substitute German Denis headed his side level three minutes into stoppage time.
That allowed Parma to take Milan's place in fourth courtesy of a 2-0 win over Bari.
Substitute Valeri Bojinov (58) and Alberto Paloschi (66) got the goals.
A second-half goal from Alessandro Matri saw Serie A strugglers Lazio slump to yet another defeat at the hands of a resurgent Cagliari side tonight.
Matri toe-poked the ball home in the 50th minute for the only goal of the game after Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera had fumbled a free-kick from Daniele Conti.
Genoa beat Fiorentina 2-1 to overtake their opponents and jump into sixth place.
Raffaele Palladino put the hosts ahead two minutes before the break, but the crucial goal came from Giandomenico Mesto (73) 10 minutes after Marco Marchionni had levelled.
Udinese dug deep to ease the pressure on coach Pasquale Marino with a 2-1 win which heaped misery on Roma boss Claudio Ranieri.
This crunch fixture of two sides struggling in the bottom half of the table was eventually settled when Antonio Floro Flores poked home his second of the night six minutes from time.
That was despite Udinese having gone down to 10 men moments earlier with the dismissal of Dusan Basta.
That, however, only levelled up the numbers with Roma having had Rodrigo Taddei sent off early in the second half.
Flores gave Udinese the lead after 21 minutes, but Daniele De Rossi cancelled that out three minutes before half-time.
Chievo won 2-1 at struggling Catania thanks to goals from Andrea Mantovani (31) and Michele Marcolini (70).
Giuseppe Mascara levelled from the penalty spot three minutes before the break but Takayuki Morimoto's dismissal after 81 minutes hamstrung Catania's attempts to equalise a second time.
Elsewhere, Leonardo Miglionico's 67th-minute strike gave Livorno a 1-0 win over Atalanta, while goals from Adailton (16) and
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (59) saw Bologna claim a 2-1 win over Siena, for whom Emanuele Calaio grabbed a late consolation.
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