Football news: Serie A Wrap
Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan came from a goal down to win 2-1 away at Palermo on Sunday to move to the summit of the Italian Serie A.
Josip Ilicic scored for the hosts after 28 minutes but two goals from Samuel Eto in a space of 8 frantic second half minutes made sure that Inter moved to the top of the Serie A.
Diego Milito missed a couple of gilt edged chances that could have made the win a little more comfortable for Jose’s men but in the end the win was enough for them to move jointly to the top of the table with Cesena.
Newly-promoted Cesena continued their impressive start to the season with their second win in three games, as an Erjon Bogdani goal saw them beat Lecce 1-0 on Sunday.
The win was an impressive one, as Cesena had to play with 10 men for more than half of the game.
In the 37th minute of the match midfielder Giuseppe Colucci received his second yellow of the evening to leave his side with a man disadvantage but his side showed great resolve to come out of the match with all three points.
In another match, the Old Lady of Turin cast aside their early-season woes with an emphatic 4-0 win over Udinese, who slumped to their third consecutive loss of the season.
Claudio Marchisio, Fabio Quagliarella, Leonardo Bonucci and Vincenzo Iaquinta scored for Juventus on the night, as they piled on the misery for Udinese.
Sampdoria lost their imperious home-record, as Napoli became the first side to beat Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris for the first time since January 2009, as they beat the hosts 2-1.
Mercurial striker Antonio Cassano scored for the hosts in the 78th minute from the penalty spot but to quick fire strikes from Edinson Cavani and Merek Hamsik saw Napoli remarkably turn things around to earn their first win of the season.
The win was enough for Napoli to propel them to 7th in the league table even after drawing their opening two fixtures of the season.
Over at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Alessandro Diamanti scored a goal for Brescia, then ended Chievo’s 100% start to the season.
Chievo were guilty of missing a host of chances early on in the game, but as soon as Brescia came to terms with the frantic pace of the match, they had the better of the contest and ended up with a slender but well deserved win.
Diamanti scored the solitary goal of the night with a curling 30-yard free kick that gave the goal-keeper no chance.
In another match on Sunday afternoon Marco Di Vaio scored two goals late in the second half, as his side came from behind to earn a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Roma.
The giants from Rome were marching easy towards their opening win of the campaign only for Di Vaio to spoil the part in the Italian capital.
New signing Marco Borriello grabbed his first goal for his new club in the 7th minute, and then Bologna defender Matteo Rubin scored at the wrong side of the pitch to double the Giallorossi advantage.
But Di Vaio scored for the visitors 13 minutes from time, and then again at the death to make sure that the spoils were shared on the night.
Parma also drew their match with Genoa at the Stadio Ennio Tardini on Sunday
Luca Toni scored his first goal for his new club in the 28th minute from a spot kick but Christian Zaccardo levelled the proceedings in the second half.
In another match on Sunday, Bari played a drab 0-0 draw against San Nicola.
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