Udinese and Lazio both leapfrogged Juventus following their respective home victories and are now the new joint leaders in Serie A.
Udinese & Lazio win to go joint-top
Udinese and Lazio both leapfrogged Juventus on Sunday afternoon following their respective home victories and are now the new joint leaders in Serie A.
While the Udine outfit got the better of
Siena 2-1 at home, Edy Reja's Eagles edged past
Parma 1-0 in Rome, and now both sides are on 21 points after 10 matches, two ahead of the Old Lady.
Francesco Guidolin's Udinese surged ahead in the very first minute through Dusan Basta and doubled their advantage on 64 minutes when talisman Antonio Di Natale found the target.
The visitors from Tuscany threatened to launch a comeback when Francesco Bolzoni pulled one back with 14 minutes of normal time left on the clock, but the Bianconeri held on for all three points.
Lazio too garnered maximum points in front of their own supporters, but they left it late as Giuseppe Sculli netted the only goal of the game against Parma at the Stadio Olimpico in the 85th minute.
Defending Italian champions
AC Milan continued to maintain their great run of form as they hammered
Catania 4-0 at home to rise to third in the table on 20 points, just one point off the pace.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic broke the deadlock at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza from the penalty spot after just seven minutes and Robinho made it 2-0 to the Rossoneri midway through the first half.
An own goal from Francesco Lodi on 69 minutes saw Milan virtually wrap up the points and Gianluca Zambrotta added the icing on his cake with his side's fourth just three minutes later.
At the other end of the table, rock-bottom
Cesena went down 1-0 to fellow relegation candidates
Lecce at home, Juan Cuadrado with the only goal at the Dino Manuzzi on 56 minutes.
Lecce had Luis Murial sent off just two minutes later but the Seahorses failed to take advantage of their numerical superiority and remain stuck on three points, five behind their Sunday opponents, who are now third from bottom.
Elsewhere in Serie A on Sunday afternoon,
Chievo defeated
Fiorentina 1-0 in Verona, thanks to a 66th minute goal from Luca Rigoni, and
Atalanta beat
Cagliari by the same margin courtesy of a German Denis strike.
Genoa against
Inter Milan, scheduled to be played on Sunday at lunch-time, was postponed because of floods and so was
Napoli versus
Juventus, which was due to be held in the evening.
