Cavani's hat-trick sends Napoli second
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April 4, 2011, Monday
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EDINSON Cavani scored a hat-trick in the last half hour as Napoli came from two goals down to beat Lazio 4-3 at home and go second in the Italian Serie A yesterday.
The Uruguayan took his Serie A tally to 25 goals, level with Udinese's Antonio de Natale, as Napoli kept alive its scudetto hopes in a fiery match which left the visitors fuming at three key decisions.
Lazio appeared to have a goal wrongly disallowed with the score at 2-2 when Cristian Brocchi's long-range effort bounced down off the crossbar. Replays suggested it had crossed the line by at least a meter.
The visitors, who stayed fifth in the table, were also angry with the Napoli penalty which made it 3-3 and said Napoli's winner came from an offside position.
Stefano Mauri gave Lazio a halftime lead with a delightful individual goal and Brazilian Andre Dias put it further ahead 12 minutes after the restart.
Andrea Dossena and Cavani pulled Napoli level only for Lazio to regain the lead with an own-goal by Salvatore Aronica.
Cavani equalized again, winning and converting an 82nd-minute penalty after Giuseppe Biava was sent off, and the Uruguayan lobbed the winner in the 88th minute.
Napoli moved on to 62 points from 31 games, staying three behind leader AC Milan, which beat Inter Milan 3-0 on Saturday.
Inter, reduced to 10 men early in the second half following Cristian Chivu's dismissal, would have gone top with a win as it bids for a sixth straight Serie A title but instead now trails its rival by five points with just seven games left.
Milan won thanks to a goal after 44 seconds and a 62nd-minute header from Alexandre Pato and substitute Antonio Cassano's late penalty.
Inter coach Leonardo bossed Milan to third spot last term but his attacking tactics in his first game against his former side were ruthlessly exposed by Massimiliano Allegri's men despite the suspension of former Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"I don't believe we have surrendered but five points are five points, it's a lot," the Brazilian told Sky television. "The game swung on the goal in the first minute which hit us psychologically."
The San Siro was enlivened before kickoff with the usual array of banners while Milan fans chanted against Leonardo, who left the Rossoneri last May after 13 years as a player, scout and coach only to join their arch-enemy in December.
Brescia beat Bologna 3-1 at home in Saturday's other Serie A game to climb out of the bottom three.
The Uruguayan took his Serie A tally to 25 goals, level with Udinese's Antonio de Natale, as Napoli kept alive its scudetto hopes in a fiery match which left the visitors fuming at three key decisions.
Lazio appeared to have a goal wrongly disallowed with the score at 2-2 when Cristian Brocchi's long-range effort bounced down off the crossbar. Replays suggested it had crossed the line by at least a meter.
The visitors, who stayed fifth in the table, were also angry with the Napoli penalty which made it 3-3 and said Napoli's winner came from an offside position.
Stefano Mauri gave Lazio a halftime lead with a delightful individual goal and Brazilian Andre Dias put it further ahead 12 minutes after the restart.
Andrea Dossena and Cavani pulled Napoli level only for Lazio to regain the lead with an own-goal by Salvatore Aronica.
Cavani equalized again, winning and converting an 82nd-minute penalty after Giuseppe Biava was sent off, and the Uruguayan lobbed the winner in the 88th minute.
Napoli moved on to 62 points from 31 games, staying three behind leader AC Milan, which beat Inter Milan 3-0 on Saturday.
Inter, reduced to 10 men early in the second half following Cristian Chivu's dismissal, would have gone top with a win as it bids for a sixth straight Serie A title but instead now trails its rival by five points with just seven games left.
Milan won thanks to a goal after 44 seconds and a 62nd-minute header from Alexandre Pato and substitute Antonio Cassano's late penalty.
Inter coach Leonardo bossed Milan to third spot last term but his attacking tactics in his first game against his former side were ruthlessly exposed by Massimiliano Allegri's men despite the suspension of former Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"I don't believe we have surrendered but five points are five points, it's a lot," the Brazilian told Sky television. "The game swung on the goal in the first minute which hit us psychologically."
The San Siro was enlivened before kickoff with the usual array of banners while Milan fans chanted against Leonardo, who left the Rossoneri last May after 13 years as a player, scout and coach only to join their arch-enemy in December.
Brescia beat Bologna 3-1 at home in Saturday's other Serie A game to climb out of the bottom three.
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