Inter hammers Genoa as Napoli held
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March 8, 2011, Tuesday
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INTER Milan showed it is not going to give up its Serie A title without a ferocious fight after coming back from 0-1 down to hammer Genoa 5-2 on Sunday with striker Samuel Eto'o grabbing a brace.
The victory meant second-placed Inter, bidding for a sixth successive title, cut the gap at the top back to five points following leader's AC Milan's 1-0 win at Juventus on Saturday.
Third-placed Napoli, beaten last Monday by Milan, suffered a fresh blow when it drew 0-0 at home with second-bottom Brescia to slip eight points behind the leader with 10 games left.
Rodrigo Palacio gave Genoa a shock lead at the San Siro on 40 minutes but Inter coach Leonardo's halftime team talk did the trick and Inter came out with all guns blazing, Giampaolo Pazzini and partner Eto'o scoring within a minute of each other.
Eto'o soon made it three with a superb dummy and shot before substitute Goran Pandev boosted his brittle confidence with a tap-in and Japan left back Yuto Nagatomo scored his first Serie A goal to complete the rout.
Mauro Boselli netted late on for the shell-shocked visitors.
"We've made up some ground and now we are in a real battle," Leonardo said after becoming the first Serie A coach to record 33 points from his first 13 games in charge. "There were no magic words at halftime, the team knew we had not shown our potential in the first half. In the second period we needed lots of enthusiasm."
Milan meets Inter on April 3.
Giuseppe Sculli netted twice in the first half as fourth-placed Lazio won 2-0 at home to Palermo, still smarting from last weekend's 7-0 home thrashing by Udinese which led to Delio Rossi's sacking and Serse Cosmi being appointed coach.
Udinese, in fifth, is just three behind Napoli after it followed up that masterclass with a more modest 1-0 home win over all-but-doomed bottom side Bari thanks to a penalty from Serie A top scorer Antonio Di Natale.
Adrian Mutu started to repay the mid-table Florence side with two goals in a 3-0 win over coach Sinisa Mihajlovic's former team Catania.
The victory meant second-placed Inter, bidding for a sixth successive title, cut the gap at the top back to five points following leader's AC Milan's 1-0 win at Juventus on Saturday.
Third-placed Napoli, beaten last Monday by Milan, suffered a fresh blow when it drew 0-0 at home with second-bottom Brescia to slip eight points behind the leader with 10 games left.
Rodrigo Palacio gave Genoa a shock lead at the San Siro on 40 minutes but Inter coach Leonardo's halftime team talk did the trick and Inter came out with all guns blazing, Giampaolo Pazzini and partner Eto'o scoring within a minute of each other.
Eto'o soon made it three with a superb dummy and shot before substitute Goran Pandev boosted his brittle confidence with a tap-in and Japan left back Yuto Nagatomo scored his first Serie A goal to complete the rout.
Mauro Boselli netted late on for the shell-shocked visitors.
"We've made up some ground and now we are in a real battle," Leonardo said after becoming the first Serie A coach to record 33 points from his first 13 games in charge. "There were no magic words at halftime, the team knew we had not shown our potential in the first half. In the second period we needed lots of enthusiasm."
Milan meets Inter on April 3.
Giuseppe Sculli netted twice in the first half as fourth-placed Lazio won 2-0 at home to Palermo, still smarting from last weekend's 7-0 home thrashing by Udinese which led to Delio Rossi's sacking and Serse Cosmi being appointed coach.
Udinese, in fifth, is just three behind Napoli after it followed up that masterclass with a more modest 1-0 home win over all-but-doomed bottom side Bari thanks to a penalty from Serie A top scorer Antonio Di Natale.
Adrian Mutu started to repay the mid-table Florence side with two goals in a 3-0 win over coach Sinisa Mihajlovic's former team Catania.
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