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Lazio beats Bari to stay top in Italy

LAZIO'S 2-0 win at Bari kept the Romans top of the standings by two points.

Tricky playmaker Hernanes, one of the buys of the season from Sao Paulo, latched on to Italy midfielder Stefano Mauri's pass to give Lazio an early second-half lead before Sergio Floccari sealed the points from Mauri's mishit shot.

Lazio flirted with relegation last term but coach Edy Reja has it riding high on 16 points from seven matches.

Napoli, in fourth, missed the chance to join Inter and AC Milan on 14 points after a 1-1 draw at Catania where Edinson Cavani netted his sixth league goal.

Juventus made a bad start but now lies just five points from the summit after a rampant 4-0 home win over Lecce sparked by Alberto Aquilani's first goal for the club.

The former Liverpool and AS Roma midfielder fired in from 25 meters before Felipe Melo, booed by his own fans for much of last term, continued his renaissance with a cheeky penalty and Fabio Quagliarella nodded in on his knees just before the break.

Milos Krasic, distraught when Serbia's Euro qualifier in Italy was abandoned on Tuesday because of rioting away fans, was again superb before Alessandro Del Piero scored a late fourth to equal Giampiero Boniperti's Juventus' record of 178 Serie A goals.

Fiorentina slumped to bottom after Antonio Cassano scored the winner in Sampdoria's 2-1 comeback victory, prompting visiting coach Sinisa Mihajlovic to say he would not resign.

Cesena drew 1-1 with Parma and Udinese won 1-0 at Brescia in other Serie A matches on Sunday.





 

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