Llorente, Tevez find net to send Juve top
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Second-half strikes from Fernando Llorente and Carlos Tevez secured a 2-0 win away to Livorno on Sunday to send champion Juventus top of Italy’s Serie A for the first time this season.
Elsewhere, Lazio escaped with a 1-1 draw away to 10-man Sampdoria while Fiorentina’s hopes of challenging for a place in Europe next season were dented by a 0-1 defeat away to dominant Udinese.
Juventus, with whom goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made his 500th Serie A appearance, now has a two-point cushion on overnight leader Roma ahead of the capital side’s home game against Cagliari yesterday.
Llorente, who also set up Tevez’s strike, said: “We have to take it a game at a time but, for sure, overtaking Roma can add a little pressure to them.”
Napoli, stunned 0-1 at home by Parma on Saturday, is now six points off the pace in third but stayed ahead of fourth-placed Inter after the Nerazzurri was held 1-1 away to Bologna.
Bologna took the lead in deserved fashion when Panagiotis Kone collected Jonathan Cristaldo’s square ball on the counter and kept his cool to slot it past Samir Handanovic in the 12th minute.
Inter had a mediocre opening period but spirits were lifted six minutes after the break when an angled shot by Jonathan took a deflection off the boot of Frederik Sorensen to wrong-foot Gianluca Curci in the home goal.
Although Roma could regain top spot with a win yesterday, results elsewhere were good for Juventus, which hosts FC Copenhagen tomorrow in a Champions League clash it must at least draw if it harbors any hopes of qualifying from Group B.
Fiorentina, meanwhile, was dominated throughout a 0-1 loss away to Udinese that left ‘La Viola’ with their third defeat of the campaign, but still fifth.
Struggling Sampdoria suffered a blow early in the second half when Nenad Krsticic saw red for a challenge on Cristian Ledesma. But with new coach Sinisa Mihajlovic in charge, the hosts rallied and substitute Roberto Soriano headed Samp into a shock 67th-minute lead, only for Lorik Cana to level at the death.
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