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Sanchez nets 4 goals as Udinese routs Palermo

ALEXIS Sanchez scored four goals and Antonio Di Natale a hat-trick as Udinese romped to a 7-0 win at nine-man Palermo on Sunday while Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto'o gave champion Inter Milan a 2-0 win at Sampdoria.

Palermo's volatile president Maurizio Zamparini said coach Delio Rossi had ruined his team and rated his chances of staying at "one percent" after an extraordinary game that saw the visitors race to a 5-0 halftime lead.

Inter's win lifted the defending champion into second place in Serie A, at least for 24 hours, one point above Napoli and two behind leader AC Milan.

Udinese and Roma, held 2-2 by Parma in Vincenzo Montella's first home game in charge, gained ground on fourth-placed Lazio, which lost 0-1 at Cagliari following a comical own goal from Brazilian defender Andre Dias after 40 minutes.

The scenes in Sicily were remarkable, with Chile forward Sanchez, tracked by Inter, scoring a first-half hat-trick and Di Natale completing the rout with a penalty just after the hour.

Sanchez, applauded by Palermo fans when later substituted, had grabbed his fourth after 48 minutes as Palermo fell apart, with Armin Bacinovic and Matteo Darmian sent off for a second booking and a professional foul either side of the break.

Udinese has been in superb form after a shaky start while Palermo has started sliding down the table.

 

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