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Italian Serie A News :: Inter Milan win again to Lead Serie A by 8 points at the winter break

Posted on 2009-12-20 by Gooner

Serie A leaders Inter Milano won again on Sunday to take an eight point lead over AC Milan into the winter break.

Juventus 1-2 Catania
Juve fans may not be feeling too festive in the coming days after watching their side suffer a fifth defeat in six games in all competitions.

Catania were bottom before kick-off, having won just once all season, but they took the lead in Turin through Jorge Martínez, whose 23rd-minute penalty effort came after Nicolás Spolli's shirt had been pulled.

Hasan Salihamidzic levelled for the hosts almost halfway through the second half, but as Ciro Ferrara's third-placed side sought out a winner, substitute Mariano Izco struck on the break with three minutes remaining to give Catania the win.

Inter Milan 1-0 Lazio
Inter Milan took advantage to give themselves an eight-point advantage to defend in the new year with a 1-0 home win over Lazio.

The champions were never in danger once Dejan Stanković led a breakaway after 14 minutes and crossed for Samuel Eto'o, who beat Fernando Muslera at the second attempt.

Roma 2-0 Parma
Fourth spot now belongs to AS Roma, who nudged Parma FC out of the UEFA Champions League qualifying spots by overcoming the promoted side 2-0 in the capital.

Nicolas Burdisso put Roma ahead after 48 minutes and Matteo Brighi made sure of their fifth triumph in seven Serie A outings in added time, after Massimo Paci had collected a late red card for Parma.

Napoli 2-0 Chievo
Livorno 3-1 Sampdoria
Palermo 1-0 Siena

SERIE A 2009/10 STANDINGS

CLUB        Pl  W D L   GD Pts
Inter Milan 17 12-3-2   22  39
AC Milan    16  9-4-3    6  31
Juventus    17  9-3-5    9  30
AS Roma     17  8-4-5    5  28
Parma       17  8-4-5    0  28
Napoli      17  7-6-4    2  27
Palermo     17  7-5-5    2  26
Sampdoria   17  7-4-6   -4  25
Bari        16  6-6-4    4  24
Fiorentina  16  7-3-6    3  24
Genoa       16  7-3-6    1  24
Chievo      17  7-3-7    1  24
Cagliari    16  7-2-7    4  23
Udinese     16  5-3-8   -2  18
Livorno     17  5-3-9   -9  18
Lazio       17  3-7-7   -6  16
Bologna     16  4-4-8   -7  16
Atalanta    16  3-4-9  -10  13
Catania     17  2-6-9  -10  12
Siena       17  3-3-11 -11  12

Sourced From : Italian Football Betting

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