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Udinese, Napoli stay atop

ROME: Udinese and Napoli won to extend their surprising runs atop the Italian Serie ‘A’ football on Wednesday, while Inter Milan dropped behind following a 0-0 draw at Fiorentina.

Udinese beat Catania 2-0 with goals from Chile forward Alexis Sanchez and Italy forward Fabio Quagliarella. Argentine striker German Denis racked a hat-trick as Napoli defeated Reggina 3-0 to celebrate the reopening of the curves at the San Paolo Stadium.

The closest Inter came to scoring was when Amantino Mancini hit the crossbar five minutes in. Inter also drew 0-0 against Genoa at the weekend.

Filippo Inzaghi scored once and earned a penalty that Kaka converted in AC Milan’s 2-1 win over Siena. After dropping its opening two games, Milan has gone unbeaten in its last seven, winning six.

Udinese and Napoli lead with 20 points each, one more than Milan, followed by Inter with 18 and Fiorentina with 17.

Juventus has 15 points after Pavel Nedved scored twice in a 2-1 win over Bologna. It was Juve’s second straight win after going a month without a victory.

Also, it was Chievo Verona 1, Lazio 2; Genoa 2, Cagliari 1; Lecce 1, Palermo 1; and Torino 2, Atalanta 1.

The AS Roma-Sampdoria game was stopped after six minutes with the score 0-0 due to heavy rain. It will be replayed later.

The results: Italian Serie ‘A’: On Wednesday: AC Milan 2 (Inzaghi 31, Kaka 65-pen) bt Siena 1 (Vergassola 54); Bologna 1 (Di Vaio 74) lost to Juventus 2 (Nedved 12, 56); Catania 0 lost to Udinese 2 (Sanchez 13, Quagliarella 83); Chievo 1 (Pellissier 11) lost to Lazio 2 (Pandev 14, Mantovani 82-og).

Fiorentina 0 drew with Inter Milan 0; Genoa 2 (Papastathopoulos 25, Thiago 55) bt Cagliari 1 (Bianco 66); Lecce 1 (Cacia 22) bt Palermo 1 (Cavani 88); Napoli 3 (Denis 7, 16, 63) bt Reggina 0; Roma vs. Sampdoria — match postponed after six minutes due to waterlogged pitch; Torino 2 (Amoruso 62, Stellone 64) bt Atalanta 1 (Floccari 66). — Agencies

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