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Eto’o to Inter’s rescue

ROME: Samuel Eto’o earned Serie A leader Inter Milan a 1-1 draw with AS Roma at the San Siro on Sunday, while its city rival AC Milan climbed to third with a 2-1 win at troubled Lazio.

The Cameroon forward controlled a Thiago Motta pass, spun around and drove home a diagonal strike just after the break to cancel out Mirko Vucinic’s first-half goal.

The champion now has 29 points from 12 games, five more than second-placed Juventus, which won 5-2 at Atalanta. on Saturday. Inter started the weekend with a seven-point lead.

Inter coach Jose Mourinho had said former title challenger Roma was dangerous despite being in the lower half of the table and missing injured players such as captain Francesco Totti.

He was proved right in the 13th minute when Montenegro striker Vucinic put the visitor in front with a looping header to make amends after his dithering had allowed Inter’s defence to recover when he was clean through soon after kickoff.

Inter had keeper Julio Cesar to thank for keeping it on level terms after Eto’o’s goal when he produced a fine save to repel a powerful Jeremy Menez shot after the hour mark.

The results:

Italian league: Parma 2 (Zaccardo 40, Lanzafame 72) bt Chievo 0; Lazio 1 (Silva 65-og) lost to AC Milan 2 (Silva 22, 65-og, Pato 35); Genoa 4 (Crespo 2, 18, Palladino 35, Floccari 90) bt Siena 2 (Paolucci 80, Maccarone 82); Bari 1 (Allegretti 6) bt Livorno 0; Bologna 3 (Zalayeta 42, 50, Di Vaio 90+3) bt Palermo 1 (Kjfr 45); Udinese 0 lost to Fiorentina 1 (J. Vargas 84); Cagliari 2 (Conti 85, Matri 89) bt Sampdoria 0; Inter Milan 1 (Eto’o 48) drew with Roma 1 (Vucinic 13).

Spanish league: Racing Santander 0 lost to Athletic Bilbao 2 (Gurpegui 31, Iraola 76-pen); Valladolid 0 drew with Xerez 0; Almeria 2 (Uche 1, 89) bt Osasuna 0; Sporting Gijon 1 (Bilic 3) bt Espanyol 0; Valencia 3 (Mata 17, Villa 40, Pablo Hernandez 42) bt Real Zaragoza 1 (Aguilar 65); Sevilla 3 (Luis Fabiano 9, 61, Kanoute 66) bt Villarreal 2 (Pires 29, Fuster 59). — Agencies

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