Video: Italian Serie A Highlights for October 18 & 19, 2008
INTER MILAN 4 ROMA 0
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a brace as champions Inter Milan thrashed struggling AS Roma 4-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday to move two points clear at the top of Serie A.
The Sweden striker was on target at the start of both halves before Dejan Stankovic and Victor Obinna completed the rout with powerful shots from the edge of the area in the 54th and 56th minute.
Three teams are tied in second place with 14 points – Catania, who beat Sicilian rivals Palermo 2-0, Udinese, who drew 2-2 at Lecce, and Napoli, 2-1 victors over Juventus on Saturday.
AC MILAN 3 SAMPDORIA 0
Ronaldinho converted a 55th-minute penalty conceded for handball by Sampdoria defender Stefano Lucchini, who was sent off, and combined well with Kaka to fire in Milan’s second 11 minutes later.
Filippo Inzaghi dodged past keeper Luca Castellazzi to slip the ball home in stoppage time and make sure Samp stayed without a league win.
NAPOLI 2 JUVENTUS 1
Ezequiel Lavezzi pounced on a loose clearance to sprint into the area and score in the 80th minute, completing a comeback triumph and extending Juventus’s winless run in all competitions to five games.
Brazilian striker Amauri volleyed Juventus in front just past the hour but Slovakia midfielder Marek Hamsik equalised for the hosts three minutes later when he glided in unmarked to head home a cross from Argentine forward Lavezzi.
BOLOGNA 3 LAZIO 1
Midfielder Sergio Volpi curled in a free kick and forward Marco Di Vaio struck twice in the first 27 minutes to end Bologna’s run of five consecutive defeats.
Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi pulled one back for the visitors, who were joint leaders at the start of the weekend, six minutes after halftime.
