Rome - Brazilian striker Amauri notched a brace late Sunday
to help Juventus beat AC Milan 4-2 to remain alone in second place
six points behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan, who earlier beat tail-
enders Chievo by the same scoreline.
Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic also scored a brace to move the
defending champions on to 39 points from 16 games, with Juve trailing
on 33 and Napoli lying level with Milan on 30 after a 3-0 beating of
Lecce on Saturday.
In pouring rain in Turin, Juve captain Alessandro Del Piero on 16
minutes converted a spot kick after being floored by Marek
Jankulovski, but Milan almost levelled two minutes later as Massimo
Ambrosini squandered an easy header before Alex Manninger.
Milan play maker Andrea Pirlo threatened with a nasty free kick on
21 minutes, 10 before Ronaldinho fed his Brazilian compatriot Pato
for a flick into the empty net.
Juve, however, again seized the lead three minutes later through a
header from defender Giorgio Chiellini off a corner kick and closed
the first half on 3-1 with a majestic downward header from Amauri.
After a good start from the hosts, Ambrosini lucked out on 56
minutes as two defenders deflected his long-range drive to fool
Manninger, but the Devils' efforts were blunted when Gianluca
Zambrotta was sent off on 65 minutes with a second yellow card.
A classy exchange with Mohamed Sissoko set up Amauri for a second
goal that on 69 minutes sank Milan's hopes and brought his goal tally
to 10 goals next to Ibrahimovic.
Fifth-place Fiorentina beat Catania 2-0 through goals from Adrian
Mutu and Alberto Gilardino, who drew level on 12 goals with top
scorers Marco Di Vaio of Bologna and Genoa's Argentine Diego Milito.
Genoa and guests Atalanta are safe in mid-table after drawing 1-1
in a game that the hosts closed with 10 men against the nine-man
Bergamo visitors.
An Antonio Di Natale brace was not enough for Udinese as Lazio
rallied from three down to snatch a 3-3 draw in Udine, while Roma
fought hard to prevail 3-2 at home to Cagliari.
Roma captain Francesco Totti put his team ahead, scoring his 170th
goal in 405 Serie A games, and Montenegro striker Mirko Vucinic
netted the winner after Cagliari took a 2-1 lead.
Palermo beat Siena 2-0, Sampdoria also won 2-0 away to Reggina and
Bologna hammered Torino 5-2 on Saturday.
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