Eurosport - Wed, 24 Sep 23:03:00 2008
Julio Cruz struck 11 minutes from time to give leaders Internazionale a laboured 1-0 win over promoted Lecce and a one-point lead at the top of Serie A.
ATALANTA 1 CAGLIARI 0
Sergio Floccari beat the offside trap after 79 minutes to give Atalanta the three points in an uneventful game.
Cagliari remain bottom with no points from four games.
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BOLOGNA 0 UDINESE 3
Gaetano D'Agostino's first-half penalty put the guests ahead after last man Miguel Britos was dismissed for a professional foul on Antonio Floro Flores in the box.
Floro Flores then took advantage of some hesitant defending to slam in a second and Simone Pepe added the third.
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CHIEVO VERONA 1 TORINO 1
Rolando Bianchi put Torino ahead from the spot after Mario Ypes had handled but Michele Marcolini hit back soon after the break with a confident finish.
Torino's Aimo Diana was sent off in stoppage time.
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GENOA 3 ROMA 1
Home forward Diego Milito scored twice in the second half as Roma continued their awkward start to the campaign.
Giuseppe Sculli had put Genoa ahead after just four minutes before Daniele De Rossi equalised for the visitors when he headed in on the rebound after keeper Rubinho had saved his first effort.
Roma's Christian Panucci thought he had grabbed a second equaliser but it was wrongly chalked off for offside before De Rossi was dismissed for protesting a booking.
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INTERNAZIONALE 1 LECCE 0
Substitute Cruz fired in Zlatan Ibrahimovic's knockdown to hand unimpressive Inter victory.
Ibrahimovic earlier rattled the woodwork with a long-range free kick and strike partner Adriano header over from close range.
They go a point clear of Napoli and Lazio at the top.
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JUVENTUS 1 CATANIA 1
Gianvito Plasmati headed in after Juve's defence had failed to clear a cross midway through the second half to claim a surprise point for the visitors.
Home striker Amauri had scored his third in three league games when he arched his neck to head in Sebastian Giovinco's left wing cross on 16 minutes.
Amauri and Alessandro Del Piero hit the bar for Juve in the same passage of play as the hosts searched for a winner. Juve slip to joint fourth after the draw.
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LAZIO 3 FIORENTINA 0
Stefano Mauri's overhead kick whilst almost on the line put Lazio on their way after Mauro Zarate's header had come off the bar.
Goran Pandev and Sebastiano Siviglia quickly extended the lead against a fitful Fiorentina.
Lazio move joint second after their third win of the campaign, bouncing back from their 4-1 thrashing to Milan at the weekend.
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NAPOLI 2 PALERMO 1
Slovakian midfielder Marek Hamsik netted his third league goal of the young campaign when he prodded the hosts into the lead after a neat move.
Urguayan forward Marcelo Zalayeta later made it 2-0.
Fabrizio Miccoli's 83rd minute penalty for Palermo came too late.
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REGGINA 1 MILAN 2
Forward Alexandre Pato rifled home Kaka's pull-back to give Milan a hard-fought win.
Milan striker Marco Borriello, later injured, had netted a header from Clarence Seedorf's first half free kick to put the visitors in front only for Bernardo Corradi to bundle the ball home in a packed area for Reggina.
Summer signings Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko were again left out of Milan's starting 11.
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SIENA 0 SAMPDORIA 0
A dull goalless draw with few chances for either side.
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