Di Natale on target as Udinese beat Palermo
Reuters - Sunday 30 October 2011, 22:39
Antonio Di Natale, last season's
Serie A top scorer, grabbed his seventh goal of the campaign to
give Udinese a 1-0 win over Palermo and keep them one point
behind leaders Juventus on Sunday.
Lazio also stayed one point behind Juve after a 3-0 win at
Cagliari in the late match.
Cesena fired coach Marco Giampaolo after a 2-0 defeat at
Parma left them winless and rooted to the bottom while
Fiorentina coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was angry with fans who
jeered his team in a 1-0 win over Genoa.
Two goals from Mattia Destro helped Siena to a 4-1 victory
over Chievo while struggling duo Lecce and Novara drew 1-1.
German Denis scored his sixth goal of the season but the
Argentine's seventh-minute effort was not enough for Atalanta as
they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Bologna.
Di Natale, who once again tops the scoring charts, took
advantage of slack marking in the 38th minute to turn in Dusan
Basta's cross as Udinese bounced back from Wednesday's 2-0
defeat at Napoli.
Udinese lost their unbeaten record in that match when the
irrepressible Di Natale was missing through injury.
Lazio soaked up early pressure in Sardinia, then hit their
hosts with two goals in a five-minute spell before half-time from
Senad Lulic and Miroslav Klose. Tommaso Rocchi completed a
somewhat flattering scoreline two minutes from time.
Sunday's results left Udinese and Lazio with 18 points from
nine games, one behind leaders Juventus who beat Inter Milan 2-1
away on Saturday.
Defending champions AC Milan, 3-2 winners at AS Roma on
Saturday, are fourth with 17 points.
"NEW STRENGTH"
Bottom club Cesena said on their website that Giampaolo, who
took over in the close season, had been dismissed following the
defeat at Parma and a new coach would be named in the coming
days.
The Sea Horses have just three points from nine games after
Gabriel Paletta and Alessandro Lucarelli scored in each half for
Parma.
"It's a change that I had to make to give new strength and
enthusiasm to the team," club president Igor Campedelli was
quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency.
Lecce coach Eusebio Di Francesco also had to fend off talk
about his future after the draw with Novara left his side two
points above Cesena in 19th place.
"Nobody's said anything to me, when I talked to the
directors it was about the game," he said.
"That question should be asked to the club."
Andrea Lazzari's goal gave Fiorentina a 1-0 win at home to
Genoa but there was no fun in the result for Mihajlovic after
fans jeered him and the team.
"It doesn't bother me but I'm unhappy for the boys," he told
reporters.