Inter blow chance to go top in Italy

AFP, MILAN: Inter Milan spurned a chance to go top of Serie A for a second week running after a pulsating 1-1 draw at Palermo on Saturday left them just short of leaders Fiorentina.
The result left Inter second on 18 points, only trailing Fiorentina on goal difference. The leaders host third-placed Roma (17 points) in a showdown on Sunday to see who ends the weekend top in Italy.  
Inter began the season with five straight wins, but their latest draw means they have only taken three points from their last four games.
Elsewhere, first ever Serie A goals either side of half time from Rade Krunic and Piotr Zielinski lifted Empoli away from the drop zone with a much needed 2-0 victory over Genoa.  Krunic, a 22-year-old Bosnian, fired low and hard into the bottom corner from the edge of the six yard box when getting to a loose ball first to break the deadlock just ahead of the interval.
Then Poland international Zielinski, 21, kept a cool head for his goal, nodding home unmarked after the defence watched Massimo Maccarone’s effort come back off the crossbar.
Bologna climbed off the bottom when they came from behind against 10-man Carpi to clinch a 2-1 win.
Gaetano Letizia turned in from six yards out to give the minnows the lead midway through the first half, but Lorenzo Lollo was soon sent off for a second bookable offence.

Inter blow chance to go top in Italy

AFP, MILAN: Inter Milan spurned a chance to go top of Serie A for a second week running after a pulsating 1-1 draw at Palermo on Saturday left them just short of leaders Fiorentina. The result left Inter second on 18 points, only trailing Fiorentina on goal difference. The leaders host third-placed Roma (17 points) in a showdown on Sunday to see who ends the weekend top in Italy. Inter began the season with five straight wins, but their latest draw means they have only taken three points from their last four games. Elsewhere, first ever Serie A goals either side of half time from Rade Krunic and Piotr Zielinski lifted Empoli away from the drop zone with a much needed 2-0 victory over Genoa. Krunic, a 22-year-old Bosnian, fired low and hard into the bottom corner from the edge of the six yard box when getting to a loose ball first to break the deadlock just ahead of the interval. Then Poland international Zielinski, 21, kept a cool head for his goal, nodding home unmarked after the defence watched Massimo Maccarones effort come back off the crossbar. Bologna climbed off the bottom when they came from behind against 10-man Carpi to clinch a 2-1 win. Gaetano Letizia turned in from six yards out to give the minnows the lead midway through the first half, but Lorenzo Lollo was soon sent off for a second bookable offence.