Serie A Match Summaries - Week 5

Played on Sunday:

Bari 0 - Parma 1
Parma: Patrick Mboma 87'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 14,000

A Patrick Mboma header three minutes from time gave Parma an important away victory at Bari. Bari have yet to win a game and are second from bottom with two points. Parma have recovered from a shaky start with a second straight win.

Brescia 2 - Roma 4
Brescia: Pierpaolo Bisoli 22', Dario Hubner 45' (penalty)
Roma: Vincent Candela 13' Gabriel Batistuta 60', 77', 90'
Halftime: 2-1
Attendance: 19,000

A second half hat-trick by Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta completed a fine AS Roma recovery at Brescia. With five matches gone, Batistuta became Serie A's top scorer with six goals. AS Roma moved second, one point behind Udinese.

AC Milan 3 - Atalanta 3
AC Milan: Serginho 23', Oliver Bierhoff 49' Andriy Shevchenko 64' (penalty)
Atalanta: Cristiano Doni 21', 44' (penalty), Fausto Rossini 45'
Halftime: 1-3
Attendance: 50,000

Atalanta continued their surprise start to the season with a draw at AC Milan but were disappointed to have lost a 3-1 lead. Cristiano Doni scored twice and Fausto Rossini added a header to give Atalanta a 3-1 advantage at the break before AC Milan mounted a comeback. Oliver Bierhoff cut the lead and a penalty by Andriy Shevchenko levelled the score as AC Milan avoided losing their third match of the season. Atalanta remained unbeaten.

Napoli 1 - Vicenza 2
Napoli: Marek Jankulovski 24'
Vicenza: Vincenzo Sommese 18', 51'
Halftime: 1-1
Attendance: 35,000 Vicenza earned their second successive victory by beating bottom side Napoli. Two goals by newly-acquired, Naples-born striker Vincenzo Sommese gave Vicenza the win, leaving Napoli with just one point from five matches.

Reggina 0 - Juventus 2
Juventus: David Trezeguet 45', 64'
Halftime: 0-1
Attendance: 26,000

Two goals by French international David Trezeguet gave Juventus victory at Reggina. Goalkeeper Massimo Taibi's blunder in the closing moments of the first half paved the way for Trezeguet to fire home a shot from the edge of the box to give Juve the lead. Trezeguet struck again in the second half, heading home an Alessio Tacchinardi free kick. [Full match report]

Udinese 2 - Lecce 0
Udinese: Roberto Sosa 65', Massimo Margiotta 70'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 18,000

For the first time in the club's 104-year history, Udinese stand alone at the top of Serie A. Argentine striker Roberto Sosa scored his fourth of the season and Massimo Margiotta added the second as Udinese won at home against Lecce to pull one point clear of second-placed AS Roma.

Verona 2 - Inter Milan 2
Verona: Emiliano Bonazzoli 15', Vincenzo Italiano 43'
Inter Milan: Francisco Farinos 26', Hakan Sukur 81'
Red Card: Vincenzo Italiano (Verona) 44'
Halftime: 2-1
Attendance: 26,174

Inter fell behind to a 15th minute goal from Verona's Emiliano Bonazzoli but levelled 11 minutes later through Francisco Farinos. Verona edged back in front in the 43rd minute thanks to a superb strike from Vincenzo Italiano, but the midfielder was instantly dismissed after he picked up a second yellow card for excessive goal celebrations. With Verona down to 10 men for the entire second half, Hakan Sukur found the equaliser in the 81st.

Played Saturday:

Fiorentina 3 - Perugia 4
Fiorentina: Angelo Di Livio 22', Leandro 45', 76'
Perugia: Zisis Vryzas 39', 49', 65', Luca Saudati 42' (penalty)
Red Card: Roberto Goretti (Perugia) 83'
Halftime: 2-2
Attendance: 28,000

Greek striker Zisis Vryzas led Perugia to a dramatic win at struggling Fiorentina with a hat-trick. Fiorentina went ahead through Angelo Di Livio in the 22nd minute before Vryzas equalised and then a Luca Saudati penalty put the visitors ahead. Brazilian Leandro equalised for Fiorentina but Vryzas struck twice before Leandro's second gave Fiorentina some hope.

Lazio 2 - Bologna 0
Lazio: Pavel Nedved 10', Hernan Crespo 65'
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 45,000

Czech Pavel Nedved scored after 10 minutes and Argentine international Hernan Crespo added a second after the break to give champions Lazio a comfortable victory. After a stuttering start Lazio have now won two consecutive games and moved fourth.

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Serie A Leading Scorers After Week 5

goals	player (penalty if applicable, team)
6	Batistuta ( Roma)
4	Inzaghi ( 1, Lazio) , Leandro ( Fiorentina) , Rossini ( Atalanta) , Shevchenko ( 1, Milan) , Sosa ( Udinese)
3	Doni ( 1, Atalanta) , Hubner ( 2, Brescia) , Mboma ( Parma) , Muzzi ( Udinese) , Totti ( 1, Roma) , Trezeguet ( Juventus) , Vryzas ( Perugia)
2	Amoroso ( 1, Parma) , Bierhoff ( Milan) , Bisoli ( Brescia) , Crespo ( Lazio) , Del Piero ( 1, Juventus) , Iaquinta ( 1, Udinese) , Kallon ( 1, Vicenza) , Kovacevic ( Juventus) , Marazzina ( Reggina) , Materazzi ( 1, Perugia) , Mihajlovic ( 1, Lazio) , Nuno Gomes ( Fiorentina) , Recoba ( Inter) , Signori ( Bologna) , Sommese ( Vicenza) , Sukur ( Inter) , Ventola ( Atalanta) , Vugrinec ( Lecce)
1	Ambrosini ( Milan) , Amoroso ( Fiorentina) , Andersson ( 1, Bari) , Bia ( Bologna) , Binotto ( Bologna) , Blanc ( Inter) , Bonazzoli ( Verona) , Bucchi ( Perugia) , Candela ( Roma) , Cassano ( Bari) , Conte ( Juventus) , Cruz ( Bologna) , Di Biagio ( Inter) , Di Livio ( Fiorentina) , Diana ( Brescia) , Farinos ( Inter) , Fiore ( 1, Udinese) , Fresi ( 1, Napoli) , Gargo ( Udinese) , Gilardino ( Verona) , Gonnella ( Verona) , Italiano ( Verona) , Jankulovski ( Napoli) , Lucarelli ( 1, Lecce) , Margiotta ( Udinese) , Masinga ( Bari) , Micoud ( Parma) , Montella ( Roma) , Moriero ( Napoli) , Mutu ( Verona) , Nedved ( Lazio) , Oliveira ( Bologna) , Piacentini ( Bologna) , Pierini ( Fiorentina) , Possanzini ( Reggina) , Rui Costa ( Fiorentina) , Saudati ( 1, Perugia) , Serginho ( Milan) , Sesa ( Napoli) , Stellone ( Napoli) , Tedesco ( Perugia) , Tommasi ( Roma) , Toni ( Vicenza) , Wome ( Bologna) , Zamorano ( Inter) , Zenoni ( Atalanta) , Zenoni ( Atalanta) , Zidane ( 1, Juventus)

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