Serie A Match Summaries - Week 8

Played on Sunday:

Bari 2 - Udinese 1
Bari: Phil Masinga 66', 77'
Udinese: Roberto Carlos Sosa 90'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 10,000

Bari's first win since May 7 thwarted Udinese's attempt to go top. South African striker Phil Masinga scored two close-range goals after coming on as a second half substitute. Argentina's Roberto Carlos Sosa scored a consolation headed goal in injury time.

Juventus 2 - Verona 1
Juventus: David Trezeguet 37', Zinedine Zidane 74'
Verona: Adailton 88'
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 30,000

A French double gave Juventus a vital win and coach Carlo Ancelotti some respite. David Trezeguet scored the first with a first-half header before Zinedine Zidane curled home a beautiful free kick from 25 metres. Brazilian Adailton pulled one back but Juve held on to go fifth. [Full match report]

Parma 2 - Lazio 0
Parma: Sergio Conceicao 10', Sabri Lamouchi 89'
Red Card: Fernando Couto (Lazio) 86'
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 24,000

Lazio's second defeat in five days and their second in the league this season saw them slump to eighth. Their former midfielder Sergio Conceicao scored a classy opener and Sabri Lamouchi added a late second. Lazio's Fernando Couto was unlucky to be sent off for what appeared a fair challenge on Diego Fuser.

Perugia 1 - Bologna 3
Perugia: Luca Saudati 54'
Bologna: Giovanni Bia 2', Thomas Locatelli 39', Carlo Nervo 46'
Halftime: 0-2
Attendance: 8,000 Bologna had wrapped up an impressive away win by halftime thanks to a fortunate deflected strike from Giovanni Bia after two minutes and a diving header from Thomas Locatelli. They scored a third straight after the break, the win taking them to fourth in the table.

Reggina 0 - Brescia 3
Brescia: Francesco Marino 55', Alessandro Calori 70', Massimiliano Esposito 81'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 25,000

Crowd trouble caused the abandonment of this bottom-of-the-table clash six minutes from time after Brescia went 3-0 up. Police intervened to stop Reggina fans hurling staves, plastic seats and water bottles on to the pitch. Brescia will almost certainly be awarded the victory -- their first of the season.

AS Roma 1 - Fiorentina 0
AS Roma: Gabriel Batistuta 83'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 60,000

Gabriel Batistuta scored perhaps the most difficult goal of his career against the side he served for nine seasons before his move to Roma in July. The Argentine striker refused to celebrate his 83rd minute strike and left the Olympic Stadium in tears after handing Roma a victory wich takes them three points clear at the top.

Vicenza 0 - Inter Milan 0
Red Card: Vratislav Gresko (Inter) 79'
Halftime: 0-0
Attendance: 14,000

A niggly draw which left Inter still in search of their first away win of the season. Christian Vieri made his first start since May 23 and played his first full 90 minutes since February. Inter's Slovak defender Vratislav Gresko was sent off for a harsh handball decision.

Played Saturday:

Atalanta 1 - Lecce 0
Atalanta: Maurizio Ganz 45'
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 18,000

Maurizio Ganz's first league goal for Atalanta was enough to give the Bergamo side a win which lifted them to second behind Roma. Despite losing key players due to suspension relating to a match-fixing scandal Atalanta, promoted last season, are the only unbeaten side in Serie A.

AC Milan 1 - Napoli 0
AC Milan: Massimo Ambrosini 43'
Halftime: 1-0
Attendance: 49,436

A Massimo Ambrosini header just before halftime gave Milan their first victory at the San Siro since mid-October but Alberto Zaccheroni's injury-hit side were far from convincing. Defender Emanuele Troise struck the bar with a header on the hour for an unlucky Napoli side who are still without a win.

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Serie A Leading Scorers After Week 8

goals	player (penalty if applicable, team)
9	Batistuta ( Roma)
7	Shevchenko ( 2, Milan) , Sosa ( Udinese)
5	Leandro ( 1, Fiorentina) , Totti ( 2, Roma
4	Inzaghi ( 1, Lazio) , Materazzi ( 2, Perugia) , Nuno Gomes ( Fiorentina) , Rossini ( Atalanta) , Trezeguet ( Juventus)
3	Bierhoff ( Milan) , Cruz ( Bologna) , Doni ( 1, Atalanta) , Hubner ( 2, Brescia) , Lucarelli ( 2, Lecce) , Masinga ( Bari) , Mboma ( Parma) , Muzzi ( Udinese) , Recoba ( Inter) , Ventola ( Atalanta) , Vryzas ( Perugia) , Vugrinec ( Lecce)
2	Ambrosini ( Milan) , Amoroso ( 1, Parma) , Bia ( Bologna) , Bisoli ( Brescia) , Bonazzoli ( Verona) , Candela ( Roma) , Crespo ( Lazio) , Del Piero ( 1, Juventus) , Fiore ( 2, Udinese) , Iaquinta ( 1, Udinese) , Kallon ( 1, Vicenza) , Kovacevic ( Juventus) , Lamouchi ( Parma) , Marazzina ( Reggina) , Micoud ( Parma) , Mihajlovic ( 1, Lazio) , Montella ( Roma) , Nervo ( Bologna) , Saudati ( 1, Perugia) , Sergio Conceicao ( Parma) , Signori ( Bologna) , Sommese ( Vicenza) , Sukur ( Inter) , Toni ( Vicenza) , Zidane ( 1, Juventus)
1	Adailton ( Verona) , Adani ( Fiorentina) , Amoroso ( Fiorentina) , Amoruso ( Napoli) , Andersson ( 1, Bari) , Baggio ( Lazio) , Binotto ( Bologna) , Blanc ( Inter) , Bogdani ( Reggina) , Bucchi ( Perugia) , Calori ( Brescia) , Camoranesi ( Verona) , Cassano ( Bari) , Comotto ( Vicenza) , Conte ( Juventus) , Dal Canto ( Vicenza) , Di Biagio ( Inter) , Di Livio ( Fiorentina) , Diana ( Brescia) , Donati ( Atalanta) , Esposito ( Brescia) , Farinos ( Inter) , Fresi ( 1, Napoli) , Ganz ( Atalanta) , Gargo ( Udinese) , Gilardino ( Verona) , Gonnella ( Verona) , Italiano ( Verona) , Jankulovski ( Napoli) , Locatelli ( Bologna) , Luiso ( Vicenza) , Madsen ( Bari) , Margiotta ( Udinese) , Marino ( Brescia) , Moriero ( Napoli) , Mutu ( Verona) , Nedved ( Lazio) , Oddo ( 1, Verona) , Oliveira ( Bologna) , Piacentini ( Bologna) , Pierini ( Fiorentina) , Possanzini ( Reggina) , Rui Costa ( Fiorentina) , Salas ( Lazio) , Serginho ( Milan) , Sesa ( Napoli) , Stellone ( Napoli) , Tedesco ( Perugia) , Tommasi ( Roma) , Tudor ( Juventus) , Vieri ( Inter) , Wome ( Bologna) , Zamorano ( Inter) , Zenoni ( Atalanta) , Zenoni ( Atalanta)
2	Amoroso ( 1, Parma) , Bisoli ( Brescia) , Bonazzoli ( Verona) , Candela ( Roma) , Crespo ( Lazio) , Del Piero ( 1, Juventus) , Fiore ( 2, Udinese) , Iaquinta ( 1, Udinese) , Kallon ( 1, Vicenza) , Kovacevic ( Juventus) , Marazzina ( Reggina) , Micoud ( Parma) , Mihajlovic ( 1, Lazio) , Montella ( Roma) , Signori ( Bologna) , Sommese ( Vicenza) , Sukur ( Inter) , Toni ( Vicenza)
1	Adani ( Fiorentina) , Ambrosini ( Milan) , Amoroso ( Fiorentina) , Amoruso ( Napoli) , Andersson ( 1, Bari) , Baggio ( Lazio) , Bia ( Bologna) , Binotto ( Bologna) , Blanc ( Inter) , Bogdani ( Reggina) , Bucchi ( Perugia) , Camoranesi ( Verona) , Cassano ( Bari) , Comotto ( Vicenza) , Conte ( Juventus) , Dal Canto ( Vicenza) , Di Biagio ( Inter) , Di Livio ( Fiorentina) , Diana ( Brescia) , Donati ( Atalanta) , Farinos ( Inter) , Fresi ( 1, Napoli) , Gargo ( Udinese) , Gilardino ( Verona) , Gonnella ( Verona) , Italiano ( Verona) , Jankulovski ( Napoli) , Lamouchi ( Parma) , Luiso ( Vicenza) , Madsen ( Bari) , Margiotta ( Udinese) , Masinga ( Bari) , Moriero ( Napoli) , Mutu ( Verona) , Nedved ( Lazio) , Nervo ( Bologna) , Oddo ( 1, Verona) , Oliveira ( Bologna) , Piacentini ( Bologna) , Pierini ( Fiorentina) , Possanzini ( Reggina) , Rui Costa ( Fiorentina) , Salas ( Lazio) , Saudati ( 1, Perugia) , Serginho ( Milan) , Sergio Conceicao ( Parma) , Sesa ( Napoli) , Stellone ( Napoli) , Tedesco ( Perugia) , Tommasi ( Roma) , Tudor ( Juventus) , Vieri ( Inter) , Wome ( Bologna) , Zamorano ( Inter) , Zenoni ( Atalanta) , Zenoni ( Atalanta) , Zidane ( 1, Juventus)

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