Juventus Regain League Leadership From Lazio
ROME, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Juventus returned to the top of Italian league table on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Perugia as title rivals Lazio were held to a scoreless draw at Reggina.
Alessandro Del Piero's first-half penalty and late goals from Frenchman Zinedine Zidane and Yugoslav Darko Kovacevic guaranteed Juventus the "Winter Scudetto" -- the Serie A
leadership at the halfway stage of the Italian season.
After 17 matches, Juve have 36 points, one more than Lazio, leaders at the start of the day, and four clear of AS Roma, 3-1 winners at home to Verona, and Parma, held 0-0 at Lecce.
At the Olympic stadium, Francesco Totti scored twice for Roma, including a goal after two minutes, to steal the limelight from Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata, who was making his debut for the club just 48 hours after signing from Perugia.
Inter Milan needed an 82nd-minute goal from Francesco Moriero to overcome bottom-of-the-table Cagliari 2-1 at the San Siro. The win lifted Inter to fifth place ahead of neighbours AC Milan, who were playing at Udinese later.
Late goals from Marco Ferrante and Fabio Pecchia halted Torino's run of six successive defeats with a 2-0 win at Piacenza.
