SOCCER:SHOCK leaders Lazio moved four points clear at the top of Serie A after a 1-0 win at Palermo yesterday.
Defender Andre Dias scored against the run of play with a superb volley from a free-kick after 27 minutes.
Sampdoria dropped Antonio Cassano after he swore at the club’s president last week, and his team-mates laboured to a last-gasp 1-0 victory at Cesena in his absence.
AC Milan’s 2-1 defeat by Juventus on Saturday meant Lazio, relegation candidates last term, would stay top whatever the result in Sicily.
Second-placed Inter Milan won 1-0 at Genoa on Friday night.
Next weekend Lazio face city rivals AS Roma, who will be without captain Francesco Totti after he was sent off in a 2-0 win over Lecce on Saturday.
Diego Maradona’s former club Napoli celebrated his 50th birthday with a 1-0 win at Brescia to send the Naples side up to fifth.
Udinese continued their rise up the table with a 2-0 win at bottom side Bari. Fellow strugglers Bologna lost 2-0 at Cagliari and Parma drew 0-0 with Chievo.
