Florentina Hold AC Milan, Inter Stunned

[Folami David]

Fiorentina, two goals down and reduced to 10 men, converted two quickfire penalties to draw 2-2 with AC Milan in Serie A on Sunday while a 12-minute hat- trick by German Denis gave Atalanta a 4-3 win at a stunned Inter Milan after they had trailed 3-1.
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Inter were set to move above Fiorentina in the race for a Champions League place when Ricardo Alvarez scored twice in four minutes to put them 3-1 ahead, until his fellow Argentine Denis sprang into action on a day of drama and controversy.
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Elsewhere, Josip Ilicic scored a memorable individual goal, beating four players in a run from the halfway line before firing past Sergio Romero, to give strugglers Palermo a 3-1 win at Sampdoria, their second successive win.
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Antonio Di Natale scored twice in Udinese's 3-1 win over Chievo, the first after goalkeeper Christian Puggioni made a hash of trying to dribble his way out of trouble and the second a magnificent volley from an almost impossible angle.
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Napoli stayed nine points behind leaders Juventus in second place with a 2-0 win over Genoa thanks to first-half goals from Goran Pandev and Blerim Dzemaili and the Catania-Cagliari and Siena-Parma matches ended goalless.
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Third-placed Milan (58 points) stayed six points ahead of fourth-placed Fiorentina (52) with Inter Milan and Lazio, who face neighbours AS Roma on Monday, two points further behind in the race for the Champions League qualifying round place.
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The top two in Serie A qualify for the Champions League group stage and third place earns a place in the playoff round.
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Juventus, 2-1 winners at home to Pescara on Saturday, have 71 points and Napoli 62.

[Shola Sholaz]

Inter Milan have been very disappointing this season. The fans wouldn't be happy