Juve extend lead as Klose strikes for Lazio

Juventus extended their lead at the
top of Italy's Serie A table with a 2-1
win away to Siena as Miroslav Klose
kept Lazio in contention with a double
strike in a 3-0 win over Pescara
Sunday.
With two key games -- AC Milan v Inter
and Napoli v Udinese -- being held
later Sunday, Juventus had the chance
to pile the pressure on closest
challengers Napoli.
And the Turin side, boosted by the
news that coach Antonio Conte's 10-
month touchline ban has been
reduced to four months, got off to a
great start when midfielder Andre
Pirlo gave them a 14th minute lead
from a sumptuous free kick.
Siena had caused an upset at the San
Siro a few weeks ago with victory over
Inter Milan.
And they were given hope when
Emanuele Calaio rose to meet
Brazilian Angelo's cross to beat
Gianluigi Buffon with a bullet header
in the 47th minute.
Midfielder Claudio Marchisio,
however, produced a superb volley
from the edge of the area after the
ball had been nodded out to give Juve
an 85th minute winner and maintain
their impressive unbeaten streak to 47
games.
Ahead of the evening fixtures
Juventus remain unbeaten on 19
points from six games with Napoli in
second on 16.
Lazio have already suffered two
defeats although the visit to struggling
Serie A newcomers Pescara was never
likely to end in anything but a win for
a side that had scored nine goals in
six games.
Lazio took the lead after just five
minutes when Brazilian midfielder
Hernanes curled a freekick past Mattia
Perin in the Pescara net.
Klose made it two when he latched on
to Andrea Candreva's through ball in
the 25th minute and claimed his fifth
league goal of the season 10 minutes
later when his header from a
Hernanes corner beat the keeper.
Elsewhere, embattled Cagliari's first
win of the season -- a shock 1-0 win
away to Torino -- moved the
Sardinians off the bottom thanks to
Nene's early strike from the penalty
spot.
Catania, meanwhile, maintained their
solid start with a 2-0 win at home to
struggling Parma and Fiorentina
should have scored more but claimed
a precious 1-0 home win over
Bologna.
Earlier Sunday American midfielder
Michael Bradley marked his recent
return to action by scoring the second
goal in Roma's 2-0 defeat of Atalanta
at the Olympic stadium.
Argentinian midfielder Erik Lamela
had put Roma ahead on the half hour
after a great through ball from
playmaker Francesco Totti.
Roma's third win of the season
moved them up to fifth while
Atalanta's fourth reverse of the
campaign dropped the Bergamo-
based side one place to third from
bottom.