<!--Article Start--> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="document jq_ColDocument jq_ShareArea"> <div class="tooltipContent"> <div class="scrollContent jq_Content jq_langdir tinyscrollbar doctooltip-y fontsize_0"> <div class="viewport"> <div class="overview"> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Slovenia striker Josip Ilicic hit a brace and late substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski added the trimmings as Fiorentina replaced Inter Milan at the top of Serie A on Wednesday with a 3-1 win at Palermo.</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Inter have the chance to go back on top if they beat Empoli away later in the day, but on the first round of matches following a two-week break there was no let up for Roberto Mancini's title challengers.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Champions Juventus consigned their poor start to the campaign to distant memory with a commanding 3-0 win over Verona in Turin to move up to third at the expense of Napoli ahead of their later match at home to Torino.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Napoli are unbeaten at home this season and a draw could be enough to see Maurizio Sarri's men reclaim third place in Wednesday's late match at the San Paolo.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Roma remain in fifth place but Rudi Garcia's men dropped two precious points after letting a two-goal lead slip in a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Bentegodi stadium.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Sassuolo's 2-2 draw with Frosinone was enough to see them move up to sixth spot at the expense of AC Milan, who dominated Bologna at the San Siro only to lose 1-0 after a late winner by Emanuele Giaccherini.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Fiorentina remain among the favourites for the Serie A title glory this season and much of that has been down to Croatian international Nikola Kalinic, who has found the 10 times so far.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">But at a packed Stadio Franchi, Ililic showed why he is a target for a number of top clubs in Europe with a finely-taken opener that sneaked past Stefano Sorrentino and inside the 'keeper's near post on 13 minutes.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The 27-year-old Slovenian doubled his and Fiorentina's tally two minutes before the interval when he collected Kalinic's pass to beat Sorrentino with a seemingly effortless curling effort from the edge of the area.</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">Alberto Gilardino reduced arrears for Davide Ballardini's men with a close-range header on 77 minutes but Blaszczykowski, returning from a three-month injury lay-off, put the match beyond reach in injury time when he beat the offside trap to beat Sorrentino down low at his far post.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Juventus have been on the ascendancy since late October and Massimiliano Allegri's men made it eight wins on the trot against a Verona side sorely lacking the goalscoring of veteran striker Luca Toni.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Toni only recently returned from injury but was a late exclusion in Turin, where Argentina international Dybala put the hosts ahead after eight minutes.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Defender Leonardo Bonucci rose to power a header past Pierluigi Gollini on the stroke of half-time and Simone Zaza, who replaced Alvaro Morata with 10 minutes on the clock, beat the offside trap to hit Juve's third only two minutes later.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Roma looked to be in command at Chievo after Umar Sadiq broke the deadlock on seven minutes, the lanky Nigerian starlet hitting his second successive Serie A goal on his second successive appearance.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Alessandro Florenzi doubled Roma's lead in clinical fashion when he intercepted a pass inside his own half and powered down the midfield to beat Albano Bizzarri at his far post.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Roma's penchant for letting leads slip this season, however, came back to haunt them. Alberto Paloschi reduced arrears on the stroke of half-time and pulled Chievo level just before the hour when his toe-poke on the volley found its way past Wojciech Szczesny following a corner from the right.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Iago Falque looked to have secured the points for Roma with a 71st minute strike, but a free kick from Simone Pepe pulled Chievo level in dramatic fashion five minutes from the whistle.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Initially ruled out, officials used goalline technology for the first time to ascertain the ball had fully crossed the line before Szczesny scrambled it to safety.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--Article End-->