Saturday, March 10, 2012

Roundup: Napoli warms up for Chelsea with win

By ANDREW DAMPF

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 4:31 p.m. ET March 9, 2012

ROME (AP) - Surging Napoli warmed up for its return match with Chelsea in the Champions League by routing Cagliari 6-3 Friday night for its sixth straight victory in all competitions, and Inter Milan beat Chievo Verona 2-0 on late goals from Walter Samuel and Diego Milito to end an eight-match winless streak.

Marek Hamsik, Paolo Cannavaro, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Walter Gargano and Christian Maggio scored for Napoli, which also got an own goal from Davide Astori. Argentine forward Joaquin Larrivey had a hat trick for Cagliari.

Napoli (12-5-10) moved into a tie with Udinese (13-6-7) for fourth place, eight points behind Serie A leader AC Milan, which hosts Lecce on Sunday. Inter (12-11-4) is sixth, 14 points back.

Napoli takes a 3-1 lead to London for the second leg of its second-round matchup against Chelsea in the Champions League. Inter hosts Marseille trailing 1-0 on aggregate.

Inter hadn't won since beating Lazio 2-1 on Jan. 22, and manager Claudio Ranieri had tears in his eyes after a 90th-minute goal by Milito, who had a penalty kick saved in the 13th minute. Samuel put Inter ahead in the 87th.

Chievo's best chance was on a free kick by American midfielder Michael Bradley in the 79th that sailed just over the crossbar.

Midway through the second half, Chievo coach Domenico Di Carlo was ejected for arguing.

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Last-place Kaiserslautern earned a 0-0 draw at Stuttgart in the Bundesliga and remained winless in 15 matches.

Kaiserslauern (3-11-11) has 20 points. Stuttgart (9-10-6) is eighth with 33.

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PARIS (AP) - Marseille lost its fourth straight league game without scoring, allowing Benjamin Andre's 88th-minute goal in a 1-0 defeat at Ajaccio.

Marseille wasted several chances to score against goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.

Marseille (10-8-9) is eighth with 39 points, 16 behind first-place Paris Saint-Germain. Ajaccio (7-12-8) moved up to 13th with 29 points.

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