In Italy stumble both "Napoli" and "Juventus" (3 VIDEOS) © EuroFootball.com

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n the Italian "Serie A" championship, eight matches were played on Wednesday.

By taking advantage of yesterday's leader "Milan" slipping up, second-placed "Napoli" failed to capitalize, losing 0-2 to mid-table team "Chievo" in Verona.

This setback means that the club from Milan (48 pts.) increased their lead over the closest pursuer to five points.

Turin's "Juventus" continue to struggle, now winless in four consecutive matches. This time, Luigi Del Neri's team lost 1-2 to "Palermo" (37 pts.) on their opponents' home turf, rising to sixth place.

"Juventus" (35 pts.) dropped to a modest eighth place.

"Roma" also failed to impress their own fans, playing out a 1-1 draw against "Brescia."

Results:

"Roma" 1 - 1 "Brescia"

59' [1 - 0] M.Borriello

69' [1 - 1] C.Eder

"Cesena" 1 - 1 "Catania"

8' [0 - 1] M.Lopez

31' [1 - 1] L.Jimenez

Verona's "Chievo" 2 - 0 "Napoli"

20' [1 - 0] D.Moscardelli

50' [2 - 0] G.Sardo

"Fiorentina" 1 - 0 "Genoa"

40' [1 - 0] M.Santana

"Palermo" 2 - 1 Turin's "Juventus"

7' [1 - 0] F.Miccoli

20' [2 - 0] G.Migliaccio

36' [2 - 1] C.Marchisio

"Parma" 0 - 1 "Lecce"

90' [0 - 1] E.Chevanton

Genoa's "Sampdoria" 0 - 1 "Cagliari"

37' [0 - 1] R.Nainggolan

"Udinese" 1 - 1 "Bologna"

65' [0 - 1] M. Di Vaio

77' [1 - 1] M.Domizzi