Juventus beat Atalanta to stay second six points behind Inter Milan

Rome - Juventus remained six points behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan thanks to a 3-1 win Sunday away to Atalanta in the last Serie A game before the start of a three-week winter break.

Goals from Juve captain Alessandro Del Piero, Nicola Legrottaglie and Brazilian Amauri pushed Juve on to 36 points from 17 games, while Inter lead on 42 after winning
2-1 at Siena on Saturday, when Lazio beat Palermo 1-0.

In other Sunday action, strugglers Torino beat Napoli 1-0, Fiorentina won 1-0 away to Sampdoria and a brace from Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto sank Roma as they crashed 3-2 at Catania.

Genoa took home a 1-0 win from tail-enders Chievo, Lecce and Bologna drew 0-0 on the verge of the drop zone and 10-man Cagliari and lowly Reggina drew 1-1. A late match between AC Milan and Udinese closes the weekend late Sunday. (dpa)

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