Serie A roundup: Internazionale's Mauro Icardi taunts Sampdoria
Sampdoria’s goalkeeper Junior Costa argues with Mauro Icardi after the Internazionale forward’s provocative celebration. Photograph: Paolo Zeggio/EPA
Internazionale ended a poor run by routing Sampdoria 4-0 away in a stormy game on Sunday, putting them back on course for a European return, after the hosts had Eder sent off and missed a penalty in the first 20 mauro Icardi set off the fireworks in Genoa when he scored against his old club in the 13th minute and provoked his former team-mates with his celebration. Jeered before kick-off, the Argentinian turned to the home fans and put his hand to his ear as if encouraging them to insult him, angering the home players the 18th minute Sampdoria won a penalty but Maxi López, who had refused to shake hands with Icardi before the game, saw his kick saved by Samir two minutes later, Eder was booked for a blatant dive which sparked a scuffle in which the Brazilian was given another yellow card and sent off. Undeterred, Sampdoria pushed forward, forcing several world-class saves from Handanovic but they ran out of steam after half-time and Inter romped home with a Walter Samuel header, another Icardi goal and Rodrigo Palacio’s 15th goal of the season. The win lifted Inter, hoping to avoid the ignominy of missing out of European football for a second successive season, back into fifth gonzalo Higuaín scored a hat-trick in third-placed Napoli’s 4-2 win over 10-man Lazio and the goal glut continued as Fiorentina won 5-3 at Verona and Alberto Paloschi’s hat-trick guided Chievo to a 4-2 win at Livorno in a relegation battle. There was also a dramatic finale at Torino where Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci both scored in stoppage time to beat Genoa alberto Gilardino came off the bench to give the visitors an 85th-minute lead but Immobile levelled with a curling shot in the 92nd minute, his 19th goal of the season, and Cerci scored from a similar position one minute milan, languishing in mid-table after a dismal season, continued their improvement by winning their fourth game in a row as Riccardo Montolivo’s long-range strike sealed a 1-0 win over bottom club the leaders Juventus (84 points) visit Udinese on Monday and second-placed Roma (79) beat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturday. They are followed by Napoli (67) in the Champions League play-off spot with Fiorentina (58) and Inter (53) in the Europa League at the bottom, Chievo’s win lifted them to 16th with 30 points while Bologna, who drew 1-1 at home to Parma, are next with 28, leaving Livorno (25), Sassuolo (25) and Catania (20) increasingly isolated in the relegation zone.
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