Italian Serie A Roundup, Oct. 29

Italian Serie A Roundup, Oct. 29

Published Oct. 30, 2009 8:41 a.m. ET

Inter Milan responded to Juventus with a five-goal performance of its own on Thursday, beating Palermo 5-3 to open up a four-point lead over its Turin rival in the Serie A.

Juventus routed Sampdoria 5-1 on Wednesday.

Samuel Eto'o and Mario Balotelli scored twice for Inter, which led 4-0 at halftime, and Diego Milito came off the bench to add a late goal.

Fabrizio Miccoli had two goals for Palermo, and forward Abel Mathias Platero Hernandez also scored for the visitors.

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