Pazzini stars in triumph

Inter Milan striker Giampaolo Pazzini (L) celebrates his second goal with teammate Houssine Kharja during their Serie A encounter against Palermo at the Meazza Stadium on Sunday.Photo: AFP

Giampaolo Pazzini scored a brace on his debut as Inter Milan fought back from a two-goal half-time deficit to beat Palermo 3-2 on Sunday.
The win kept the champions in the title race following leaders AC Milan's 2-0 win at Catania on Saturday, leaving them nine points behind but with a game in hand.
Fabrizio Miccoli and Antonio Nocerino had given the visitors a 2-0 lead at the break.
But Pazzini's double got Inter back on level terms before Samuel Eto'o smacked home the winner from the spot.
Palermo made a blistering start, going in front on five minutes as Mattia Cassani skipped around Davide Santon and crossed for Miccoli to tap home from close range.
Palermo went two up on 36 minutes as Inter again failed to deal with a Cassani cross from the right, Nocerino arriving at the back post to turn inside Maicon and beat Julio Cesar at his near post.
Debutant pair Houssine Kharja and Pazzini, both on as second half substitutes, combined to haul Inter back into the game, the Moroccan midfielder chipping into the box and the Italy forward holding off his marker before turning and shooting low past Sirigu.
Pazzini grabbed his second 17 minutes from time as he headed home Maicon's free-kick at the near post.
Moments later Ezequiel Munoz was adjudged to have brought down the striker in the box and Eto'o stepped up to sweep home the penalty.
Napoli remained four points behind table-topping Milan in second as Serie A top scorer Edinson Cavani smashed a hattrick in their 4-0 thrashing of Sampdoria.
Udinese increased the pressure on Juventus coach Luigi Delneri as they escaped from Turin with a 2-1 victory.

RESULTS
Brescia 0 Chievo 3 (Pellissier 45,
90, Mandelli 47)
Bologna v Roma -- abandoned after 16 minutes due to snow
Cagliari 2 (Matri 8, 12)
Bari 1 (Okaka 14)
Genoa 3 (Palacio 16-pen, Paletta 44-og, Kaladze 45) Parma 1 (Crespo 32)
Inter Milan 3 (Pazzini 57, 73, Eto'o 76) Palermo 2 (Miccoli 5, Nocerino 36)
Lecce 1 (Corvia 11) Cesena 1 (Bogdani 90)
Napoli 4 (Cavani 16, 45-pen, 57, Hamsik 48) Sampdoria 0
Juventus 1 (Marchisio 60) Udinese 2 (Zapata 67, Sanchez 85)