Inter Milan's revival gathered pace Tuesday with a 1-0 win at Genoa that moved the club into the top half of the Serie A table. However, the entertainment of the night was to be found in Sicily, where Siena progressed to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup by beating Palermo on 3-0 penalties following a thrilling 4-4 draw. Josip Ilicic scored a hat trick for cup holder Palermo, including two penalties, but missed his spot-kick in the shootout. In Genoa, Japanese international Yuto Nagatomo headed the winner in the 67th minute, though the victory margin would have been greater were it not for a glaring error by misfiring striker Diego Milito. It was Milito's first game against Genoa, where he spent two and a half highly prolific seasons. The Argentine left in 2009 to join Inter. Genoa almost leveled in the closing stages but keeper Julio Cesar pulled off a stunning save to deny Miguel Veloso. Inter's fourth league win in five matches leaves it level on points with sixth-place Palermo. It is still 10 points behind Serie A leaders Juventus and Udinese. “It was a good game against a team which was very defensive and had its first shot after 80 minutes and then tried everything in the closing stages,” Inter coach Claudio Ranieri said. There was more good news for Inter as Diego Forlan returned to action, two months after injuring his leg in a World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay. The Uruguay striker came off the bench 10 minutes from full time. Podolski snatches a draw Lukas Podolski scored a late equalizer to earn Cologne a 1-1 draw against Mainz Tuesday in a Bundesliga game postponed because of a referee's suicide attempt. Podolski unleashed a fierce shot from 20 meters that flew in off the right post in the 85th minute. It was the Germany forward's 14th goal of the season. Sami Allagui put Mainz in front with header in the 70th, the Tunisia striker beating three Cologne defenders to Julian Baumgartlinger's cross. The sides were due to meet on Nov. 19, but the game was called off at short notice when Babak Rafati was found bleeding in a hotel bathtub hours before kick off. Cologne is now 10th, while Mainz is two places behind after its fifth game in a row unbeaten.
