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Eto'o fires Inter, Roma rallies to win for Ranieri
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 14 - 09 - 2009

Samuel Eto'o scored a spectacular goal to set Inter Milan on the way to a 2-0 win over Parma and AS Roma came from behind to beat Siena 2-1 in Claudio Ranieri's first match in charge Sunday.
Eto'o broke visiting Parma's stubborn resistance when he curled in a right-foot shot in the 71st minute before Diego Milito wrapped up victory with a late strike to give the Serie A champion seven points from three games. Inter is two points behind Genoa, Sampdoria and Juventus.
Genoa rallied to thump Napoli 4-1 with the help of Hernan Crespo's first league goal since moving from Inter in a match in which both sides had players sent off and Napoli finished with nine men following Salvatore Aronica's late dismissal.
Samp beat Atalanta 1-0 away despite Fernando Tissone's red card, courtesy of Daniele Mannini's 64th-minute goal.
Inter, who thrashed AC Milan 4-0 before the international break, went out to attack at the San Siro, with Wesley Sneijder forcing a good early save from Parma keeper Antonio Mirante.
Fiorentina is level on points with Inter after Alberto Gilardino's soaring header in the 55th minute gave it a 1-0 victory over Cagliari.
Antonio Di Natale scored a hat-trick in Udinese's 4-2 win over Catania and Palermo drew 1-1 at home with Bari in a match which started over 20 minutes late because of heavy rain.
Valencia wins at Valladolid
David Villa struck twice and David Silva and Juan Mata also scored to give rampant Valencia a 4-2 win at Real Valladolid in La Liga Sunday.
Coach Unai Emery has managed to hang on to the gifted Spain trio despite the club's financial woes and Valencia is increasingly looking like potential challengers to the dominance of Barcelona and Real Madrid with two fine wins out of two.
The three clubs are locked together at the top of the standings on six points.
Silva made up for his lack of height with a perfectly timed run to nod in Mata's cross on 10 minutes before Nauzet levelled when he rammed in a loose ball.
Villa put Valencia back in front just after the half hour, turning in a Pablo Hernandez centre, and Mata raced clear to slot through the legs of Valladolid goalkeeper Jacobo Sanz just before the break.
Miguel Monteira sent Villa through on goal 10 minutes after the restart to finish low past Sanz and giant Angola striker Manucho pulled a goal back in the 66th minute.
Earlier, Borja Valero's free kick evaded a crowd of players and beat goalkeeper Diego Lopez to earn Real Mallorca a 1-1 draw at rain-soaked Villarreal.
In other matches, Deportivo Coruna beat visiting Malaga 1-0, promoted Tenerife scored a 2-1 home win over nine-man Osasuna, Almeria lost 1-0 at Sporting Gijon and Athletic Bilbao beat Xerez 1-0 to also start the season perfectly.
Villa, Fulham prevail
Gabriel Agbonlahor's late header gave Aston Villa a 1-0 derby win at local rival Birmingham City and Fulham came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 in the Premier League Sunday.
Villa, which had new signings Richard Dunne, James Collins and Stephen Warnock making their debuts in defense, shaded the first half with England midfielder James Milner spurning several chances.
Agbonlahor latched on to substitute striker John Carew's center five minutes from time to head low past Birmingham goalkeeper Joe Hart for his second goal in two games.
Villa, which moved up to sixth with Birmingham in 15th, could have made it 2-0 but Agbonlahor shot over the bar with only Hart to beat.
Fulham produced a strong second-half performance to beat Everton 2-1 at Craven Cottage and climb to 10th.
Winger Damien Duff grabbed the winner 11 minutes from time with a rifled left-footed shot from outside the box, condemning Everton to a third league defeat of the season and leaving them second-bottom.
Tim Cahill had given Everton the lead on 33 minutes, heading in a Leighton Baines free kick before Paul Konchesky's deflected strike levelled the scores after the break.
Roy Hodgson's Fulham had scored just once all season before the match and survived a late goalmouth scramble to secure its second win of the campaign.


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