Napoli
rallied to beat visiting Chievo 3-1 Saturday and go top on goal
difference past Juventus in the Italian Serie A.
Gonzalo
Higuain, Vlad Chiriches and Jose Callejon were on target to reverse
an early opener from Nicola Rigoni, pushing Napoli on 61 points from
28 games.
Champions
Juventus will look to regain the lead away to Atalanta on Sunday as
Roma sit third on 56 after beating fourth-place Fiorentina (53) 4-1
on Friday and Chievo are 10th on 34.
The
Neapolitans were stunned at the San Paolo after less than two minutes
from a Rigoni firm shot after dispossessing Chiriches, who filled in
for the suspended Raul Albiol.
The
Romanian defender made amends in the 38th minute, nodding home a
cross from Jorginho after Higuain's equalizer on six minutes.
The
Argentine league top striker deflected home as Faouzi Ghoulam squared
from the left for a tally of 26 goals and missed three other chances
before the break as David Lopez, Jose Callejon, Lorenzo Insigne,
Marek Hamsik and Ghoulam also came close.
Chievo
threatened two minutes into the second half as Lucas Castro nodded
wide and Insigne curled over before Callejon flicked home off
substitute Allan in the 70th minute.
Goalkeeper
Albano Bizzarri on 66 had managed to deflect against the bar a firm
drive from Higuain, but was helpless on Callejon's shot and saw
another Higuain effort roll wide on 79.
Earlier
action saw Sampdoria win 3-0 at bottom side Verona to move in 13th
place on 31 points, eight clear of the three-team drop zone.
Verona
are last on 18, 10 points from safety.
Samp
striker Fabio Quagliarella had a hand in both early goals from
captain Roberto Soriano and veteran Antonio Cassano on six and 11
minutes.
Soriano
tapped in after Quagliarella's effort had been saved and Pierluigi
Gollini deflected the striker's next shot onto the bar before
Cassano's simple flick into the goal.
Quagliarella
also crossed for a scoring volley from former Verona midfielder
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos on the half hour and fired wide on 37 and
43, while home veteran Luca Toni missed from close range on 53
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