Napoli stun Juventus as Milan win in Serie A

Rome: Napoli fought back from a two-goal deficit for the second time in three days to shock Juventus 3-2 in Turin on Saturday and prevent Ciro Ferrara`s team from closing the gap on leaders Inter Milan.

Marco Borriello scored a brace as improving AC Milan moved up to fourth with a 2-0 defeat of newly-promoted Parma, who dropped to sixth. Having scored two injury-time goals to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Milan on Wednesday, Napoli produced another dramatic and ultimately even more successful comeback. Marek Hansik scored a brace while substitute Jesus Datolo scored one and created one as Napoli moved up to fifth while second-placed Juve remain four points behind Inter.Ferrara could not hide his disappointment. "This defeat is like a punch in the face which hurts, it hurts a lot," he said. "Already in the first half we took a lot of risks. After we went in front we didn`t play with the right intensity against a team like Napoli who never give up.” "We wanted to win this game but we lost it because of our own lack of concentration." It means Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri is unbeaten in four matches since taking over from former Italy boss Roberto Donadoni. "Right now I already want to start thinking about our next game against Catania, throw water on the fire, but we`ll still enjoy this victory, we did very well," he said. "I`ve found a good group who have quickly understood my ideas. It`s not just about character, the lads are also understanding certain moves." Napoli`s German Denis, the substitute hero on Wednesday with a goal deep into injury time, quickly turned to villain for the southerners. Four times in the first 22 minutes he was presented with goalscoring chances but three times he headed wide from close range and with the fourth he failed to even make contact. Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon also had to make a fingertip save to divert a dipping Salvatore Aronica shot over the bar as Napoli dominated. Finally Juve started to exert some pressure themselves and Felipe Melo shot inches wide after Diego teed him up. The hosts then took the lead out of the blue as Zdenek Grygera cut in from the right onto his left foot and sent a delightful inswinging cross for veteran French forward David Trezeguet, who made an expert run across the line and headed home as centre-back Hugo Campagnaro was guilty of ball-watching. Juve doubled their lead on 54min after more poor defending from Napoli as Matteo Contini inexplicably headed a Trezeguet cross down to Sebastien Giovinco, unmarked on the edge of the six yard box, who gratefully accepted the gift. Napoli did not let their heads drop, though, and were quickly back in the game as Hamsik rifled home at the back post from Datolo`s cross on 59min. And Datolo equalised five minutes later as Denis won another header at a corner - finally directing one on target - with Buffon palming the ball away and Datolo sweeping home the rebound. The winner came from a lightning counter attack with Ezequiel Lavezzi running at the heart of Juve`s back-pedalling defence and feeding the overlapping Datolo out on the left and after Tiago failed to clear his cross, Hamsik followed up to fire high into the top corner from 12 yards. Juve substitute Amauri was then harshly sent-off in injury time for a challenge on Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis. In Milan Borriello converted a clever pass from Ronaldinho on 12min, just moments after Blerim Dzemaili had rattled the bar for Parma. Milan goalkeeper Dida had to make a great save to deny Valeri Bojinov while Alex Pato had the best Milan chance but sent a header from Massimo Oddo`s cross well wide when it looked easier to score. Late on Thiago Silva could have sealed the win for Milan, bursting out of defence he fed Borriello on the left and then met the striker`s pinpoint cross but hit the bar with his header. But in injury time Borriello acrobatically converted a Ronaldinho cross to settle the affair and banish memories of an injury plagued year. "We`re on the right path but I still need a bit of condition, I don`t have enough in my legs yet," he said. "The dark period is behind me, it`s almost a year since I`ve played a full game." Bureau Report