Inter upset by Lecce as Milan win to chase Juve

 　　ROME, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Inter¹ Milan's seven-game winning streak² was snapped as they were beaten 1-0 at relegation-threatened Lecce on Sunday.

　　Inter's cross-city rivals AC Milan kept up their pursuit of Juventus at the top of Serie A with a comfortable win over Cagliari at home.

　　Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Antonio Nocerino found net in the first half with Massimo Ambrosini scoring the third of a one-sided game in the second half.

　　"It was important for us to win tonight," said Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri. "We're still close to Juve and have broken away from the chasing pack, as both Udinese and Inter lost this weekend."

　　Inter had won their last seven Serie A games as they launched an unlikely title challenge under Claudio Ranieri following their miserable³ start to the season.

　　But Guillermo Giacomazzi scored for Lecce five minutes before half-time and Inter, despite having two goals disallowed⁴, could not find a response, leaving them nine points behind leaders Juventus, who beat Udinese on Saturday.

　　Inter head caoch Claudio Ranieri praised Lecce's outstanding defence.

　　"Today we came up against a great goalkeeper and a team that defended very well," he said.

　　"We then got too anxious and weren't sharp enough in attack. We also hit the woodwork and had two goals quite rightly disallowed, so were unable to get through a difficult game," he said.

　　Lazio remain on the fringes of the title race after an impressive 3-0 win at Chievo.

　　Roma's four-match winning run came to an end as Bologna held them to a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico.

　　Genoa held on for a dramatic 3-2 win over Napoli, almost throwing away a three-goal lead as they returned to winning ways after their crushing defeat at Palermo last weekend.

　　Fabrizio Miccoli starred and Igor Budan headed both goals as Palermo saw off basement club Novara 2-0.

　　Fiorentina claimed their first win at home since December 4 with a 2-1 triumph over struggling Siena. A Marco Rossi own goal handed 10-man Atalanta a narrow 1-0 triumph at Cesena.

1 inter   

v.埋葬

参考例句：

• They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。
• The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。

2 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

3 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

4 disallowed   

v.不承认（某事物）有效( disallow的过去式和过去分词 )；不接受；不准；驳回

参考例句：

• The judge disallowed that evidence. 法官驳回那项证据。 来自辞典例句
• Her claim was disallowed on the ground(s) that she had not paid her premium. 她要求赔款遭到拒绝，原因是她事先没有交纳保险费。 来自辞典例句