MILAN, Sept 17 - AS Roma and Palermo maintained
their winning starts to the Serie A season on Sunday with
victories that leave them as joint leaders.
Chilean midfielder David Pizarro scored his first goal for
Roma in their 3-1 victory at Siena with Brazilian Rodrigo Taddei
and Stefano Okaka Chuka also on target.
David Di Michele scored both Palermo's goals in their 2-1
win away to Lazio to complete a good week for the Sicilian club
who won at West Ham United in the UEFA Cup on Thursday.
Lazio's second straight loss left them on minus 11 points
due to the penalty imposed by a sports tribunal which
investigated Italy's match-fixing scandal.
Fiorentina, who began the campaign on minus 19, remain
bottom of the table after suffering another defeat with their
1-0 loss to Tuscan rivals Livorno.
On Saturday, champions Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw
at home to Sampdoria.
AC Milan were away to Parma later on Sunday.