Four players sent off as Bologna beat Palermo

Published on 19/11/2012 00:32

FOREIGN round-up: Four players were sent off, three of them from Palermo, and two penalties were awarded as hosts Bologna beat the Sicilian side 3-0 in Serie A.

There was more fun and games in the relegation battle at Siena, where Pescara missed a penalty and had two players dismissed on their way to a 1-0 defeat with media reports saying coach Giovanni Stroppa had then resigned.

Second-placed Inter Milan were rescued by a late own goal from Davide Astori as they drew 2-2 at home to Cagliari, while two goals from Alberto Aquilani helped Fiorentina thrash Atalanta 4-1 in Florence to go third.

Lyon took advantage of Paris Saint-Germain’s latest home defeat by beating Reims 3-0 to move provisionally top of the French 
League.

An own goal from Reims centre half Anthony Weber gave Lyon the lead in the 45th minute, and strikers Bafetimbi Gomis and Lisandro Lopez added a goal each in the second-half for the seven-times former champions.