MILAN: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho each scored twice in Serie A wins for Inter Milan and AC Milan. Inter beat AS Roma 4-0 to move two points clear atop the Serie A standings, and Milan defeated 10-man Sampdoria 3-0. Inter improved to 16 points, two ahead of Udinese, Catania and Napoli. Milan is in a four-way tie with 13 points, and Roma has seven. With Christian Panucci and Philippe Mexes both suspended, Roma's makeshift central defensive pair of Simone Loria and Juan struggled to contain Ibrahimovic, who scored at the beginning of each half. Dejan Stankovic and surprise starter Victor Obinna added goals for Inter in the 54th and 56th minutes at the Stadio Olimpico. Milan had a man advantage from the 55th minute after Sampdoria defender Stefano Lucchini received a second yellow card for a handball inside the area. Ronaldinho converted the penalty and added another goal in the 66th on a give-and-go with Brazil teammate Kaka. Sampdoria came close to scoring in the 21st minute as Gennaro Delvecchio sent a bicycle kick just wide. With the entry of Kaka at the start of the second half, Milan became more aggressive and began to take control of the game even before Sampdoria were reduced to 10 men. Kaka had been rested for the first half after recently arriving from Brazil, where he had been on international duty. Filippo Inzaghi scored his first goal of the season in the 90th to make it 3-0. Bologna, which had lost five straight after winning its first game of the season, stunned Lazio 3-1 with two goals from Marco Di Vaio. Bologna had scored only three goals in its first six games, but collected three in 26 minutes against Lazio, the co-league leaders coming into the weekend games.
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