El Shaarawy ends San Siro hoodoo

WednesdayUS Pescara 1-0 PalermoCatania 2-1 AtalantaGenoa 1-1 ParmaAS Roma 1-1 Sampdoria

Thursday, September 27, 2012
Stephan El Shaarawy.

WednesdayUS Pescara 1-0 PalermoCatania 2-1 AtalantaGenoa 1-1 ParmaAS Roma 1-1 SampdoriaTorino 0-0 UdineseROME – Stephan El Shaarawy eased the pressure on AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri with a brace to beat Cagliari 2-0 in Serie A.Remarkably, El Shaarawy’s opener was the Rossoneri’s first goal at the San Siro this season and his classy second strike sealed a first victory in front of the home faithful.Cagliari enjoyed dominant spells but were made to pay for Mauricio Pinilla’s profligacy, never really recovering from Daniele Conti’s dismissal for an altercation with Giampaolo Pazzini.Edinson Cavani scored a brilliant hat-trick as Napoli maintained their unbeaten start to the new season by easing to a 3-0 win over Lazio at the Stadio San Paolo.The Uruguayan could even afford to miss a second half penalty as the home side dominated the game against a Lazio side who have now lost two in a row after Sunday’s shock home loss to Genoa.Inter Milan put their shock home defeat to Siena behind them with a battling 2-0 victory over struggling Chievo.Alvaro Pereira put Inter ahead just before the break and substitute Antonio Cassano doubled the lead 16 minutes from time as Inter bounced back from their 2-0 San Siro loss to bottom-placed Siena on Sunday.