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Paris, March 6: Juventus and Lazio continued to set the pace at the top of the Serie A, but the Italian title race was gatecrashed by Inter, who beat champions AC Milan 2-1 in the derby.
Juventus remain four points clear at the top with 53 points after beating Bari 2-0 and Lazio stayed second on 49 after a 1-0 win over Lecce.
But Inter were the big movers on Sunday, taking third slot with 46 points after leap-frogging AC Milan 45 pts and staking their claim to a place in the championship party at the end of the season.
However, beaten only once all season and vaunting a defensive record of just 11 goals conceded, Juventus still look like champions.
Alesandro del Piero set up their first for skipper Antonio Conte with a neat backheel and then successfully converted his sixth penalty of the season to wrap up the points in the 53rd minute.
Lazio, beaten 2-1 by Feyenoord in the European Champions League last week, bounced back by beating Lecce, albeit by a single goal.
Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved smacked home the winner, a 37th minute volley from the edge of the area.
Inter conceded a 90th minute penalty to Andriy Shevchenko but the earlier goals from Chilean Ivan Zamorano and Luigi di Biagio saw them home.
