Amauri's second half strike led Juventus to a 1-0 win over Torino in a Turin derby in the Serie A soccer league on Saturday.
The victory followed two league defeats on the bounce for Juve and gave them a total of 12 points to be in 12th place now.
The 28-year-old Amauri burst down the left channel in the 48th minute and his shot crept under Torino's stand-in goalkeeper Alex Calderoni. He scored the winner against Real Madrid in this week'sChampions League and netted in the 2-1 defeat at Napoli last weekend,
Surprise package Catania missed the chance to move top when they drew 1-1 at Siena, who should have won with striker Massimo Maccarone spurning a host of opportunities. Emanuele Calaio put the hosts in front 15 minutes from time with a powerful header butthe Sicilians were quickly level when Giuseppe Mascara converted apenalty after Michele Paolucci was tripped by goalkeeper Gianluca Curci.
Walter Zenga's Catania are second on 15 points, one behind leaders Inter Milan, who host Genoa in Serie A's main program of matches on Sunday.
Source: Xinhua
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