Honours even in 'Italian derby'

ROME (AFP) — Italian giants Juventus and Inter Milan played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olympico on Sunday.

Inter extended their lead at the top of the table to two points over Fiorentina, with Roma following a point further back and one ahead of Juve.

It could have been more for Roberto Mancini's men who took a first half lead through Argentine striker Julio Cruz before Argentine-born Italy international Mauro Camoranesi snatched a share of the spoils with a deflected equaliser 13 minutes from time.

Inter will probably be the happier of the teams having maintained their unbeaten record this season at the ground of one of their fiercest title rivals, and that despite injury problems that saw the likes of Patrick Vieira, Francesco Toldo, Marco Materazzi and Dejan Stankovic sitting in the stands.

Cruz opened the scoring just before the break when he ...