Balotelli keeps Inter nine points ahead
China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-23 07:36
ROME: Inter Milan maintained their nine-point lead at the top of Serie A after a battling 2-1 victory at lowly Bologna while Juventus won 2-0 at Palermo on Saturday.
It was the perfect warm-up for coach Jose Mourinho's men ahead of Tuesday's crucial Champions League round of 16, first leg clash against Manchester United.
But despite the European encounter three days away, Mourinho resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes to his starting XI, bringing in Brazilian Maxwell for Serbian Dejan Stankovic in midfield and handing Colombian centre-back Nelson Rivas a rare start in place of Argentine Nicolas Burdisso.
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