By Alex Duff
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Samuel Eto’o scored as Serie A leader Inter Milan rallied to a 1-1 home draw with Roma in Italian soccer. In France, Marseille’s Stephane M’Bia scored in injury time to earn a 5-5 draw at Lyon.
Inter, which won the title the past four seasons, had its lead cut to five points by Juventus, which won 5-2 at Atalanta two days ago. Thiago Motta and Alexandre Pato got AC Milan’s goals in a 2-1 win at Lazio.
M’Bia scored in injury time to deny Lyon first place in the French league. Lyon had scored twice in the last eight minutes to level to 4-4. Earlier, leader and defending champion Bordeaux lost 2-0 at Lille.
Real Madrid won 3-2 at Atletico Madrid two days ago to stay one point behind Spanish leader Barcelona, which beat visiting Real Mallorca 4-2. Seville defeated visiting Villarreal 3-2 in yesterday’s last game to retain third place.
In Germany, Bayer Leverkusen -- which beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 on Nov. 6 -- leads by three points after its closest rivals Werder Bremen and Hamburg drew against Borussia Dortmund and Hannover, respectively.
Elsewhere, Bryan Ruiz scored as Twente beat third-placed Ajax 1-0 to stay top in the Netherlands. PSV Eindhoven downed Den Haag 5-1 to stay second and two points off the lead.
WEEKEND RESULTS ===============
Italy: Atalanta 2-5 Juventus; Catania 0-0 Napoli; Bari 1-0 Livorno; Bologna 3-1 Palermo; Cagliari 2-0 Sampdoria, Genoa 4-2 Siena; Inter Milan 1-1 Roma; Lazio 1-2 AC Milan; Parma 2-0 Chievo; Udinese 0-1 Fiorentina.
Spain: Atletico Madrid 2-3 Real Madrid; Barcelona 4-2 Real Mallorca; Getafe 0-2 Deportivo La Coruna; Tenerife 2-2 Malaga; Almeria 2-0 Osasuna; Racing Santander 0-2 Athletic Bilbao; Sevilla 3-2 Villarreal; Sporting Gijon 1-0 Espanyol; Valencia 3-1 Real Zaragoza; Valladolid 0-0 Xerez.
Germany: Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Eintracht Frankfurt; Bayern Munich 1-1 Schalke; Borussia Moenchengladbach 0-0 Stuttgart; Mainz 1-0 Nurnberg; Hoffenheim 1-2 Wolfsburg; Bochum 1-2 SC Freiburg; Hannover 2-2 Hamburg; Hertha Berlin 0-1 Cologne; Werder Bremen 1-1 Borussia Dortmund.
France: Nancy 0-1 St Etienne; Le Mans 0-1 Auxerre; Lorient 5-0 Boulogne; Monaco 0-0 Grenoble; PSG 0-1 Nice; Sochaux 1-2 Lens; Valenciennes 1-1 Montpellier; Lille 2-0 Bordeaux; Lyon 5-5 Marseille; Toulouse 3-2 Rennes.
Netherlands: Groningen 4-1 Heracles; NEC Nijmegen 0-1 RKC Waalwijk; Sparta 1-2 Roda JC; Vitesse 2-0 VVV Venlo; Den Haag 1-5 PSV Eindhoven; AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Feyenoord; FC Twente 1-0 Ajax; FC Utrecht 2-3 Heerenveen; NAC Breda 4-0 Willem II.
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Duff in Madrid at Aduff4@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: November 8, 2009 18:34 EST
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