Marco Di Vaio took advantage of slack defending to hit two goals in the second half and condemn Juventus to its second loss in seven days. Juventus enjoyed the majority of possession, but was unable to find a finish, and in doing so allowed Bologna to grow in confidence and grab its 10th victory of the season, only three days after losing to Roma 1-0. "We didn't have much time to turn around," Di Vaio said. "We played on Wednesday and now tonight, even though that gave us little time to prepare. We played well and the team stuck together." In the 25th, Bologna goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano pushed away a Felipe Melo shot, then smothered the follow-up from Vincenzo Iaquinta. Juventus striker Alessandro Matri blasted over from inside the area from Giorgio Chiellini's cut back, and at the opposite end of the pitch Marco Storari rushed off his line to stop Riccardo Meggiorini. Iaquinta came close again just before halftime. Chiellini headed down a free kick and Iaquinta spun and fired a shot first time, but the ball came back off the post and then off Federico Casarini into Viviano's grasp. Bologna took the lead four minutes into the second half. Meggiorini lifted the ball over the Juventus defense and Di Vaio ran on, took a touch and fired over Marco Storari. Milos Krasic whipped in a free kick that fell to Leonardo Bonucci. Viviano smothered his shot and Miguel Britos cleared as Chiellini was ready to prod the rebound. Bologna immediately doubled its lead on the counterattack. Meggiorini backheeled the ball into Di Vaio's path and he shrugged off Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli to fire past Storari. "I said to win this game we had to be 100 percent focused and precise in everything we did," Bologna coach Alberto Malesani said. "In the first half we weren't quite there, but in the second half we saw what this team can do and it scared Juventus." Juventus tried to fight back. Bonucci sent a header narrowly wide of the post and Daniele Portanova cleared Luca Toni's shot off the line. Right at the death Simone Pepe whipped in a corner from the left that Viviano had to punch clear from under his own bar.
Updated Feb 26, 2011 8:27 AM ET
Inter Milan striker Giampaolo Pazzini has vowed to put emotions to one side when he returns to Genoa to face Sampdoria in Serie A on Sunday.
Pazzini is relishing lining up against his former club for the first time since leaving the Luigi Ferraris stadium in January.
"This is a special game for me," Pazzini said. "I spent two wonderful and unforgettable years in Genoa.
"I don't have a single bad memory of my experience at Samp.
"As soon as I walk out of the team bus to enter the stadium, I will feel great emotion but once the game starts it will be business as usual.
"However, if I score against them, I will not celebrate the goal.
"Perhaps later in my career I will return to Samp after I win every possible title with Inter first."
Pazzini is rested having not feature in Inter's 1-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich in their Champions League last-16 opener on Wednesday.
Leonardo's men must put that setback behind them as they look to put further pressure on the top two teams in the standings.
Serie A leaders AC Milan host second-place Napoli on Monday and if results go their way, Inter could reduce their current gap with their city rivals to just two points.
Leonardo's men beat Cagliari 1-0 last weekend to climb to third place, five points behind Milan and just two points adrift of Napoli.
Samp, meanwhile, have collected just one win in their last eight games.
Little has gone right for the Blucerchiati since Pazzini's departure.
Last weekend's goalless draw at Fiorentina which followed their 1-0 defeat to Genoa in the city derby dropped Domenico Di Carlo's men to 14th in the standings.
Lack of goalscoring has been Samp's biggest problem, with the Genoa outfit having failed to find the back of the net in seven of its last eight matches.
Samp striker Jonathan Biabiany, who is set to start against his former club, believes Samp is, however, improving.
"The team is growing," he said. "In Florence we already played a good game.
"It's going to be difficult against Inter because they are a very strong squad but we will try to make life difficult for them."
Inter will be without injured Andrea Ranocchia and Esteban Cambiasso, while defender Maicon serves a one-match ban.
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