Juventus responds to Tudor's firing by ending 8-match winless streak, Roma rejoins Napoli on top

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ROME (AP) — Igor Tudor’s firing at Juventus produced an immediate result.

The Bianconeri beat visiting Udinese 3-1 in Serie A on Wednesday to end an eight-match winless streak that had stretched back to mid-September.

Defender Federico Gatti headed in the winner for Juventus after Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring by earning and converting a penalty. Kenan Yildiz sealed it by also earning and converting a penalty in stoppage time.

Tudor was fired on Monday following three consecutive losses.

Interim coach Massimo Brambilla directed the team against Udinese, with former Napoli and Italy coach Luciano Spalletti expected to be named the club’s new manager on Thursday.

“Spalletti is a great coach, with experience and a modern style of football,” Juventus adviser Giorgio Chiellini said before kickoff, before adding: “We have to wait, because there is no signature yet.”

The victory lifted Juventus into seventh place, six points behind Italian league leaders Napoli and Roma.

Roma moved level with Napoli with a 2-1 victory over Parma.

Inter Milan beat winless Fiorentina 3-0 to move back up to third, three points behind the leaders.

Nicolò Zaniolo scored a temporary equalizer for Udinese.

At the Stadio Olimpico, Gian Piero Gasperini’s squad finally showed an offensive spark that had been lacking under the attack-minded coach.

Center back Mario Hermoso scored his first goal with Roma by redirecting in a corner by the back post with a header.

Then center forward Artem Dovbyk doubled the advantage by turning in a rebound.

Alessandro Circati scored for Parma four minutes from time.

Roma also had a potential goal from Matias Soule wiped out following a VAR review, Leon Bailey wasted an open look at the goal when he missed wide from close range, and Paulo Dybala had an acrobatic header stopped with a fingertip save.

At the San Siro, Inter bounced back from a 3-1 loss at Napoli with three second-half goals.

Hakan Calhanoglu scored with a long-range effort that appeared to surprise Fiorentina goalkeeper David de Gea, who may have had his view blocked.

Peter Sucic doubled Inter's advantage with a dribbling show to evade four defenders before slotting in.

Then Calhanoglu added another by converting a penalty.

Also, big-spending Como beat Hellas Verona 3-1 with goals from Tasos Douvikas, Stefan Posch and Mërgim Vojvoda and moved back to fifth.

Federico Bonazzoli scored twice for promoted Cremonese in a 2-0 win at Genoa as Jamie Vardy's new team moved up to eighth.

Bologna and Torino drew 0-0.

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