AS Roma, without top scorer Pablo Osvaldo after he was banned for punching a team mate in a dressing-room row, had three players sent off in a 3-0 defeat at Fiorentina in Serie A on Sunday.There was also controversy at Juventus who beat Cesena 2-0 to stay unbeaten and go top with the help of a hotly-disputed late penalty.That match saw Juventus captain Alessandro Del Pieros frustrating season continue when he was taken off injured after just eight minutes of yet another substitute appearance.Colombian Victor Ibarbo scored a superb individual goal to give Cagliari a 1-0 win at Catania, the Sardinians first victory since Davide Ballardini became their third coach of the season.Juventus lead the table with 29 points from 13 games, two ahead of AC Milan, who won 2-0 at Genoa on Friday, and Udinese, who beat Inter Milan 1-0 away on Saturday.Serie As two crisis teams clashed in Florence where the hosts this week fined Alessio Cerci and Andrea Lazzari for a late night out and Roma were still reeling from the Osvaldo incident, where he punched team mate Erik Lamela after last weeks defeat at Udinese.Fiorentina, wearing black armbands in memory of former Brazil captain Socrates who played for the club for one season and died earlier on Sunday, were looking for their first win and goals under new coach Delio Rossi.They were quickly on top after Stevan Jovetic was hauled back by Juan in the 15th minute.The Brazil defender was sent off while the Montenegro international coolly converted the penalty in the 15th minute for his sixth league goal of the season.Roma responded well but suffered another blow just before halftime when Alessandro Gamberini headed in Riccardo Montolivos corner to make it 2-0.The visitors went to pieces in the last quarter of an hour when Fernando Gago was dismissed for a sliding tackle on Jovetic in the 77th minute and Bojan Krkic followed nine minutes later for punching a goal-bound shot off the line.Uruguayan Santiago Silva converted the resulting penalty as Fiorentina moved onto 16 points, one behind their ambitious but troubled opponents whose Spanish coach Luis Enrique can look forward to a torrid week.
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