Milan had started the brighter during the crunch clash with Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato combining well to create numerous opportunities.
The better chances were falling to Inter, though, and Dejan Stanković missed a glorious opportunity to open the scoring on 18 minutes, delaying his shot too long while totally unmarked from six yards and Massimo Ambrosini came sliding in from behind.
Adriano broke the deadlock in the 29th minute, although the Brazilian appeared to use his arm to divert the ball past Christian Abbiati.
Stanković then doubled the advantage two minutes before the interval when he latched onto a Zlatan Ibrahimović through-ball and did not waste a second this time in placing his shot low into the bottom corner past Abbiati.
Inter had a great chance to kill the game 90 seconds after the restart when Adriano pounced on a Kakha Kaladze error, but he amazingly fired wide one-on-one with Abbiati.
Worryingly for Milan, David Beckham was forced off after 58 minutes with a slight thigh problem.
Pato gave Milan a glimmer of hope when he registered his fifth goal of 2009 with 19 minutes remaining.
Beckham’s replacement Filippo Inzaghi thought he had scored an equaliser in the 78th minute when he rifled into the roof of the net on 78 minutes, but he was adjudged to have strayed offside.
Minutes later, Milan were furious again when Cristian Chivu appeared to drag back Inzaghi as he tried to control a pass, but referee Roberto Rosetti let play continue with Pato still well placed to score. However, he shot straight at Júlio César.
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Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero is tackled by Sampdoria defender Paolo Sammarco
Photo: AP Photo/Massimo Pinca |
| Juventus |
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1 – 1 |
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Sampdoria |
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| Amauri 62 |
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Giampaolo Pazzini 10 |
Juventus failed to take full advantage of their two major Serie A title challengers facing each other after drawing 1-1 at home to Sampdoria.
The hosts struggled to find any continuity in their play, with Alessandro Del Piero and Pavel Nedvěd well contained by the Blucerchiati defense.
Giampaolo Pazzini gave Sampdoria the lead after 10 minutes when the former Fiorentina striker beat the Juve offside trap and latched onto Antonio Cassano’s through-ball before firing a low past Gianluigi Buffon.
Del Piero fed Nedvěd five minutes before half-time, but the veteran midfielder was denied by the post.
Five minutes after the restart, the visitors almost extended their lead when Cassano’s cross was deflected by Juve defender Cristian Molinaro onto his own post with Buffon stranded.
After surviving that scare, the home side got back on level terms in the 62nd minute when Amauri headed his first goal of 2009 from a cross by substitute Sebastian Giovinco.
The woodwork came into play again two minutes later to keep out Del Piero’s free-kick from the left, but Juventus failed to create any further chances before the final whistle.
Elsewhere in Serie A on Sunday:
| Atalanta |
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3 – 0 |
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AS Roma |
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| Cagliari |
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2 – 0 |
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Lecce |
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| Chievo |
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1 – 1 |
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Catania |
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| Genoa |
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3 – 3 |
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Fiorentina |
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| Reggina |
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0 – 0 |
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Palermo |
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| Siena |
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1 – 1 |
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Udinese |
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