Serie A Roundup, Jan. 31

Juventus's troubles continued with a 1-1 draw at home against Lazio on Sunday in new coach Alberto Zaccheroni's first match in charge.

Alessandro Del Piero put Juventus in front with from the penalty spot in the 70th minute following a dubious foul, but Stefano Mauri equalized for Lazio eight minutes later.

It was Juve's fifth consecutive game without a victory, including a 2-1 loss to Inter Milan on Thursday that eliminated the Turin team from the Italian Cup.

On Friday, Zaccheroni was hired to replace Ciro Ferrara.

"Right now there's some confusion, but I think this team has what it takes to win," Zaccheroni said.

Juve moved into a tie for fifth with Palermo with 34 points each, 15 behind leader Inter.

Fans whistled Juve off the field and a small section of seats at the Stadio Olimpico were set on fire.

Earlier, AS Roma extended its unbeaten run to 17 games with a 2-1 win over last-place Siena, moving into a tie for second with AC Milan, which was held to a 1-1 draw at the San Siro by Livorno.

Stefano Okaka scored the winner with his heel in the 88th for Roma, in what was likely his final game with the Giallorossi before moving to Fulham on loan.

"I wanted to do well even though I'm leaving tonight," said Okaka, who jumped over the advertising boards and ran toward Roma's hard-core ultra fans to celebrate.

"I'll miss these fans," he added.

Simone Vergassola had equalized for Siena in the 41st after John Arne Riise opened the scoring in the 29th with his second goal in two games.

Massimo Ambrosini put Milan ahead in the 44th and Livorno captain Cristiano Lucarelli equalized in the 53rd.

Inter Milan's game at Parma was postponed until Feb. 10 due to snow covering the stands at the Tardini stadium.

Inter leads with 49 points and Roma and Milan are next with 41 points apiece.

Also Sunday, it was: Cagliari 2, Fiorentina 2; Catania 1, Udinese 1; Chievo Verona 1, Bologna 1; and Sampdoria 2, Atalanta 0.

Zaccheroni didn't make many changes in Juve's lineup but the squad appeared more energetic at the start, with Diego and Del Piero combining to create three scoring chances in the opening 20 minutes.

Diego hit the post with a long shot in the 54th and Juve was awarded a penalty in the 69th when Lazio defender Modibe Diakite was whistled for taking down Del Piero from behind. The Juve captain then calmly converted the spot kick.

Mauri equalized with a close-range volley following a pass from Mauro Zarate, with goalkeeper Alex Manninger helpless.

Normal Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was suspended for the game.

"We allowed them two or three chances at the most," Diego said. "We did everything possible. But we've got to improve and score, not just create."

Sampdoria got goals from Angelo Palombo and Giampaolo Pazzini after learning that Antonio Cassano had rejected a loan offer from Fiorentina, which was seeking another forward with Adrian Mutu facing a possible ban after two positive doping tests were revealed this week.

Stevan Jovetic scored the equalizer for Fiorentina against 10-man Cagliari, then ran to the Tuscan club's bench and was handed a Mutu No. 10 jersey, which he paraded around to show solidarity with his teammate.

The day's most spectacular goal belonged to Okaka, who swiftly redirected a cross from Romanian midfielder Drian Florin Pit with his back to the goal. It was reminiscent of Amantino Mancini's back-heeled goal against Lazio in a Rome derby several years ago.

"After these six months at Fulham he'll come back more mature and well-rounded," Roma coach Claudio Ranieri said of Okaka. "He's got a good basis to work with."

Riise, who scored a last-minute winner against Juventus last weekend, found the target this time with a difficult, angled volley from the edge of the area.

Roma is on a run of 14 wins and three draws in all competitions.

In Milan, Ronaldinho hit the post in the 36th and Livorno goalkeeper Francesco Benussi failed to punch away a cross from David Beckham eight minutes later, letting Ambrosini take advantage to put the Rossoneri ahead.

Lucarelli equalized with a deflection from the edge of the box, and Livorno then held tight during a full-on assault from Milan for the rest of the half.

Ambrosini nearly had the winner in the 66th, too, but Benussi made a tough save. Beckham then had a shot blocked by a defender in the 70th and second-half substitute Klaas Jan Huntelaar also couldn't connect with the rebound.

A free kick from Ronaldinho deflected high off Livorno's wall in the 76th and Filippo Inzaghi came on as an extra striker for Milan in the 78th, but to no avail.

"The difficulties today were in attack. We weren't able to capitalize," Milan coach Leonardo said.

Milan forward Marco Borriello was taken to a local hospital after a knock to his head in the 19th minute. He came back on after the incident but then was replaced by Huntelaar for the second half.

Milan was coming off consecutive defeats, losing 2-0 to Inter in the derby last weekend and then being eliminated by Udinese from the Italian Cup.

Livorno also had a turbulent week, with coach Serse Cosmi eventually deciding to stay on after offering his resignation following a 2-0 loss to Napoli.