Atalanta beat visiting Verona 3-0 Wednesday to go seventh in the Italian Serie A, converting their dominance into goals from Remo Freuler, Josip Ilicic and substitute Jasmin Kurtic.
The game in Bergamo opened a batch of nine encounters after Inter Milan beat Sampdoria 3-2 Tuesday to go top on 26 points from 10 games.
Napoli trail one point adrift before playing at Genoa. Promoted Verona are 18th on six points.
Before all games this week, team captains read a passage from Anne Frank's diary to censure the acts of anti-Semitism by Lazio fans who at the weekend defamed the victim of the Nazi Holocaust. A copy of the diary is given to the boys and girls accompanying the squads onto the pitch.
