ROME — Roma was Monday awarded a 3-0 victory over Cagliari by the Italian football authorities after its match at the Sardinian club Sunday was controversially postponed hours before kick-off. The match was set to be played in an empty stadium because Cagliari's Is Arena stadium is undergoing renovation work. However, club President Massimo Cellino invited supporters to attend the match regardless, forcing the local authorities in Cagliari to call a halt to the league fixture over security fears. Roma's general manager Franco Baldini hit out at the alleged manipulation of the situation by Cagliari and indicated that the club would be appealing the ruling under article 17 of the Italian Football Federation's charter. Judge Gianpaolo Tosel was in favor of Roma and awarded the club a 3-0 victory. The win sees Roma, which hosts Sampdoria Wednesday, move up to fifth place in the Serie A table. Marseille records best start in 50 years Olympique Marseille became the first Ligue 1 club in more than 50 years to win its first six league games when it beat Evian Thonon Gaillard 1-0 Sunday. Morgan Amalfitano headed home in the 33rd minute to lift Marseille to 18 points, four ahead of second-placed Olympique Lyon who drew 1-1 at Lille thanks to a late Lisandro Lopez equalizer. Lille, who won the title in 2011, is 12th on seven points having won only one of its opening six league games. Marseille is the first team to win its six first league games since Monaco completed the feat at the start of the 1960-61 season. Monaco went on to be crowned champion at the end of that campaign. Three days after a tightly-contested Europa League draw at Turkish side Fenerbahce, Marseille was visibly tired and struggled to create chances against 17th place Evian. Lyon is four points adrift at the top of the table after drawing with Lille which was hoping to bounce back after its shock 3-1 home loss to Belarus's BATE Borisov in its Champions League opener Wednesday. Girondins Bordeaux drew for the fourth consecutive time in Ligue 1 after a stoppage-time goal from substitute Chahir Belghazouani secured Ajaccio a point in a 2-2 draw. Penalty miss pegs back Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen missed a penalty and wasted a raft of opportunities in a 1-1 draw at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Ruhr derby Sunday. The result left Leverkusen in 12th place in the Bundesliga, eight points behind leader Bayern Munich, which maintained its perfect record Saturday when a 2-0 win at Schalke gave it a fourth win in four games. Hoffenheim moved off the bottom with its first win of the season, a 3-1 defeat of third-placed Hanover, with Augsburg replacing it at the foot of the table. Stuttgart is second bottom, just behind Hoffenheim, after coming back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Werder Bremen. — Agencies
