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MILAN -- It was meant to be the match where Mario Mandzukic showed he could be more than an understudy to Gonzalo Higuain this season. Colorado Avalanche Shirts .Instead, the Croatia forward again appeared off form and disinterested as Juventus labored past Palermo 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday.This was the first time the duo played together in a tactical experiment that appears to have failed. Juventus looked thoroughly unimpressive.Their job was to give options to the midfielders and I think they played well, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. They didnt link up much between themselves, but thats normal given their attributes. They worked hard and sacrificed themselves at the end.Juventus found it hard to break down a resilient Palermo side, and the only goal came about thanks to a slice of fortune for Allegris side three minutes after the break. Dani Alves long-range effort took a massive deflection off Edoardo Goldanigas heel, sending the ball past Palermo goalkeeper Josip Posavec.Mandzukic netted 10 goals in his debut season at Juventus but has been overshadowed since Higuain arrived from rival Napoli for an Italian-record fee of 90 million euros ($99 million) in the offseason. He has yet to score in six matches, including four starts.In Sicily, Mandzukic again failed to impress, wasting a free header in the first half and seeing a tame effort saved in the 70th, when he should have done better from close range.The former Bayern Munich forward did have the ball in the back of the net moments later but he was offside when Dani Alves free kick was floated in. Video replays showed Mandzukic should have left it for Alex Sandro, who was in a similar position but onside.Mandzukic, who played only the final 10 minutes of the midweek 4-0 victory over Cagliari, started in last weekends 2-1 defeat at Inter Milan, but Juventus looked much more threatening when he was replaced by Higuain with a quarter of an hour remaining.Juventus remained a point clear of Napoli, which is the only unbeaten team in the league.Next up, Allegris side is at Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday, when it needs a win after drawing with Sevilla 0-0 in their opening Champions League match.---NAPOLI 2, CHIEVO VERONA 1Manolo Gabbiadini and Marek Hamsik proved Napolis attack is not all about Arkadiusz Milik and Jose Callejon as they fired the Partenopei to victory.Napoli is a team which has even more cards to play this season than last, Chievo coach Rolando Maran said.Milik and Callejon have scored nearly all of Napolis goals to grab the headlines and help ease the pain of Higuains departure.Milik, who also scored a double against Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League, was rested ahead of Wednesdays match against Benfica, although the Poland forward was brought on in the second half.Callejon provided the assist for the 24th-minute opener, latching onto Hamsiks chipped pass and cutting the ball back to Gabbiadini, who curled into the bottom left corner.The second goal also came about from a delightful team move, with Lorenzo Insigne threading the ball through for Hamsik to finish off his 100th for Napoli.Its a great achievement, Hamsik said. 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"He played well, he was a little more aggressive," Federer said. Federer took a wild card for Hamburg after losing in the second round at Wimbledon. The 31-year-old Swiss ace has dropped to No. 5, his lowest ranking in a decade. He has won one title this year, on grass in Halle, Germany, before Wimbledon. Federer lost to No. 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky -- a player who failed to qualify for Hamburg -- as the defending Wimbledon champion. It was his earliest Grand Slam defeat in 10 years, and his first loss to a player ranked outside the top 100 since 2005. Federer changed his racket after Wimbledon, going for a bigger frame. But he struggled in Hamburg, going to three sets in two of his previous three matches. Delbonis will play Fabio Fognini of Italy, who moved within one win of his second title in two weeks when he beat third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (1). Delbonis was playing only the second semifinal of his career but maintained his composure and gave Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam champ, only two break points, one of which he saved. Fake Avalanche Jerseys. Federer broke for a 2-1 lead but was broken right back and had to save two set points to force the tiebreaker. He squandered a 4-2 lead, was unable to convert his one set point and saved three with service winners before Delbonis converted his fourth with a smash after some well-played points. Federer came under pressure immediately in the second set and had to fend off three break points in his opening service game and another in the sixth. Delbonis saved one break point in the next game with a superb volley winner. In the tiebreaker, Federer made two straight groundstroke errors and he netted a forehand on Delbonis first match point. Delbonis will jump to a career-high ranking of around No. 59, according to the ATP. Fognini won his first career title in Stuttgart last week and is riding a nine-match winning streak. "I feel incredible," Fognini said. It was the Italians 24th win on clay this season. Fognini is the second Italian to reach the final in Hamburg after Adriano Panatta lost to Manuel Orantes in 1972. Almagro is second in career clay-court titles among active players with 12. Rafael Nadal has 42. ' ' '