So too was Lewandowski's Borussia Dortmund and Cavani's Napoli, runners-up in Germany and Italy respectively.
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Napoli striker Edinson Cavani missed a penalty to get his side back into the game.
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Napoli crushed Roma 4-1 thanks to a stunning hat-trick from Uruguay international Edinson Cavani.
Hamsik had earlier set up Cavani's leveling header with 17 minutes to play.
Edinson Cavani scored his 18th goal of the season in the 85th minute to end Parma's unbeaten home run.
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Palermo extended their unbeaten league run to five games with Edinson Cavani scoring the only goal against Atalanta from the penalty spot.
Marek Hamsik's opener was cancelled out by an own-goal from Paolo Cannavaro, but Cavani popped up with five minutes remaining to seal the win.
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While Serie A strikers such as Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovich and Napoli's Edinson Cavani are admired throughout Europe, Di Natale is elatively unknown outside of Italy.
His strike partner Edison Cavani also missed two good opportunities and captain Diego Lugano fluffed a header from a Forlan free-kick early in the second half.
Earlier Sunday, Edinson Cavani took his Serie A-leading goal tally to 28 as second-placed Napoli came from behind to beat Siena 2-1 thanks to Marek Hamsik's injury-time winner.
Udinese stayed fifth with a 2-1 win over Atalanta as Antonio Di Natale scored both goals to take his total this season to 22, keeping the striker second behind Cavani.
Lavezzi had a shot deflected wide off left-back before he lofted a ball to release Edinson Cavani on the home goal only for the Napoli striker to blaze horribly over.
Napoli's threat grew after the break and Cavani had the sting taken out of a shot by Konchesky before Reina saved and the Uruguayan striker then flashed a powerful header just wide.
The hosts' fourth win in five league games takes them to 13 points, with only a missed penalty from Cavani denying Walter Mazzarri's side from taking top spot outright in the Italian championship.
The result left Milan 13 points behind leaders Juventus and four adrift of next weekend's opponent Napoli -- who beat lowly Genoa 2-0 later Sunday despite a second-half penalty miss by Edinson Cavani.
This time it was Reds midfielder Christian Poulsen who mistimed a header which fell to Cavani and he instantly nodded the ball forward to release Lavezzi, who raced through and slid a shot under Reina.
Edison Cavani outpaced Carragher and crossed for Hamsik, who turned in a shot at goal which was cleared from the Reds goalmouth by Konchesky and the official behind the goal ruled the ball had not crossed the goal-line.
The Ajax keeper had another nervous moment at the start of the second half when he beat Edinson Cavani to a through ball but failed to make a proper clearance and Van Bronkhorst had to clear Alvaro Pereira's curling shot off the line.
Having navigated a tricky opening game against France relatively unscathed and knowing here lay their chance to seize control of Group A, Uruguay opted for a three man strike force, bringing in Edinson Cavani to partner Suarez, with Atletico Madrid's Forlan playing in a withdrawn attacking role.
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