( CNN ) -- Roma became the first team in Serie A history to win its opening 10 games of the season after a 1-0 victory over bottom feeder Chievo , a result that also restored the Giallorossi 's five-point advantage at the top of the table over Juventus and Napoli . Roma bossed possession -- amassing 65 % overall -- but when the hour mark passed and the match remained scoreless it appeared as if Chievo would engineer an upset and take a point in the Eternal City . Club legend Francesco Totti could n't bail out Roma , since he was out injured . Marco Borriello , however , struck in the 67th minute with a header to put an end to Chievo 's resistance . Borriello 's effort was one of 18 shots for Rudi Garcia 's Roma , while Chievo only mustered two . Roma ground out a 1-0 win at Udinese on Sunday to make it nine in a row and match the feat of Juventus during the 2005/06 season . Juventus was later stripped of its title that campaign as part of a match-fixing scandal . Atletico keeps pace . Days after pledging his international future to Spain instead of Brazil -- the country of his birth -- Diego Costa scored again as Atletico Madrid beat Granada 2-1 to keep the pressure on Barcelona in La Liga . Costa moved ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the scoring charts on 12 goals when he converted a penalty in the first half and ex Barcelona front man David Villa also found the back of the net from the spot in the second half . Villa won both penalties . Granada pulled a goal back in injury time after Atletico 's Filipe Luis was sent off in the 89th minute for a second yellow but Atletico hung on for a vital victory despite not playing at its best . `` What really makes me happy is the effort made by the players , '' Atletico manager Diego Simeone told the club website . `` It 's not easy to win , win , win and keep winning . '' Atletico improved to 30 points , one behind the Catalans , after improving to 10 wins and a defeat . Despite Lionel Messi 's month-long scoring slump in the league , Barcelona beat city rival Celta Vigo 3-0 away on Tuesday to temporarily move four points ahead . Real Madrid completes the top three . In a hole following a Clasico defeat to Barcelona on Saturday , Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick and Gareth Bale scored his first goals at the Bernabeu in a 7-3 thrashing of Sevilla on Wednesday . Impasse continues in France . A strike by clubs from Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 moved ever closer after French President Francois Hollande refused to budge on plans to hit high earners with a hefty 75 % tax rate for two years . A meeting with club owners did little to change Hollande 's mind Thursday , meaning the teams look certain to sit out games between November 29 and December 2 . The scheme , which could be implemented next year , was initiated to help reduce France 's budget deficit although the clubs argue they 're unfair targets since many of them are struggling financially . `` Club representatives have not been heard despite several constructive proposals , '' the Union of Professional Football Clubs said in a statement on its website . `` This tax , which was initially meant for the richest , will in our case impact companies in debt . '' Those who earn more than 1 million euros ( $ 1.38 million ) a year would have to pay the 75 % rate . But it 's the clubs , not the players , who would have to cough up the funds .
Roma sets new record in Serie A by winning its 10th straight start to the season . Marco Borriello scores in the second half to give Roma a 1 - 0 win over last - place Chievo . In Spain , Atletico Madrid kept pace with expectations by beating Granada 2 - 1 . A strike in France moved closer after the French government refused to budge on tax policy .