Serie A round-up: Another setback for Milan
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AC Milan took a second straight defeat to start the Serie A season as they suffered a 2-0 setback at Genoa.
Giuseppe Sculli opened the scoring for Genoa on the half hour mark before Diego Milito converted an injury-time penalty to seal the win.
The return of Kaká alongside superstars Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko did nothing to lift the Rossoneri.
Genoa had not defeated Milan at their own ground since 1983 and Milan had not been held scoreless in the last 16 Serie A matches.
Milan are now second from bottom and increase pressure on coach Carlo Ancelotti, who failed to guide the team into the Champions League this season.
Fiorentina are also having problems after going down to a 2-1 defeat at Napoli.
Adrian Mutu, on his return from injury, put Fiorentina ahead in the 41st-minute but Marek Hamsik and Christian Maggio scored second-half goals to ensure all three points remained in Naples.
In Sunday's late game, Amauri scored in the 67th after a scrimmage in the area to give Juventus their first win of the season.
The victory put the Bianconeri moved into a share of third place in Serie A alongside Torino, Inter Milan and Napoli.
On Saturday, defending champions Inter Milan were also registered their first victory with a controversial 2-1 win over Catania at San Siro.
Gianvito Plasmati's header put the visitors in front on 42 minutes before Inter had Ghana international Sulley Muntari red-carded late in the first half.
But Inter, despite being reduced to 10 men, levelled two minutes after the break when new signing Ricardo Quaresma marked his debut with a goal.
The winning goal for Inter came in controversial circumstances when a corner kick came off the head of Catania's Cristian Terlizzi and hit the the inside of the far post into goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri's hands, but the referee and linesman both ruled the ball had crossed the line and awarded the goal.
It was a winning home debut for Inter new boss José Mourinho.
Meanwhile, Davide Ballardini celebrated his reign as Palermo coach with a home win as his side dumped AS Roma 3-1.
The visitors took the lead through Julio Baptista after just eight minutes, but Palermo back on level terms in the 20th minute through Fabrizio Miccoli.
Miccoli added a second for Palermo in the 56th minute before Edison Cavani scoring the third in the 72nd minute.
Other scoreline elsewhere in Serie A, it was: Lazio 2 Sampdoria 0; Bologna 0 Atalanta 1; Reggina 1 Torino 1; Lecce 2 Chievo 0; Siena 2 Cagliari 0.
Giuseppe Sculli opened the scoring for Genoa on the half hour mark before Diego Milito converted an injury-time penalty to seal the win.
The return of Kaká alongside superstars Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko did nothing to lift the Rossoneri.
Genoa had not defeated Milan at their own ground since 1983 and Milan had not been held scoreless in the last 16 Serie A matches.
Milan are now second from bottom and increase pressure on coach Carlo Ancelotti, who failed to guide the team into the Champions League this season.
Fiorentina are also having problems after going down to a 2-1 defeat at Napoli.
Adrian Mutu, on his return from injury, put Fiorentina ahead in the 41st-minute but Marek Hamsik and Christian Maggio scored second-half goals to ensure all three points remained in Naples.
In Sunday's late game, Amauri scored in the 67th after a scrimmage in the area to give Juventus their first win of the season.
The victory put the Bianconeri moved into a share of third place in Serie A alongside Torino, Inter Milan and Napoli.
On Saturday, defending champions Inter Milan were also registered their first victory with a controversial 2-1 win over Catania at San Siro.
Gianvito Plasmati's header put the visitors in front on 42 minutes before Inter had Ghana international Sulley Muntari red-carded late in the first half.
But Inter, despite being reduced to 10 men, levelled two minutes after the break when new signing Ricardo Quaresma marked his debut with a goal.
The winning goal for Inter came in controversial circumstances when a corner kick came off the head of Catania's Cristian Terlizzi and hit the the inside of the far post into goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri's hands, but the referee and linesman both ruled the ball had crossed the line and awarded the goal.
It was a winning home debut for Inter new boss José Mourinho.
Meanwhile, Davide Ballardini celebrated his reign as Palermo coach with a home win as his side dumped AS Roma 3-1.
The visitors took the lead through Julio Baptista after just eight minutes, but Palermo back on level terms in the 20th minute through Fabrizio Miccoli.
Miccoli added a second for Palermo in the 56th minute before Edison Cavani scoring the third in the 72nd minute.
Other scoreline elsewhere in Serie A, it was: Lazio 2 Sampdoria 0; Bologna 0 Atalanta 1; Reggina 1 Torino 1; Lecce 2 Chievo 0; Siena 2 Cagliari 0.
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