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Juve struggle to clinch win, Milan held

Filed under: Serie A by: Imad Malik

Martin Caceres scored on his Serie A debut to help Juventus win 2-0 at Lazio on Saturday and maintain their perfect start to the season.

The Uruguay right back, on loan from Barcelona, smashed home a loose ball on the edge of the box midway through the second half.

David Trezeguet, starting up front in place of the rested Vincenzo Iaquinta and the injured Alessandro Del Piero, secured a battling victory late on when he tucked in from close range.

Juve’s third win from three came at a cost, though, with new playmaker Diego, who scored twice in the 3-1 win over AS Roma on their previous visit to the capital last month, going off before the break with a leg injury.

Lazio felt hard done by on the stroke of halftime when Stefano Mauri’s scrambled goal was ruled out for a foul but Juve could have won by more had Amauri managed to connect with debutant Fabio Grosso’s cross.

Inter held despite EtoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢o goal, Juve win

Filed under: Serie A by: Imad Malik

Defending champions Inter Milan were held to a surprise 1-1 draw at home to promoted Bari at the San Siro on Sunday in their first match of the new Serie A season.

But rivals Juventus got off to a winning start as Vincenzo Iaquinta scored the only goal in a 1-0 home success against Chievo.

Cameroon forward Samuel Eto’o scored his first goal for Inter since joining from Barcelona in a swap deal that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic head to Spain, but Vitaly Kutuzov’s equaliser earned the plucky Serie A newboys a deserved share of the spoils.

Inter coach Jose Mourinho picked new signings Eto’o and Diego Milito up front together but they could not fire the champions to victory.

“We have the quality to do well, we played a great game but we didn’t have the luck needed to score a second goal and make the game safe,” moaned the Portuguese boss.

“Unfortunately, we lack a bit of fluidity, we haven’t had long to work together.

“We’re not a team that makes excuses and I don’t want to justify the loss of two points but it’s a fact that we’ve changed a lot and we’re lacking fluidity.”