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Inter concede own goal to draw, Milan win
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-08-27 10:53
MILAN - Inter Milan began their Serie A title defence with a 1-1 home
draw with Udinese on Sunday after an Ivan Cordoba own goal in injury
time, while AC Milan won 3-0 at promoted Genoa helped by Kaka's brace.
AC Milan's Kaka (L) of Brazil celebrates after scoring as Genoa's Gleison
Santos looks down during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the
Ferraris Stadium in Genova August 26, 2007.?[AP]
Inter took an early lead through midfielder Dejan Stankovic after Zlatan
Ibrahimovic's clever pass but goalkeeper Julio Cesar was sent off for
handball outside the box on 57 minutes and the champions were unable to
hold out.
Milan taught Genoa a lesson on their return to the top flight after a
12-year absence with Massimo Ambrosini's powerful header and Kaka's cool
finish and penalty giving the European champions an easy victory.
Fiorentina had an equally comfortable 3-1 home win over Tuscan rivals
Empoli to show they could still be a force this term despite striker Luca
Toni leaving for Bayern Munich.
Adrian Mutu sliced through the defence to score the pick of the goals for
Fiorentina, who like Milan were ruled out of last season's title race
because of points deductions following Italy's match-fixing probe.
Juventus, demoted in the scandal, returned to Serie A with a thumping 5-1
home win over Livorno on Saturday. Last season's runners-up AS Roma visit
Palermo in Sunday's late game.
Inter had looked well on the way to an opening-day victory when Stankovic
netted on nine minutes but Udinese played their way into the match with
Italy striker Fabio Quagliarella, who spent last season at Sampdoria,
missing several chances.
Cesar's dismissal put Inter on the defensive even more and they paid the
price when defender Cordoba inadvertently flicked the ball into the
corner as Udinese packed out the area.
Milan had no such trouble in Genoa despite away fans being
controversially banned because of fears of revenge for the killing of a
Genoa fan when the clubs met in 1995, the last time the west-coast club
were in Serie A.
The promoted side offered little in attack and their defence allowed
Ambrosini a free header on 21 minutes which set Milan on their way
without having to step into top gear.
"Not everything was perfect but the team have had the right attitude,"
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti told Sky Sport.
Napoli also found life tough back in the top flight and went down 2-0 at
home to Cagliari.
Vincenzo Montella gave Sampdoria a 2-1 win at Siena with a fine late
volley, having returned to his former club from AS Roma after eight years
away.
The match of the day was in Parma where an entertaining 2-2 draw with
Catania was overshadowed by visiting coach Silvio Baldini being sent to
the stands in his first game in charge after kicking out at Parma boss
Domenico Di Carlo on the touchline.
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