Inter Milan off to winning start

ROME: Inter Milan scored two late goals for a 2-0 win over Genoa in manager Walter Mazzarri’s debut on the first Sunday of Serie A.
Japan international Yuto Nagatomo headed in from point-blank range in the 75th minute following a deflected cross from Jonathan and Argentina striker Rodrigo Palacio doubled the lead in added time after an excellent setup from Fredy Guarin.
Neither team had an attempt on target until a header from Inter substitute Mauro Icardi was blocked by goalkeeper Mattia Perin in the 53rd.
But Inter was in full control by the end and Icardi hit the crossbar with a header in the 82nd and Andrea Ranocchia had a header tipped wide by Perin a minute later.

Tevez on target for Juventus

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez scored on his Serie A debut for Juventus in a 1-0 win at Sampdoria in a late night match on Saturday.
Tevez, who scored when the champions secured the Italian Super Cup with a 4-0 rout of Lazio last weekend, was partnered up front by Mirko Vucinic as Spaniard Fernando Llorente was left on the sidelines.
And the former Manchester City striker, one of the few big names to make his way to Italy’s top flight over the summer, made the most of his few chances when he tapped home a Paul Pogba ball just before the hour.
Sampdoria were the only team last season to beat Juventus both home and away, making sure the defending champions’ 29th league crown came with a bitter aftertaste on the final day of the season.
However Delio Rossi’s side ultimately failed to threaten in an encounter plagued by torrential rain at the Luigi Ferraris stadium.
Montenegrin Vucinic came close for Juve inside three minutes and the visitors were almost given a 19th-minute lead when Kwadwo Asamoah’s header from Andrea Pirlo’s corner bounced and forced Angelo Da Costa to tip the ball over the crossbar.
Tevez was gifted a chance in the 21st minute when a long midfield ball made its way through the Sampdoria defense but Da Costa parried the Argentine’s effort.
Shortly after the break Stephan Lichsteiner’s cross from deep on the right was too far forward for Vucinic.
Juve then won a free kick when Tevez fell to the ground under a challenge from Eramo but Pirlo’s effort from 30 meters was a meter over the crossbar.
Sampdoria pressed, but Giorgio Chiellini did well to head away a dangerous looking cross just before the hour.
Moments later Juve broke the deadlock, Tevez tapping home into a virtually empty net from Pogba’s unselfish square ball after the Frenchman had been set up deep by Chilean Arturo Vidal.
Sampdoria finished the match with 10 men when substitute Paolo Castellini was shown a direct red card for a nasty foul on Lichsteiner.