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Serie A wrap: Juventus fall again, Jovetic double hands Inter win

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Sports News Serie A wrap: Juventus fall again, Jovetic double hands Inter win
SEP 1, 2015 LISTEN

AS Roma 2-1 Juventus
Juventus' poor start to the season continued, as the lost 2-1 to AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday afternoon.Goals from Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko handed Roma a two-goal in the second half, before Paulo Dybala pulled one back late in the game.Juventus also had Patrice Evra sent off in the final 20 minutes, after picked up two yellow cards.

Capri 1-2 Inter Milan
Inter Milan maintained their winning start, as they secured a a narrow 2-1 victory away to Capri on Sunday evening. Summer signing, Stevan Jovetic , handed Inter the lead in the 31st minute, before Antonio Di Gaudio leveled matters for Capri in the 81st minute. However, the man on loan Manchester City had the last laugh, as he slotted home in the 89th minute for the three points and his third goal of the season.

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Napoli 2-2 Sampdoria
Sampdoria came from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw with Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on Sunday evening. Gonzalo Higuain had give Napoli a two-goal lead with strikes in the ninth and 39th minute, however a quickfire brace from Eder in the second half ensured both sides earned a share of the spoils. Napoli are still searching for their first win of the season, having lost their opening game to Sassuolo.

Elsewhere..
Antonio Floro Flores snatched a late winner for Sassuolo as they beat Bologna 1-0 at Stadio Dall-Ara.

Atalanta picked up their first points of the new season with a 2-0 victory over promoted Frosinone in Bergamo on Sunday evening.Goals from Guglielmo Stendardo and Alejandro Gomez in each half handed the Bergamaschi a deserved win.

Torino struck three times in the space of 10 minutes to clinch a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Fiorentina in Turin.Marcos Alonso put the visitors ahead in the 10th minute but the hosts hit back after the restart with goals from Emiliano Moretti, Fabio Quagliarella and Daniele Baselli to seal the win.

Mario Balotelli watched on as goals from fellow forwards Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano earned AC Milan their first win of the new Serie A season -- 2-1 against Empoli.

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Luca Rigoni scored the only goal of the game as 10-man Palermo upset Udinese 1-0 at the Friuli stadium to pick up their second straight win in Serie A.

Genoa produced a convincing performance at home to Hellas Verona on Sunday to pick up their first win of the season.Second-half goals from substitute Leonardo Pavoletti and summer signing Serge Gakpe ensured a 2-0 success and the first points of the season for hosts.

Chievo produced a convincing performance at home and beat Lazio to pick up their second win of the season.Riccardo Meggiorini put the hosts on their way in the 12th minute before Alberto Paloschi doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark. Valter Birsa made it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time and Paloschi added his second of the evening in the 68th minute to cap off a wonderful evening for the Verona outfit.

Compiled by Kweku Arhin. Follow Kweku on Twitter: @nana_odum. Get more updates on Facebook/Twitter with the #JoySports hashtag

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