Saturday 16 SeptemberInter 1-1 Sampdoria
Inter Milan temporarily climbed to the top of the Serie A table despite being held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by visitors Sampdoria at the San Siro. After a quiet opening 45 minutes, the game sprung into life when the visitors took a surprise lead as Francesco Flachi converted from the spot just three minutes into the second half after being upended by Ivan Cordoba in the Inter area. Flachi's goal seemed to spur the home side into action and they eventually found a breakthrough as Massimo Bonanni diverted the ball into his own net 10 minutes from time before Inter had goals from Patrick Vieira and Adriano disallowed as they searched for a winner.
Reggina 2-1 Cagliari
In the day's first game, Reggina made the first dent into their 15-point deduction as they beat Cagliari in their first home match of the season. The Stadio Oreste Granillo made for a strange sight with the Curva Nord area where the Reggina fans normally congregate deserted by the fans who were protesting against their team's punishment. In-form striker Rolando Bianchi grabbed the winner deep into stoppage time. Earlier Cagliari's David Suazo had netted an equaliser from the penalty spot after Alessandro Lucarelli's opener.
Sunday 17 September
Siena 1-3 Roma
Roma followed up their midweek goalscoring exploits with an impressive 3-1 victory over 10-man Siena at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Having demolished Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, Luciano Spalletti's men also proved too strong for Siena as second-half goals from Rodrigo Taddei, David Pizarro and Stefano Okaka ensured a second Serie A win of the season for the capital club. Roma's cause was helped, however, by the early dismissal of Ezio Brevi until Mario Frick's late strike spared some blushes for the hosts.
Lazio 1-2 Palermo
David Di Michele's first-half double fired Palermo to second in Serie A as Lazio slumped to their second defeat of the new season despite Tommaso Rocchi's late strike. Palermo, who beat West Ham 1-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Cup first-round clash on Thursday, share the early lead with Roma after both sides recorded unbeaten starts to the new campaign. Lazio are still looking to reduce their 11-point deduction for their part in the match-fixing scandal after suffering a 2-1 defeat by Milan on the opening day.
Livorno 1-0 Fiorentina
Livorno heaped more misery on Tuscan rivals Fiorentina as Cristiano Lucarelli opened his Serie A account with the solitary goal at the Stadio Armando Picchi. Lucarelli, the 2005 leading goalscorer with 24 goals in 35 matches for Livorno, claimed the headlines as last season's leading marksman Luca Toni failed to add to the two goals he scored in last week's 3-2 defeat by Internazionale. Fiorentina are still reeling from their 19-point deduction for their part in the match-fixing scandal, which also robbed them of European football, and sees them rooted to the foot of the league table after failing to reduce the deficit this season.
Parma 0-2 Milan
Milan continued to shave points off their eight-point deduction with victory at Parma on Sunday evening. Carlo Ancelotti's men are now just two points from breaking even after goals from Clarence Seedorf and Kaka, the latter a late penalty, gave the Rossoneri their second Serie A win in as many games. Seedorf curled in a beautiful 30-yard free-kick to give Milan a 25th-minute lead and substitute Kaka made sure of the points by winning and converting a spot-kick with five minutes to go. The hosts, who had rested most of their first-team regulars for the midweek UEFA Cup clash against Rubin Kazan which they won 1-0 in Russia, are still on one point which they earned in Turin last week.
Catania 0-0 Atalanta
Catania and Atalanta maintained their unbeaten starts to life back in Serie A with a bad-tempered goalless draw in Sicily. There was a feeling of euphoria around the ground at kick-off after both sides registered impressive wins on the opening weekend but that slowly evaporated as the game stumbled to a dull stalemate. Both sides had chances to win it but a draw was about right.
Empoli 1-1 Chievo
Empoli will be disappointed only to have managed a draw against 10-man Chievo. Davide Mandelli put the visitors from Verona ahead early on but their celebrations were cut short soon afterwards when Luciano was dismissed after receiving his second yellow card. However, Igli Vannucchi strike was enough to ensure his side grabbed a valuable if a disappointing point.
Udinese 2-0 Torino
Udinese picked up their first win of the season, 2-0 against promoted Torino. Giovanni Galeone's side had got off to a losing start last week at the expense of Messina. However, goals from Antonio Di Natale and Felipe ensured Galeone and his men are up and running while Torino have only a point in the bank from their first two matches.
Ascoli 1-1 Messina
Ascoli picked up their first point of the season thanks to an injury time equaliser against Messina at the Stadio Del Duca. Giampietro Perrulli was the hero for the home side, scoring his first goal in Serie A deep into time added on against a Messina team that had been depleted minutes earlier by the sending-off of Alessandro Parisi. Christian Rigano had given the away side the lead midway through the second half.
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