Serie A: Inzhagi opens with AC Milan win, Vidic sent-off for Inter

Rome Filippo Inzaghi got his tenure as AC Milan coach off to the best possible start with a scintillating 31 victory over Lazio at the San Siro Meanwhile Nemanja Vidic was sentoff on his debut for Inter Milan in their 00 draw at Torino yesterdayNew Rossoneri signing Fernando Torres was in the stands alongside president Silvio Berlusconi to watch goals from Keisuke Honda Sulley Muntari and a Jeremy Menez penalty give Inzaghis men three wellearned points Today we won but we mustnt delude ourselves Inzaghi told Sky Sport Italia For the first hour we played a near perfect game then we struggled a bit against Lazio who I think will be the surprise team this seasonTorinos players celebrate their victory at the end of the Italian Serie A football match vs Inter Milan on Sunday at the Olympic Stadium in Turin PicAFPWe have created a good group here which makes me happy Even if we lose a few games it will be against teams who are stronger not those who have more desire Initially Milan looked nervous in defence with Lazio keen to exploit centre back Daniele Bonera who had lined up in the left back position but it wasnt long before any trepidation was extinguished as Milan opened the scoring after just seven minutesStephan El Shaarawy latched on to a hopeful long ball on the left rode the challenge of Stefan de Vrij before sliding the ball to the inrushing Honda on the right who put it through the legs of Etrit Berisha In an opening period with little in the way of goalmouth action Lazios only meaningful chance came midway through the half as Miroslav Klose got in behind the Milan defence down the right but his cross deflected off Cristian Zapata only to be easily gathered by goalkeeper Diego LopezTen minutes after the restart Milan doubled their advantage against the run of play A simple cross from Ignazio Abate on the right bounced in the sixyard area inviting the unmarked Muntari to poke it home Then just after the hour mark De Vrij brought down Menez in the area with the slightest of touches and the Frenchman stepped up to take the resulting spot kick and fired low into the goalkeepers righthand cornerBut Lazio immediately pulled one back as Filip Djordjevics nearpost flick was deflected in at his near lefthand post by Alex Lazios perseverance earnt a penalty in time added on after Antonio Candreva was fouled but Lopez got down low to his right and palmed the midfielders spot kick away Meanwhile Vidic was having a nightmare in TurinHe gave away a penalty midway through the first half after pulling down Omar El Kaddouri but Samir Handanovic saved Marcelo Larrondos resulting spot kick Nevertheless Vidics debut disaster was compounded as he received a 90th minute red card The referee made a mistake Inter coach Walter Mazzarri moaned Like they do in England Vidic applauded when a foul was whistled His actions were misinterpreted It was absurd Rafael Benitezs Napoli left it late to earn a 21 win against Genoa as they looked to bounce back from their midweek Champions League exit at the hands of Athletic BilbaoJose Callejon put the away side ahead after three minutes but Genoas summer signing Mauricio Pinilla headed home a deep Giovanni Marchese cross to equalise just before the break The Partenopei won it in the fifth minute of timeaddedon as debutant Jonathan de Guzman latched onto a Juan Zuniga long ball in the sixyard box and poked past a statuesque Mattia PerinSassuolos Simone Zaza scored a Marco van Bastenesque volley against Cagliari as the two sides played out an exciting 11 draw Marco Sau netted for the Sardinians Elsewhere an Antonio Di Natale double helped Udinese to a 20 win over Empoli Palermo drew 11 with 10man Sampdoria while newly promoted Cesena overcame Parma 10 In Bergamo Atalanta were held to a 00 draw by Verona in what was an utterly dull affair