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Spoils shared in opener

Sassuolo and Cagliari shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw in their first Serie A match of the new season at the Mapei stadium on Sunday.

Cuenca nicks a point for Deportivo

Isaac Cuenca kept his cool to slot home a stoppage-time penalty and salvage a 2-2 draw for Deportivo La Coruna at home to Rayo Vallecano.

Palermo denied at the death

Palermo were denied a victory on their return to Serie A after a stoppage-time equaliser by Daniele Gastaldello salvaged a point for 10-man Sampdoria on Sunday.

Opening day joy for Cesena

Cesena won for the first time on the opening day of a Serie A season with Alejandro Rodriguez's goal clinching a 1-0 victory over Parma.

Vidic sees Red in Inter draw

Nemanja Vidic's Serie A debut ended prematurely as the former Manchester United defender was shown a red card in Inter Milan's 0-0 draw against Torino, who missed a penalty at the Stadio Olimpico.

Di Natale double

Antonio Di Natale struck twice against promoted side Empoli as Udinese and their new coach Andrea Stramaccioni enjoyed a perfect start to the Serie A season on Sunday.

PSG back on track

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick as Paris St Germain put their faltering start to the Ligue 1 season behind them with a confident 5-0 hammering of St Etienne.

Sociedad stun Real Madrid

European champions Real Madrid surrendered a two-goal lead after just 11 minutes as they crashed to a shock 4-2 defeat at struggling Real Sociedad.

De Guzman stars on debut

Jonathan De Guzman earned Napoli a winning start to the Serie A season with a goal on his debut in the fifth minute of stoppage time breaking Genoa's hearts.