Juve win as Conte enjoys happy return to Siena

Juventus maintained their perfect start to the season with a 1-0 win at Siena on Sunday in a match that saw the Turin club's new coach Antonio Conte get one over on the team he left in the summer.

Conte cut his teeth as an assistant coach at the modest Tuscan club and returned last year to lead them to promotion back into the top-flight.

However, his new-look Juve team -- fresh from thumping Parma last week -- spoiled Siena's first home game of the campaign by running out 1-0 winners at the Artemio Franchi stadium, Alessandro Matri getting the game's only goal nine minutes into the second-half after Mirko Vucinic had done the spadework.

Elsewhere, Udinese made it two wins from two as they got the better of Fiorentina at the Stadio Friuli.

Antonio Di Natale got the breakthrough for the hosts from the penalty spot eight minutes in before Mauricio Isla doubled the lead prior to the half-hour mark.

Lazio have high hopes for this season, and after drawing at champions Milan in their opening game they were looking for a first win when they hosted Genoa in Rome.

Giuseppe Sculli gave Lazio the lead against the club he left back in January but Genoa fought back in the second-half to seal a 2-1 victory courtesy of goals from Rodrigo Palacio and Juraj Kucka.

Sebastian Giovinco scored a brace, including a winner in injury-time, as Parma beat Chievo, while a Maxi Lopez penalty proved enough for Catania to beat Cesena in Sicily and Lecce ran out 2-0 winners at Bologna.

In Sunday's early game, Palermo - conquerors of Inter last weekend - went down 1-0 at Atalanta in a match played in farcical conditions in Bergamo.

The match was delayed for 40 minutes in the second-half to give ground staff a chance to drain a pitch that had become waterlogged in torrential rain, but when the players returned, Palermo were unable to find a reply to German Denis' first-half counter for the hosts.

On Saturday, troubled giants Inter Milan and Roma settled for a goalless draw at the San Siro.

Although Inter halted their spiral of three defeats in three games, including a humiliating home loss to outsiders Trabzonspor in the Champions Legaue, they rarely threatened Roma, who have also had a mediocre start to the season.

Beaten at home by Cagliari in the opening match and already out of the Europa League, the Giallorssi failed to transform their possession into goals as Inter created more chances.

Roma coach Luis Enrique said he was satisfied with his team's progression.

"The most important thing is to have shown character with the pressure we were under even if the result could have been better," he said.

"We had most of the ball and it was difficult because this was a big game for Inter. Now we have to convert this into points which in the end gives you confidence."

Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini regretted his side's "missed opportunities".

In Saturday's other match Cagliari beat promoted Novara 2-1 in Sardinia to maintain their perfect start to the season.

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