Inter Milan remain flawless , Juventus get 1st win in Serie A

At the grand old age of 38, Francesco Totti wafted home Roma’s first equaliser in their 2-2 draw with Sassuolo at the weekend.

“We’ll take each game as it comes”.

Roma soon levelled, although a suspicion of offside accompanied Totti’s goal after he latched on to Miralem Pjanic’s midfield pass to beat Andrea Consigli with a bobbling shot from the edge of the area.

Fiorentina are third, three points behind, after beating Carpi 1-0 with a first-half goal from Khouma Babacar. “Totti? 300 is an incredible number”.

For the record, the club’s second all-time top scorer, Roberto Pruzzo, is lagging way, way behind on a measly 136 goals. “No matter who plays we should have enough to win games”.

Roma are fourth on the Serie A table, four points behind leaders Inter Milan after four games.

“We hope to improve on our consistency and make sure we’re in the mix come the end of the season”.

With Fabio Capello in charge, Totti reached the half-century mark when his penalty handed Roma a 1-0 win over Newcastle United in the UEFA Cup.

Juve have won the Scudetto every year for the past four seasons.

The fact that Modena club managed to retain the services of key forward Domenico Berardi through the summer transfer window, meantime, means that they possess a consistent goal threatwhen he is fit and the sale of Simone Zaza to Juventus was ambitiously off-set by the €10m purchase of French forward Gregoire Defrel from Cesena.

After losing 1-0 in the Derby della Madonnia, AC Milan needed a strong comeback.

Chievo created more chances in the first half against Inter in a midday match played in hot sunshine in Verona but the home team were made to pay for hesitant defending which allowed Icardi to score out of the blue just before halftime.

He hit 200 goals in 2008 in the 1-1 draw against Inter Milan at the San Siro Stadium where Philippe Mexes received two yellow cards in quick succession.

Throughout the rest of the game Chievo tried to get a goal but never really threatened Inter, mainly due to Inter imposing themselves through calm and assured possession. He scored nine times in 58 appearances for Italy.

Totti has won just one Serie A crown – in 2000-01 – but has been a runner-up on eight occasions, most recently last season.