AS Roma coach Rudi Garcia succeeded where his three predecessors failed by taking his team to a 2-0 win over arch- rivals Lazio on Sunday and maintaining their 100 percent record in Serie A alongside Napoli who won 2-1 at AC Milan.
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Mario Balotelli, who later scored Milan's only goal, missed the first penalty of his career after Miguel Britos and Gonzalo Higuain scored early in each half for the visitors whose last away win in the fixture was 27 year ago.
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Federico Balzaretti and Adem Ljajic, from a penalty, gave Roma their first derby win for 2-1/2 years, while Lazio's misery was complete when substitute Andre Dias was sent off after only three minutes on the pitch.
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Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente scored in a five- minute spell before halftime to give champions Juventus a 2-1 win over Verona and the Argentine saw another effort hit the post, roll along the line and hit the other upright before bouncing away.
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Giuseppe Rossi, sidelined for nearly two years by successive knee ligament injuries, continued his impressive return by scoring his fourth goal of the season in Fiorentina's 2-0 win at Atalanta after Matias Fernandez had put them ahead.
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Diego Milito, making his first appearance after a seven-month injury layoff, scored twice after coming on as a second-half substitute as Inter Milan walloped Serie A newcomers Sassuolo 7-0 away.
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Milito was one of four Argentines to score, alongside Rodrigo Palacio, Ricky Alvarez and Esteban Cambiasso, in Inter's biggest Serie A win since 1966 when they beat Brescia by the same score. Saphir Taider and an own goal by Raffaele Pucino completed the rout.