Calcio comment: Juve got to believe them!

Questions had been asked of Juve up until this round, whether they had really turned a corner or whether they were the Juve of the last two seasons which faltered to deceive and then promptly embarrassed the 27 time, or 29 depending on which fence you sit, Scudetto winners. But, when the champions came to town tonight Juve gave a performance worth of champions themselves, dominating possession with an expansive style of play that at times left Milan looking one dimensional and without threat. Not bad, considering this was a Milan side that drew a Barcelona only a few weeks ago. Despite this, it was 0-0 come 86 minutes until Claudio Marchisio hit the back of then from a well worked team goal and then doubled his tally moments later thanks to an Abiati howler. It's only week five but there is definitely a different feel to Juventus this season, their new stadium and new additions appear to have transformed a side that has been in the doldrums for a few seasons.

Elsewhere Napoli, or perhaps referee Rocchi added to Inter's miserable start to the season. The game had been played at a cracking pace with Inter on top in the early exchanges until Joel Obi was adjudged to have fouled Christian Maggio inside the box. Infact, the foul was committed outside the box and Obi's initial yellow card was extremely harsh. To make matters worse for Inter after Hamsik's penalty was saved Hugo Campagnaro converted the follow up, despite have encourached into the penalty area way before the kick had even been taken. It was a poor night for the referee but Napoli fans won't care and the partenopei came away with three fantastic points after a dominating the second half with some great football.

One city that whose clubs have had a mixed bag of results so far this season is Rome, but both clubs set themselves up for the Rome derby with solid wins, Roma over inform Atalanta and Lazio with a superb away win at Fiorentina who themselves have had a good start to the season. Roma broke down Atalanta with goals from Bojan, Osvaldo and Simplicio while Lazio came from behind in florence thanks to a wonder strike from Hernanes and another crucial winner from German hero Miroslav Klose who hit his third Serie A goal in five games.

Elsewhere, Genoa were mauled in Parma thanks to Seb Giovinco while Novara and Catania played out a wonderful 3-3 draw. Bologna were again beaten by pace setters Udinese while Palermo continued their great start with a 2-0 win over Siena, despite being down to ten men. Cesena picked up their first point against Chievo but will rue a Adrian Mutu penalty miss while Lecce look in deep trouble after another home defeat this time to Cagliari.