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Juventus won 3-1 at Roma in Serie A thanks to goals from Brazilians Diego and Felipe Melo.

Diego (pictured) put the visitors ahead on 25 minutes after a mistake from Marco Cassetti but Daniele De Rossi equalised with a spectacular long-range shot 10 minutes later.

Juve went back in front with just over half an hour left thanks to a brilliant goal from Diego, while Melo sealed an impressive debut with an individual effort of his own deep into stoppage time.

It is wins from two Serie A games for the Bianconeri this season, while Luciano Spalletti's side have yet to get a point.

Juventus were the better side in the first half but Roma could easily have gone into the break ahead.

The visitors went close with Amauri agonisingly close to converting Vincenzo Iaquinta's left-wing cross while Giorgio Chiellini forced a good stop from Julius Sergio with a near-post header from Diego's corner.

They took the lead after a moment of madness from Roma right-back Cassetti, who gave the ball away to Diego just inside the hosts' half.

The Brazilian, in his second game for Juve, raced clear of Cassetti, held off a challenge from John Arne Riise and clipped a low finish into the far corner.

Roma levelled 10 minutes later after a quickly-taken free-kick by David Pizarro released De Rossi, who took a touch and fired a brilliant, dipping shot into the top right with Gianluigi Buffon off his line.

Amauri hit the woodwork with two minutes of the half remaining, but Roma spurned a great chance to take the lead in stoppage time after Jeremy Menez sent Francesco Totti clean on goal only for Buffon to block brilliantly.

Eight minutes into the second half, Roma debutant Sergio made a good stop from Amauri's drive, and he repeated the heroics 13 minutes later when the former Palermo striker headed sub Mauro Camaronesi's cross to the bottom left.

Juve were in the ascendance and got their goal thanks to a moment of brilliance from Diego on 68 minutes.

Racing on to Iaquinta's through-ball on the right, the man who signed from Werder Bremen in the summer shimmied in and out without touching the ball to leave the Roma defence for dead before drilling a low finish into the bottom left.

Roma responded with urgency but Menez fired wide while Totti saw a low drive deflected against the post.

Juve were holding on and boss Ciro Ferrara looked worried when the fourth official signalled five minutes in injury time.

But Melo had other ideas, somehow finding the energy to run from halfway as Roma stood off, allowing him to drill a left-foot shot from the edge of the box past the diving Julio Sergio into the bottom right.

Fiorentina 1-0 Palermo

Fiorentina edged out Palermo 1-0 in their Serie A clash at the Stadio Artemio Franchi courtesy of a 29th- minute strike from Stevan Jovetic.

The 19-year-old forward stole in front of Cesare Bovo to finish clinically after Gianluca Comotto's effort was parried by Rubinho in the Palermo goal.

The second half was fragmented as both sides made their full allocation of substitutions and Palermo were unable to force an equaliser.

Referee Daniele Orsato dished out four second-half yellow cards as the play became increasingly scrappy but Fiorentina clung on to clinch their first win of the new campaign.

About 60 Palermo fans were held by Florence police after trouble flared in the city before the match.

Elsewhere, Roberto Donadoni's Napoli beat his former side Livorno 3-1 with new signing Fabio Quagliarella scoring his first two goals for his hometown club.

Sampdoria overcame Udinese 3-1, promoted Parma edged past Catania 2-1 and Genoa won 1-0 at Atalanta .

Former Inter striker Julio Cruz scored a penalty and tapped in to give Lazio a 2-1 victory at Chievo and Siena were 3-1 winners at Cagliari.

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