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Milan stays winless in Serie A

DEFENDING champion AC Milan remained winless in Serie A following a 1-1 draw with Udinese on Wednesday, while 10-man Juventus drew 1-1 with Bologna to end its perfect start.

Antonio Di Natale took advantage of an error from Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to give Udinese the lead in the 29th minute and Milan's 18-year-old forward Stephan El Shaarawy equalized in the 63rd after replacing Alexandre Pato, who came off after just 19 minutes with an apparent thigh injury.

Clarence Seedorf for Milan and Giampiero Pinzi for Udinese each hit the post at the San Siro.

In Turin, Mirko Vucinic took advantage of a quick freekick from Andrea Pirlo to put Juventus ahead in the 29th but then picked up his second yellow card just before the break for a hard foul and Daniele Portanova equalized for Bologna in the 52nd.

"I'm sorry not to have gotten the three points, but I'm satisfied for what the guys showed not just today but in the first three matches," said new Juventus coach Antonio Conte.

Meanwhile, Genoa beat Catania 3-0 to take over the top spot in the table, with previous leader Napoli losing 0-1 at Chievo Verona.

Rodrigo Palacio, who had been linked with Inter Milan, scored twice for Genoa and then set up a third goal for Kevin Constant.

Napoli struggled to find inspiration after its 3-1 win over Milan on Sunday and Chievo's Davide Moscardelli took advantage of an error from defender Ignacio Fideleff to score in the 72nd.




 

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