Juventus beat Inter Milan in a dramatic Derby d'Italia clash at San Siro, as Gonzalo Higuain's goal ten minutes from time sent the defending champions to the top of the table.
Miralem Pjanic and Cristiano Ronaldo scored in each half and it would have been worse for Spal without goalkeeper Etrit Berisha keeping the Bianconeri at bay.
Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey scored on his Serie A debut for Juventus, as Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty in the second half secured a comeback victory for the reigning champions.
Romelu Lukaku scored in Inter Milan's 2-0 victory over AC Milan in their first derby game of the Serie A season.
The closest Cristiano Ronaldo came to scoring for Juventus was a bicycle kick effort that went high in the 85th — although he was judged offside anyway.
In recent times, the amount of racist slurs in the Premier League has increased with Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Tammy Abraham all facing the brunt of it.
Lukaku, who moved from Manchester United to Inter Milan this season, netted the winner from the spot in a 2-1 victory, but the game was marred by monkey chants.
Romelu Lukaku glared at the Cagliari fans behind the goal as they had been racially abusing the former Manchester United player.
Napoli had fought back from 3-0 down thanks to goals from three of its new signings but Kalidou Koulibaly's attempted clearance looped into his own net in stoppage time.
Chris Smalling signed for AS Roma on a season-long loan deal a few days after Alexis Sanchez signed for Inter Milan on loan.
Marcelo Brozovic, Stefano Sensi, Romelu Lukaku and Antonio Candreva scored as Inter Milan won 4-0 in their Serie A opener against Lecce.
Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini scored in the first half, and his goal remained the sole difference as Juventus kicked off their Serie A campaign with a win.
Hirving Lozano has played 35 times for Mexico and scored the only goal to beat Germany at the 2018 World Cup.
Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri — both former Chelsea managers — have returned to their home country, with the former taking over from Luciano Spalletti at Inter Milan and the latter replacing Massimiliano Allegri at Juventus.
Juventus kick off their bid for a record-extending ninth straight Serie A title at Parma on Saturday, before hosting Napoli the following week.
Frank Ribery walked onto the field to the "Rocky" theme tune, and did a few ball tricks in the centre circle, before speaking to the fans.
De Ligt is expected to sign a contract worth 8 million euros per season before being formally presented on Thursday.
Aaron Ramsey, who had been at Arsenal since 2008, agreed to join Juventus back in February and so has had a few months to learn Italian.
Juventus posted pictures and videos of Buffon signing autographs for fans outside the club's training facility before he went inside for the tests.
While details were not disclosed, the former Juventus coach reportedly signed a three-year contract with Inter.
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