Milan, Italy (SportsNetwork.com) - AC Milan opened its Serie A campaign with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Lazio at the San Siro.
Questions lingered over AC Milan at the start of the new season with new manager Filippo Inzaghi at the helm and star striker Mario Balotelli out of the picture having departed for Liverpool.
Despite the uncertainty, Milan wasted little time grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck as Japan international Keisuke Honda found the back of the net after just seven minutes.
The hosts doubled their advantage in the 56th minute through Sulley Muntari and former PSG man Jeremy Menez converted a penalty kick in the 64th minute for a 3-0 margin.
Lazio pulled one back in the 67th minute as Alex knocked one into his own net, and the visitors had an opportunity in stoppage time to make it a one-goal contest, but Antonio Candreva missed a penalty attempt.
Also in Serie A on Sunday, Atalanta and Hellas Verona played to a scoreless draw, while Alejandro Rodriguez scored in the 38th minute to lift newly- promoted Cesena to a 1-0 result against Parma.
Jose Maria Callejon and Jonaathan De Guzman netted in the third and 90th minutes to hand Napoli a 2-1 win against Genoa, while Paulo Dybala and Daniele Gastaldello traded goals as Palermo and Sampdoria played to a 1-1 stalemate.
Simone Zaza netted in the 42nd minute, but it was canceled out by a goal from Marco Sau in the 44th minute as Sassuolo and Cagliari finished 1-1.
Antonio Di Natale scored twice in the span of five second-half minutes to help Udinese claim a 2-0 win over Empoli, while Sunday's final Serie A fixture saw Torino and Inter Milan play to a scoreless draw at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino.
