Juventus, AS Roma and AC Milan Off to Good Start
ROME (October 1, 2000 12:14 p.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com) - Giant clubs Juventus, AS Roma and AC Milan all had victories on the first weekend of the 2000/01 Italian league championship.
Juventus came back from a goal down at newly-promoted Napoli on Saturday night to kick-start their campaign with a 2-1 victory.
Napoli's Roberto Stellone opened the score on 40 minutes after a defensive blunder by Juve central defender Ciro Ferrara.
However, after the break Yugoslav Darko Kovacevic leveled the scores with a fine header from a cross by Zinedine Zidane on 67 minutes before Alessandro Del Piero scored his first league goal in a year on 74 minutes.
AS Roma thanked Italian international Francesco Totti and an own goal by Bologna's Marcello Castellini for their 2-0 victory. AC Milan won by the same scoreline against Vicenza with star players Oliver Bierhoff of Germany and Ukraine's Andrei Shevchenko on target.
Udinese were the biggest scorers of this first weekend after their 4-2 victory over Brescia.
Italian champions Lazio kick off at 1830 GMT at Atalanta in their first match on Sunday night.
