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September 24, 2015
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Inter soar while rivals drop points


ROME (AP):

Promoted Frosinone earned their first ever Serie A point in stunning fashion yesterday, scoring a last-minute equaliser for a 1-1 draw at four-time defending champions Juventus.

Midfielder Leonardo Blanchard, who has been with Frosinone since the small club located near Rome was in the third division, leaped above Paul Pogba to head in a corner two minutes into added time at the Juventus Stadium.

With Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon rested, reserve goalkeeper Neto was easily beaten.

Frosinone had scored just one goal and conceded seven in losing their opening four games, having reached the top division for the first time in their 103-year history.

"The goal was liberating for the entire squad," Blanchard said, noting that he's a Juventus fan and had supported the Bianconeri at the Champions League final against Barcelona at the end of last season.

"I was in Berlin with my face painted white and black for the Champions League final, and now I'm here celebrating a goal scored against Juventus" he said. "Life is incredible."

Simone Zaza had put Juventus ahead early in the second half, just after hitting the crossbar.

With only one win from their opening five matches, Juventus fell 10 points behind leaders Inter Milan, which maintained their perfect record with a 1-0 win over injury-hit Hellas Verona.

First goal scored

Felipe Melo, the midfielder who followed manager Roberto Mancini from Galatasaray to Inter, scored his first goal with his new club shortly into the second half with a crisp header following a corner.

Roma, meanwhile, were beaten 2-1 after Kostas Manolas scored an own goal five minutes from time.

Eder had scored in the 50th from a free kick for his league-best sixth goal before Roma's Mohamed Salah equalised midway through the second half with a shot from inside the area after taking a smart pass from Miralem Pjanic.

Inter moved three points clear of Fiorentina, which beat Bologna 2-0 with second-half goals from Jakub Blaszczykowski and Nikola Kalinic.

Napoli were held to a 0-0 draw at promoted Carpi after outscoring the opposition 10-0 in their last two games; and Lazio beat nine-man Genoa 2-0 with goals from Filip Djordjevic and Felipe Anderson either side of half-time.

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