Italian giants settle for draw

Early Serie A pacesetters AC Milan and Juventus were both held to draws on Saturday as Lazio and Parma showed they remain sides to be reckon...

Early Serie A pacesetters AC Milan and Juventus were both held to draws on Saturday as Lazio and Parma showed they remain sides to be reckoned with despite the sale of key players.

Juventus had trailed Parma by two goals until the 87th minute but an Igor Tudor header and then a controversial goal from Alessandro del Piero in the fifth minute of injury time earned them a point.

In Rome, Milan took an early lead through a Paolo Maldini header, his second in successive weeks, but had to settle for a share of the points after Claudio Lopez equalised six minutes into the second half.

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Juventus, featuring former Parma players Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram and Marco Di Vaio, were second best for much of the game against a Parma side inspired by Romanian Adrian Mutu.

But through a combination of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping by Buffon the match remained goalless for over an hour.

Parma finally took the lead in the 66th minute when Japan’s Hidetoshi Nakata, who has troubled Juventus in the past, converted with a close-range finish. (Reuters)

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