The relegation dogfight ended in a stalemate, as both teams suffered in the searing Sicilian heat.
Napoli survived a scare to win 3-1 away to 10-man Cesena with Ezequiel Lavezzi, Hugo Campagnaro and Marek Hamsik on target.
Novara fought back from 2-0 down to snatch a well-earned point at the Bentegodi against 10-man Chievo.
Fiorentina saw off Bologna in their opening game, but the Rossoblu were unlucky to rattle the woodwork twice.
This was a thoroughly entertaining match and Atalanta caused an upset with Maxi Moralez bagging a brace on his Serie A debut.
Juventus crushed Parma 4-1 with an inspirational Andrea Pirlo and stunners from Arturo Vidal, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Claudio Marchisio.
A star is born as Gabriel Torje, the Romanian Leo Messi, made a wonderful Serie A debut in Udinese's 2-0 victory at the Stadio Via del Mare.
Antonio Cassano's Milan came back from 2-0 down in a spectacular draw after Miroslav Klose and Djibril Cisse' scored on Lazio debuts.
Palermo and their brand new Coach fought back twice to stun Inter 4-3 in an absolutely spectacular encounter!
It goes from bad to worse for Luis Enrique, as Roma were beaten on home turf by Cagliari with Jose Angel harshly sent off.
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