Coach Jose Mourinho enjoyed his first Serie A win in charge of Inter Milan as the Nerazzurri, with ten men, secured a 2-1 victory over Catania at the San Siro on Saturday. The title holders, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Sampdoria in the competition's opener, bagged their first three points of the season. Gianvito Plasmati stunned the home crowd when he put Catania ahead three minutes before the break. He rose above his marker at the far post to head a left-wing cross past Brazilian keeper Julio Cesar. Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma, who joined Inter from Porto, scored his first goal for the team to level the score just one minute later. His attempted cross took a deflection off Giuseppe Mascara and flew into the back of the net. Inter sealed the victory three minutes into the second half when Catania defender Christian Terlizzi scored an own goal. His header was adjudged to have gone in off the post, but television replays were inconclusive over whether the ball had crossed the line. Inter's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari was sent off on the stroke of halftime for hitting Giacomo Tedesco in face. Earlier on Saturday, AS Roma's shaky start continued as they suffered a 3-1 defeat to Palermo. A Fabrizio Miccoli brace downed Luciano Spalletti's men, who earlier led through Julio Baptista. Roma have just one point following their 1-1 draw with Napoli in the league opener.
