Juventus beat Udinese in Serie A, Roma win at Empoli

Working without Andrea Pirlo, Giorgio Chiellini and Arturo Vidal, Juventus asserted an eighth-moment lead as Carlo Tevez cleared home a lessening from Stephan Lichtsteiner. 

The champions' protection, emphasizing Patrice Evra at left-over surprisingly, suppressed in-structure veteran Antonio Di Natale and inhaled a sigh of easing when Igor Bubnjic's short proximity strike was precluded for offside halfway during the time period. 

In Saturday's other amusement, last season's runners-up Roma worked to a 1-0 win over Empoli. 

The result was an a long way from-familiar execution and there was a touch of fortune about the victor, as Radja Nainggolan's shot on the stroke of half-time returned off the base of the post, then hit goalkeeper Luigi Sepe on the head and acted unbecomingly.