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ROME (AP) _ Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho made their debuts for AC Milan as the Rossoneri were stunned 2-0 by freshly promoted Cesena.

Ibrahimovic started but hardly made an impact and Robinho replaced Ronaldinho in the 56th minute, after Erjon Bogdani scored in the 31st and Emanuele Giaccherini in the 44th for Cesena, which was playing its first Serie A home game in 19 years.

Ibrahimovic punctuated the poor performance by smacking a penalty kick off a post in the 86th.

In another surprise, 10-man AS Roma lost 5-1 at Cagliari. Samuel Eto’o knocked in a rebound of his own penalty kick in the 67th as five-time defending champion Inter Milan beat Udinese 2-1. Lucio put Inter in front seven minutes in when goalkeeper Samir Handanovic couldn’t handle a corner kick from Wesley Sneijder, and Antonio Floro Flores equalized for Udinese in the 31st, beating Lucio to head in a cross from Antonio Di Natale.

In its previous two matches, Inter lost the European Super Cup 2-0 to Atletico Madrid and was held to a scoreless draw by Bologna in its Serie A opener.

Inter, Cesena and Cagliari lead with four points each.

On Tuesday, Inter opens defense of its Champions League title at Dutch side FC Twente.

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