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Inter Milan, AS Roma settle for goalless draw

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Inter halted their spiral of three defeats, including a humiliating home loss to Trabzonspor.

Inter Milan and AS Roma settled for a goalless draw which gave them their first point each of the Serie A season at the San Siro on Saturday in a game which avoided plunging either side into further crisis.Although Inter halted their spiral of three defeats in three games, including a humiliating home loss to outsiders Trabzonspor in the Champions League midweek, they rarely threatened Roma who have also had a mediocre start to the season.Roma, beaten at home by Cagliari in the opening match and already out of the Europa League, failed to transform their possession into goals as Inter created more chances.AS Roma coach Luis Enrique said he was satisfied with his teams progression.The most important thing is to have shown character with the pressure we were under even if the result could have been better, he said.We had most of the ball possession and it was difficult because Inter had a big game. Now we have to convert this into points which in the end gives you confidence.Inter Milan coach Gian Piero Gasperini regretted his sides missed opportunities.In Saturdays early match Cagliari beat promoted Novara 2-1 at home to go top with six points from two games, ahead of Sundays matches with AC Milan travelling to Napoli.Inter failed to make the most of their chances with a diving header from Diego Milito five minutes into the second half finishing off target and a solo effort from Mauro Zarate on 64 minutes going wide.Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder had the three points at the tip of his boot four minutes from time only for defender Simon Kjaer to clear on the line.
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