Soccer Football - Serie A - Inter Milan v Lecce - San Siro, Milan, Italy - August 24, 2024 Inter Milan's Matteo Darmian celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
MILAN (Reuters) -Champions Inter Milan beat Lecce 2-0 at home in Serie A on Saturday as goals from Matteo Darmian and Hakan Calhanoglu secured Simone Inzaghi's side their first win of the season.
Inter, who were held to a 2-2 draw at Genoa last weekend, were well in control of the match and provisionally moved top of the table with four points.
Darmian gave Inter the lead inside five minutes after the ball bounced up in front of the defender who headed it into the net.
Calhanoglu doubled the advantage from the penalty spot in the 69th minute, after Inter were awarded a spot-kick for Kialonda Gaspar's foul on Marcus Thuram.
Calhanoglu converted his 17th penalty out of 17 in the Italian top flight.
Inter were without captain Lautaro Martinez, last season's top scorer, who was sidelined with a muscle problem.
Lecce, who kicked off their third consecutive season in Serie A with a 4-0 home defeat by Atalanta last week, play Cagliari on Aug. 31.
Rivals AC Milan were stunned in a 2-1 loss at promoted Parma earlier on Saturday, and 10-man Udinese beat Lazio 2-1 before Genoa earned a 1-0 win at Monza to move up to second in the standings.
(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk, editing by Pritha Sarkar and Ed Osmond)
