Inter faces Roma and Juve early

MILAN - Italian champion Inter Milan will visit last season's runner-up AS Roma and host traditional rival Juventus in its fifth and sixth Serie A matches next season after the draw was made on Wednesday.

The European champion, which also won the domestic cup last season to seal an unprecedented Italian treble, opens its campaign at perennial struggler Bologna, but the game may be shifted from the Aug 29 date given that it faces Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup on Aug 27.

"We play the European Super Cup just a few days earlier so we feared a long trip. Bologna is OK," Inter chief executive Ernesto Paolillo said.