Samir Handanovic saved a penalty and Nemanja Vidic was sent off as Torino held Inter to a 0-0 draw.

Both sides won in the Europa League play-offs on Thursday, so confidence was brimming at the Stadio Olimpico. Daniel Osvaldo had a slight groin strain and Rodrigo Palacio was injured, so Mateo Kovacic started behind Mauro Icardi, while Gary Medel and Yann M’Vila received their Serie A debuts. Toro missed Paulo Vitor Barreto, Alexander Farnerud, Perez and the suspended Giuseppe Vives, but above all Alessio Cerci was nowhere to be seen ahead of his transfer to Atletico Madrid.

Nemanja Vidic made his Serie A debut and was adjudged to have brought down Fabio Quagliarella after 19 minutes. Marcelo Larrondo took the spot-kick duties, but Samir Handanovic confirmed his extraordinary record by saving the penalty.

Quagliarella and Hernanes had headers off target, while just before the break Andrea Ranocchia failed to make the most of a Jonathan cross.

Icardi’s first touch let him down on a counter-attack when sent clear by Hernanes, but Toro started the second half in a much more determined manner. Larrondo knocked down a Matteo Darmian cross for Quagliarella to volley inches wide with Handanovic beaten.

Daniele Padelli was decisive with a wonderful reaction save to flap away Daniel Osvaldo’s attempt from point-blank range, then Alessandro Gazzi rushed in to block Medel’s follow-up.

Padelli was again at full stretch on a Hernanes curler towards the far bottom corner, as Inter were far more dangerous once Osvaldo came off the bench.

Bad news for Toro, who saw Nikola Maksimovic stretchered off with a left knee injury. Juan Jesus stood tall to stop Larrondo getting his head to a Cristian Molinaro cross.

Inter had penalty appeals for a Kamil Glik shirt-tug on Icardi, but this time the referee waved play on. Vidic sarcastically applauded the referee moments later and the official reacted with a red card.