Thiago Motta and Daniele De Rossi, friends and former Italian teammates, drew a classic Juventus-Rome where goals and good football were conspicuous in their absence (0-0). The ‘bianconeri’ saw their good start to the season halted by the hand of their new coach, with two wins in the first two days, and they finished second, tied on 7 points with new leaders, champions Inter, Torino and Udinese.
Roma, on the other hand, take the draw as good because, even though they have not won in three rounds, they are recovering after last week’s defeat at the Olympic Stadium against Empoli (1-2).
Motta, with the same eleven; De Rossi, Dybala is absent
Thiago Motta He first relied on the same eleven that beat Verona on the second day (0-3), including the youngsters. Nicolò Savona and Samuel Mbangula. while, Daniel De Rossi After the disappointment against Empoli, he left Paulo Dybala and Leandro Paredes to include the debutant in the lineup Alexis Saelemaekers, on loan from Milan, and the youth Niccolò Pisilli.
Roma actually started better but Juve offered more, always without risking more than necessary, in a game with few chances.
Vlahovic has the best chance
In fact, Juve’s only shot on goal in the first half, and almost the entire game, came in the 41st minute with a bitten shot from Dusan Vlahovic, after the center Kenan Yildiz, that’s the goal Mile Svilar turned into a corner.
It was the Serbian striker’s first notable appearance, while away from home Artem Dovbyk He was completely unmarked and made contact with the ball on rare occasions.
Koppmeiners and Conceiçao debut
at break Thiago Motta the debutants are introduced Teun Koopmeiners and Francisco Conceiçao, included this week, by Juan Cabal and Mbangula.
Once the game resumes Koopmeiners connected to Vlahovic, that the shot went wide, but in general the second half was more difficult, Juve’s game was more imprecise, and Roma had no problem defending themselves.
At game time Rossi gave an entry to Dybala also Argentinian Matías Soulé, but Roma hasn’t changed its conservative approach one bit and, if it stands out for one thing, it’s for the high level of defense offered by its centre-backs. Gianluca Mancini and Evin Ndicka, which left little opening for ineffective attempts by Juventus.
match lineup
29
37
32
21
4
3
27
5
9
10
51
99
19
3
61
23
5
18
4
11
7
56
Allianz Stadium
Mile Svilar99
Zeki Celik19
45′
Angelino3
1′
66′
Niccolò Pisilli61
71′
Gianluca Mancini23
84′
84′
Evan Ndicka5
Matías Soulé18
60′
66′
Bryan Cristante4
82′
Artem Dovbyk11
81′
Lorenzo Pellegrini7
81′
45′
Alexis Saelemaekers56
43′
61′
Replacements
Renato Marin89
Matthew Ryan98
Chris Smalling6
Saud Abdulhamid12
Samuel Dahl26
45′
Buba Sangare66
66′
Federico Nardin72
66′
Leandro Paredes16
45′
Manu Kone17
71′
82′
Tommaso Baldanzi35
81′
Nicola Zalewski59
61′
Eldor Shomurodov14
81′
Paulo Dybala21
60′
João Costa67
Stephan El Shaarawy92
coach
Thiago Motta
Daniel De Rossi
Source: La Verdad
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