AS Roma and Juventus had a seven-goal thriller at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday in Serie A.
Lineup:
ROMA (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Ibanez, Bryan Cristante, Chris Smalling; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Jordan Veretout, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Matias Vina; Tammy Abraham, Felix Afena-Gyan.
ROMA SUBS: Gonzalo Villar, Carles Perez, Riccardo Calafiori,
Eldor Shomurodov, Bryan Reynolds, Borja Mayoral, Marash Kumbulla,
Edoardo Bove, Nicola Zalewski, Pietro Boer, Davide Mastrantonio.
JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny; Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs de Ligt, Daniele Rugani, Mattia De Sciglio; Weston McKennie, Manuel Locatelli, Rodrigo Bentancur; Paulo Dybala, Moise Keane, Federico Chiesa.
JUVENTUS SUBS: Giorgio Chiellini, Arthur, Alvaro Morata, Luca Pellegrini,
Federico Bernardeschi, Kaio Jorge, Adrien Rabio, Mattia
Perin, Marley, Zsombor Senko, Dejan Kulusevski.
Goals:
The forward rises in the box to nod a close-range header past Szczesny. Veretout puts his corner delivery from the left on the money. Above all, a fine effort. 1-0.
Juve was back in the game through a stunning strike from Dybala. Chiesa runs down the left flank and spots the Argentina international in acres of room on the edge of the box. However, He picks out the Juve Skipper before Dybala curls a sublime effort from 20 yards away from Patricio into the bottom-left corner. 1-1.
The home side regains the lead through an element of fortune as Mkhitaryan’s strike deflects off De Sciglio and into the top-left corner. His right-footed effort hits the legs of De Sciglio and travels away from Szczesny into the net. Therefore, a massive moment in the game. 2-1.
WHAT A GOAL! PELLEGRINI SCORES A STUNNER FROM A FREE-KICK! The home side extends their advantage courtesy of a special effort from 25 yards from Pellegrini. Nonetheless, a superb finish from the midfielder. 3-1.
Locatelli guides a pinpoint header past Patricio, the visitors are back in the game. Locatelli drifts between Ibanez and Smalling before placing his effort into the top-left corner away from the Roma keeper. 3-2.
Juve have come back to level the scores for the second time in the contest as Kulusevski finds the net with a deflected strike. Meanwhile, Kulusevski pounces on the rebound and blasts a strike into the back of the net courtesy of a deflection from Ibanez. 3-3.
AN INCREDIBLE JUVE COMEBACK! Smalling makes an error at the back as he attempts to clear a ball over the top from Dybala. But, the full-back takes on the strike first and hammers an effort on the half-volley into the bottom-left corner. 3-4.
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