( doohee )Juventus took the lead before Roma drew 1-1 to share a point in Sunday’s Serie A clash. doohee
Italian Serie A Football
Roma 1 – Juventus 1
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
3 minutes into the game, the Zebras greeted first. Lloyd Kelly passed to Timothy Weah who shot in front of the penalty area, Mile Svilar saved it. Then in the 12th minute, Gefren Thuram shot from a distance, the ball flew low and didn’t get past Mile Svilar’s hand.
Juve continued to attack. In the 16th minute, Pierre Kalulu passed to Dusan Slahovil who shot with his right foot, the ball went wide of the right post. The Wolves had a chance. In the 25th minute, Artem Dovbeek passed to Brian Cristante who shot with his left foot, but it was blocked. The ball came to Angelino who followed up with a second shot, but it was blocked by the visiting team’s defenders again. The home team
almost took the lead. In the 37th minute, Matias Sule crossed the ball into the middle, Stefan El Sharawi headed the ball against the left post. Then
in the 40th minute, the Zebras celebrated first. Kalulu crossed the ball from the right to the middle, Mats Hummels headed it out in front of the penalty area, Manuel Locatelli shot and scored. The ball hit the net, Juve led 1-0 and ended the first half with this score.
Back to play the second half, just 4 minutes, the Wolves roared from a corner kick on the left side, Sule opened to the middle of the goal, Ndicka headed down to the ground, Di Gregorio dived to block it, but the ball was not out of danger, Chomurov followed up with a close-
range shot, Roma tied 1-1, the home team continued to attack. In the 60th minute, Chomurov passed to Artem Dovbek who shot with his left foot, the ball went straight to Di Gregorio, another 2, Nicolas Gonzalez passed to Weston McKennie who broke into the penalty area on the right side,
shot a tight angle, Svilar fell to grab it.
doohee The game ended in a draw 1-1, Roma is in 7th place, 3 points away from the top four, while Juventus returned to 4th place again. ( doohee )
