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Roma

  • Loria 48’

Juventus

  • Iaquinta 33’, 55’
  • Mellberg 68’
  • Nedved 74’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Roma
    • Juventus
    • 90+3' An impressive win from Claudio Ranieri's Juventus that keeps their slim title hopes alive. Be sure to join us tomorrow at 14:00 UK time when Internazionale take on Reggina.
    • 90+2' A bit of a pointless change for Roma, as Stoian comes on for all of 30 seconds. He replaces Vucinic.
    • 90' The Stadio Olimpico is already half-empty as the fourth official shows his board signifying two minutes of added-on time.
    • 87' Buffon to the rescue again for Juve as he tips over a d'Alessandro shot that is bound for the roof of the net!
    • 85' Roma are actually enjoying a good spell, but it is all too late and they are slumping to their first Serie A defeat in over a month.
    • 82' Roma substitution: D'Alessandro replaces Jeremy Menez.
    • 80' BRILLIANT SAVE BUFFON!! He scrambles to his right to make a miraculous save from Baptista's deflected shot!
    • 77' Roma look to have no answer to Juve. It is not that the visitors have dominated the game, they have just been that much more clinical in front of goal - they are about to reduce the gap at the top to four points behind Inter.
    • 74' NEDVED!!!! The substitute makes an almost instant impact, volleying past Doni left-footed from the edge of the box! Great goal, and Juventus are cruising now!
    • 73' Another change for Juve as Marco Marchionni comes on for the excellent Sebastian Giovinco.
    • 70' Pavel Nedved is on for Juventus, with Tiago making way. Juve will look to shut this game down.
    • 68' GOOOOOOLLL!!! Olof Mellberg increases Juve's lead with a typically powerful header, converting from Giovinco's corner! Is there any way back for Roma?
    • 63' Off goes Roma's goalscorer Loria, and he is replaced by Vincenzo Montella.
    • 62' Juventus come clear on the break with Iaquinta on the ball. He pulls back and tees up Del Piero who must score!! But Riise deflects his shot wide, getting just a stud on the ball!
    • 59' Giovinco shoots from the edge of the Roma box but it is straight at Doni.
    • 57' Roma win a corner on the right, and Menez takes... it is helped goalwards but Grygera clears it off the line! A narrow escape for Juve!
    • 55' GOOOOOLLL!!! Unbelievable!! Juve lead and it is Iaquinta again! Riise deflects a cross from the right and Iaquinta outmuscles Mexes in the air to head his second goal of the game!
    • 51' Roma are well on top in the early stages of the second half and have been geed right up by that equaliser from Loria.
    • 48' GOOOOLLL!!! Roma are on level terms!! Loria turns in the corner with a superb low volley and Buffon has no chance.
    • 46' Second half under way at the Stadio Olimpico. No personnel changes from either coach.
    • 45+2' Half-time in Rome, and Juventus are a goal to the good. Roma clearly feeling the strain with so many players out.
    • 45' Two minutes of stoppage time will be played at the end of the first half.
    • 42' Giovinco shoots from the edge of the box but sends the ball flashing well over the bar.
    • 41' Mexes leaves a foot in on Del Piero and he is yellow-carded.
    • 39' Vucinic!! He cracks a low volley from the edge of the box and it is deflected just wide for a corner!
    • 37' For once Menez doesn't fall over but he might wish he had - he drags a volley well wide from the right side of the box.
    • 34' GOOOOOOLLLL!!!! Brilliant goal by Vincenzo Iaquinta! He checks back inside at the edge of the Roma box, beats Loria and plants an emphatic low finish in the right corner of the net.
    • 29' Yellow card Julio Baptista for reacting badly for a foul.
    • 27' The ball glances off the top of the Roma bar as a cross from the left drifts out of play for a goal-kick.
    • 23' Menez just loves to knock the ball past opponents and then send himself sprawling. This time he is felled by Grygera and in fairness it does look like a genuine foul. Riise will deliver the free-kick into the box.
    • 21' Iaquinta takes a tumble at the edge of the box, and the referee says no foul!
    • 18' Riise breaks away down the left byline and pulls the ball back for TonettoÂ… whose shot is blocked!!
    • 15' Vincenzo Iaquinta races through with the chance to go one-on-one, but he holds the ball up and plays a useless pass. Salihamidzic was his target but the ball was easily intercepted.
    • 13' Rash tackle from behind by Menez, who is lucky not to receive a yellow card. Giovinco the victim of the Frenchman's challenge.
    • 9' If Roma look like they have a depleted line-up it is because they do. They have FOUR players suspended - Pizarro, De Rossi, Diamoutene and Motta - and seven others injured, including skipper Francesco Totti.
    • 6' Salihamidzic tries to dribble his way into the Roma box but he is crowded out.
    • 3' A sharp start from Roma, for whom John Arne Riise sends a vollet just wide.
    • 1' Game on! Juventus pretty much have to win to stay in the Serie A title race - Roma, meanwhile, can go into the all-important fourth place with three points.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Roma v Juventus from the Stadio Olimpico!

  • Team Stats

    Roma Stats Juventus
    46% Possession 53%
    16 Shots 16
    6 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 2
    8 Corners 6
    19 Fouls 15
    2 Offsides 4
    4 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 23
    276 Accurate passes 344
    28 Bad passes 40

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Roma
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Alexander Doni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      17 John Arne Riise 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 8 1
      22 Max Tonetto 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 19 2 1
      2 Christian Panucci 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 2 2
      15 Simone Loria 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 14 3 1
      5 Philippe Mexes 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 28 1 4
      14 Ribeiro Gomes Filipe 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 53 4 4
      33 Matteo Brighi 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 38 2 4
      24 Jérémy Menez 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 25 2 0
      19 Julio Baptista 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 20 2 2
      9 Mirko Vucinic 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 12 1 1
      39 Adrian Stoian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Vincenzo Montella 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
      38 Marco D'Alessandro 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
      37 Alessandro Crescenzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Riccardo Brosco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Alessandro Malomo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Artur Guilherme De Morães Gusmão 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Juventus
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Gianluigi Buffon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      28 Christian Molinaro 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 7 2
      21 Zdenek Grygera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 2 5
      3 Giorgio Chiellini 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 18 4 6
      4 Olof Mellberg 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 1
      18 Christian Poulsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 56 13 3
      20 Sebastian Giovinco 0 3 1 5 3 0 1 17 4 0
      30 Tiago Mendes 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 38 2 3
      7 Hasan Salihamidzic 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 52 1 2
      9 Vincenzo Iaquinta 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 23 2 0
      10 Alessandro Del Piero 0 4 1 3 5 1 1 24 3 0
      32 Marco Marchionni 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 1
      5 Jonathan Zebina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 David Trezeguet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Pavel Nedved 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 17 1 0
      15 Dario Knezevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Antonio Chimenti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Luca Castiglia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Buffon to the rescue again for Juve as he tips over a d'Alessandro shot that is bound for the roof of the net!
    • 80' BRILLIANT SAVE BUFFON!! He scrambles to his right to make a miraculous save from Baptista's deflected shot!
    • 74' NEDVED!!!! The substitute makes an almost instant impact, volleying past Doni left-footed from the edge of the box! Great goal, and Juventus are cruising now!
    • 68' GOOOOOOLLL!!! Olof Mellberg increases Juve's lead with a typically powerful header, converting from Giovinco's corner! Is there any way back for Roma?
    • 62' Juventus come clear on the break with Iaquinta on the ball. He pulls back and tees up Del Piero who must score!! But Riise deflects his shot wide, getting just a stud on the ball!
    • 57' Roma win a corner on the right, and Menez takes... it is helped goalwards but Grygera clears it off the line! A narrow escape for Juve!
    • 55' GOOOOOLLL!!! Unbelievable!! Juve lead and it is Iaquinta again! Riise deflects a cross from the right and Iaquinta outmuscles Mexes in the air to head his second goal of the game!
    • 48' GOOOOLLL!!! Roma are on level terms!! Loria turns in the corner with a superb low volley and Buffon has no chance.
    • 39' Vucinic!! He cracks a low volley from the edge of the box and it is deflected just wide for a corner!
    • 34' GOOOOOOLLLL!!!! Brilliant goal by Vincenzo Iaquinta! He checks back inside at the edge of the Roma box, beats Loria and plants an emphatic low finish in the right corner of the net.
    • 18' Riise breaks away down the left byline and pulls the ball back for TonettoÂ… whose shot is blocked!!
    • 15' Vincenzo Iaquinta races through with the chance to go one-on-one, but he holds the ball up and plays a useless pass. Salihamidzic was his target but the ball was easily intercepted.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Roma v Juventus from the Stadio Olimpico!

Team lineup & ratings

  • Roma

    Manager: Luciano Spalletti

    Captain: Christian Panucci

  • Juventus

    Manager: Claudio Ranieri

    Captain: Alessandro Del Piero

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Roma

      Manager: Luciano Spalletti

      Captain: Christian Panucci

      Starting line-up

      • D. Doni
      • C. Panucci
      • S. Loria Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (63′)
      • P. Mexès Yellow Card
      • J. Riise
      • A. Filipe
      • M. Brighi
      • J. Baptista
      • M. Tonetto
      • J. Menez Yellow Card Substitution Out (81′)
      • M. Vucinic Substitution Out (90′)

      Subs

      • 23. V. Montella Substitution In63′
      • 25. G. Arthur
      • 36. R. Brosco
      • 38. M. D'Alessandro Substitution In81′
      • 37. A. Crescenzi
      • 39. .. Stojan Substitution In90′
      • 40. A. Malomo

      Injured

      • 10. F. Totti
      • 20. S. Perrotta
      • 11. R. Taddei
      • 77. M. Cassetti
      • 8. A. Aquilani
      • 4. J. Juan
      • 3. J. Cicinho

      Suspended

      • 7. D. Pizarro
      • 16. D. De Rossi
      • 5. S. Diamoutene
      • 23. M. Motta

    • Juventus

      Manager: Claudio Ranieri

      Captain: Alessandro Del Piero

      Starting line-up

      • G. Buffon
      • Z. Grygera
      • O. Mellberg Goal
      • G. Chiellini
      • C. Molinaro
      • H. Salihamidzic
      • M. Tiago Yellow Card Substitution Out (70′)
      • C. Poulsen
      • S. Giovinco Substitution Out (72′)
      • V. Iaquinta Goals×2
      • A. Del Piero

      Subs

      • 11. P. Nedved Substitution In70′ Goal
      • 17. D. Trezeguet
      • 12. A. Chimenti
      • 5. J. Zebina
      • 32. M. Marchionni Substitution In72′
      • 19. D. Knezevic
      • L. Castiglia
      • 41. .. Ariaudo

      Injured

      • 13. A. Manninger
      • 6. C. Zanetti
      • 16. M. Camoranesi
      • 14. J. Andrade
      • 8. C. Amauri
      • 33. N. Legrottaglie
      • 22. M. Sissoko
      • 19. C. Marchisio
      • 29. P. De Ceglie
      • 27. A. Ekdal

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  1. wot A GAME!

    From Michael, on Fri 17 Apr 5:04PM

  2. what brilliant game!set match­ point...................GET IT ROMA LOOSERS.Admit that­ to your head!Forza my culo ROMA

    From GQToni, on Mon 23 Mar 12:13AM

  3. Ha Ac milan are complaining they are out of title race­ because of injuries but look at juves list there, thats­ just insane

    From nezvedz, on Sun 22 Mar 8:09PM

  4. yes! magnificent bianconeri! bring those chelsea losers­ back on!!

    From kenny f, on Sun 22 Mar 2:16PM

  5. forza juve=====forza juve catalin

    From Tudor, on Sun 22 Mar 11:40AM

  6. Good win. Forza Juve

    From Half A Brain, on Sat 21 Mar 9:40PM

  7. juve

    From stanciu, on Sat 21 Mar 9:14PM

  8. MAMMA MIA
    ITSA 4 1

    From papillon soo soo, on Sat 21 Mar 9:12PM

  9. Juventus 1-4 !!!!!

    From VANCE, on Sat 21 Mar 9:09PM

  10. NEDVEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!! what a strike!!

    From pond.simba, on Sat 21 Mar 9:08PM

  11. hope juve will win in the end fortza juve

    From stanciu, on Sat 21 Mar 8:41PM

  12. BIMBA DAGLI OCCHI PIENI DI MALIA

    From papillon soo soo, on Sat 21 Mar 8:36PM

  13. its a deal, its a steal, its sssssale of the facking­ century. infact @#$% it nick, i think ill keep it!

    From papillon soo soo, on Sat 21 Mar 8:35PM

  14. FORZA JUVENTUS!

    From Dombi, on Sat 21 Mar 8:27PM

  15. Why can´t you f***ing biscuit and tea lovers go­ somewhere else to talk about your crappy wresling, you­ call football?? This match is for people who enjoy­ Italian football, so why don´t you all just go down to­ your brawl and pick up a fight, you fools??

    From juvea88, on Sat 21 Mar 7:51PM

  16. UP JUVE, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT JUVE SHALL BE THE­ VICTOR TONIGHT.

    From egharevba o, on Sat 21 Mar 7:47PM

  17. i think roma will win 4 - 2

    From Ademola, on Sat 21 Mar 7:17PM

  18. THIS IS GONNA BE BRILL

    From weeads90, on Sat 21 Mar 6:56PM

  19. Delpiero respect this player!Lets play some tennis!

    From Davor R, on Sat 21 Mar 6:37PM

  20. Today Juve will play tennis with Roma...

    From Aboooodi, on Sat 21 Mar 5:41PM
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