Saturday 22th Dicember 2018, 8:30 pm
Juventus Stadium, Turin
17th day Serie A
Juventus is going alone towards its 8th consecutive Serie A championship. Last victory in the derby with Torino has come to the end of a struggled match and not so exciting as expected, allowing the "bianconeri" to keep the distance in points from Napoli. The game shown by Juventus players it was a poor interpretation of capabilities shown in the past. The men of coach Allegri however, showed the usual pragmatism, winning with a goal realized thanks a penalty of Ronaldo. Perhaps the game of the bianconeri was not the best, but in the meantime, the defense is back to being solid, and this achieve can be a great encouragement for the second half of the season.
Roma continues its dificult march to finding an identity, without a true continuity to his action. Match against Genoa, shown the standard, up to now, of a team never able to take really control of the match. Even the usually good goalkeeper Olsen has made a sort of disaster, giving away the starting goal to the "ligurian". The tentative of game with Zaniolo in attack has not givid good result, and despite the three points gained, this match has not dispelled doubts on a team that doesn't seem to be able to show a clear identity. The match with Juventus could also be the last of coach Di Francesco on the bench, if Roma does not give any signal of real growth of its capabilities.
JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Szczesny, De Sciglio, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi, Dybala, Mandzukic, Ronaldo.
ROMA (4-2-3-1): Olsen, Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov, Nzonzi, Cristante, Under, Zanuolo, Kluivert, Schick.
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