ROMA NEWS
Cristiano Ronaldo’s towering header allowed Juventus to snatch a 2-2 draw away to Roma, twice coming back to cancel out Jordan Veretout goals.
Andrea Pirlo admits the 2-2 draw with Roma was ‘a step back’ in terms of performance for Juventus, but ‘we are a work in progress’ and explains what didn’t quite work.
Paulo Fonseca was ‘not satisfied with the result, but Roma had a good game’ in their 2-2 draw with 10-man Juventus and explained his lack of changes.
Cristiano Ronaldo believes the 2-2 draw at Roma could ‘prove to be an important point’ after Juventus went down to 10 men.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Jordan Veretout scored a brace each, as Juventus twice pegged back Roma for a 2-2 draw, even after Adrien Rabiot saw red.
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Adrien Rabiot is impressed with the new Juventus tactics, but expects a ‘hard-fought match’ with Roma this evening.
Antonio Mirante believes Roma are ‘on the right track’ and can get the result against Juventus this evening.
Director Fabio Paratici insists Juventus ‘did nothing wrong’ on the Luis Suarez test and confirms Alvaro Morata was their target before Edin Dzeko.
Edin Dzeko leads Roma, just days after he was expected to join Juventus, with Marash Kumbulla in defence against Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata.
Roma are reportedly on the verge of signing Borja Mayoral from Real Madrid, after he was previously linked with rivals Lazio.
Check out the probable line-ups for today’s four other Serie A games, including Napoli-Genoa, Verona-Udinese, Crotone-Milan and Roma-Juventus.
Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala are in the Juventus squad to face Roma on Sunday evening.
Paulo Fonseca used his pre-match press conference to name Roma’s starting XI to face Juventus, while denying Edin Dzeko refused to come on against Verona.
Andrea Pirlo says Juventus ‘haven’t been affected in the slightest’ by the Luis Suarez saga and is delighted to land Alvaro Morata, who was a ‘priority’.
Roma have officially moved Amadou Diawara to their senior Serie A squad list following the farce that resulted in a 3-0 defeat by default.
Juventus are reportedly keen on signing Joaquin Correa from Lazio, who could be about to bring in ex-Roma rival Stephan El Shaarawy.
Roma new boy Pedro has vowed to make winners out of the Giallorossi. “If you only aim for fourth place, you’ll end up in seventh.”
Roma CEO Guido Fienga has assured that Paulo Fonseca’s job is safe, distancing the club from Max Allegri.
Inter will reportedly look to bring in Chris Smalling from Manchester United if they sell Milan Skriniar to Tottenham Hotspur.
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