Roma-Juventus: video highlights and highlights from the Sunday evening Serie A match on May 5, 2024, with moviola episodes and report cards.
After losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League, De Rossi’s Roma host Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico. The Bianconeri looking for points to reach mathematical qualification to the next Champions League: not many are missing, but it is necessary to bring home at least a couple of wins in the last league matches.
For the Giallorossi, currently in fifth place, the effort looks to be greater: the team will have to fight for the rest of the championship, guarding against assaults from Atalanta and Lazio. Based on the current situation, it is Roma who will have to search more persistently and tenaciously for victory.
De Rossi is banking on the offensive trident formed by Dybala, Romelu Lukaku and Baldanzi. In defense, Ndicka returns. For Allegri, trust in Weah and Cambiaso on the flanks. In attack next to Dusan Vlahovic is Federico Chiesa. The Bianconeri’s three-man defense consists of Gatti, Bremer and Danilo. Juve still relies heavily on the rearguard: after all, the Bianconeri are the second best defense in the league with 26 goals against.
Highlights of the challenge
The hosts start strong, but Juve responds without conceding too much space. In 3′ Chiesa tries from outside: the conclusion is too high. Soon after, Vlahovic shows up, but the Serbian’s shot also ends up out. Roma picks up the pace and Juve closes in. At 11, on Angelino’s cross, Kristensen hits a header and hits the crossbar. Then on 20′ comes Roma’s lead with Lukaku sending in the goal after Gatti rebounds a shot from Cristante. Juve finds the equalizer in 31′ with Bremer served by Chiesa. Dybala tries from the spot, his shot is a bit too high. Again the Argentine tried several times in the final minutes of the first half, without accuracy.
In the second half, Juve immediately makes itself dangerous with Chiesa finding the post after a nice personal action. At 64′ Rabiot shows up with a shot from outside: Svilar is alert. Kristensen has a good ball after a corner scramble to score but Danilo opposes well with a great defensive intervention. Roma dominates putting Juve in great difficulty. Locatelli has a chance to turn it around in 68′, however, Svilar is very good at sending the shot into a corner.
The Roma goalkeeper repeated himself in the 88th minute by foiling a dangerous header by Kean. The last chance, right at the expiration, is for Abraham: the striker is stopped by Szczesny…
Roma-Juventus scoreboard and report cards
ROMA (4-3-3): Svilar; Kristensen, Llorente, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini (78′, Bove); Dybala (46′, Zalewski), Lukaku (68′, Abraham), Baldanzi (68′, Azmoun). Coach: De Rossi.
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Weah (61′, Kostic), McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Cambiaso (85′, Alcaraz); Chiesa (76′, Kean), Vlahovic (76′, Milik). Coach: Allegri.
REFEREE: Colombo, of the Como section
MARKERS: 20′, Lukaku; 31′, Bremer;
NOTE: Admonished: 4′, Weah; 71′, Rabiot; 84′, Abraham;: Recovered: 5′
The best player on the field is Federico Chiesa: the striker starts off poorly, missing many balls, then rises to the top and expresses great soccer, providing the assist for Juve’s equalizer and coming close to scoring several times (7). Bremer also plays at a high level in Juve: the only safe one in defense and dangerous in every advanced sortie (7). Dybala expresses himself with discontinuity and exits at the end of the first half due to the coach’s conservative choice and not due to one of his usual muscle ailments (6).
Locatelli and Danilo (5.5) disappoint. Despite his damaging involvement in Lukaku’s goal, Gatti plays a solid game of maximum effort (6). Weah appears sloppy and uncertain (5). Llorente is the worst among the Giallorossi: inattentive in defense and not very incisive in construction (5.5). Vlahovic makes a lot of mistakes in the first half and disappears a bit in the second (5). Good performance by Angelino (6.5). Besides the goal Lukaku does very little (6). Svilar is always alert and clean in his interventions (7). Paredes is the best of Roma’s midfield (6.5).
Moviola and highlights of the match
The referee does not caution Weah at 58′ for a harsh and late intervention on Paredes: the Giallorossi wanted the second yellow. Doubts also about the yellow to Rabiot (too harsh?).
