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At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, a focus battle in the 21st round of Serie A began to compete, with Roma versus Juventus. Juve have had a poor record this season, winning just 10 of their first 20 league games and being left far behind by top-of-the-table Inter Milan. For Juventus, the title race is a less realistic goal, and the fight for early qualification for the Champions League is the most important thing. Juventus have been in somewhat upsuppling recently, going unbeaten with 4 wins and 2 draws in 6 league games. Juventus and Napoli had a very intense match 3 days ago, and Juventus only got a draw. This time against Jose Mourinho's Roma, this is not a small test for the physical fitness of Juventus players. The two sides met in the 8th round, when Juventus narrowly won, and Juventus still narrowly won the meeting again.
Juventus lined up in a 433 formation for the game. Szczesny served as the starting goalkeeper. Desilio, Rougani, De Ligt and Cuadrado form a four-back. Bentankull, Rockerley and McKenny teamed up in 3 midfielders. The attacking combination of Chiesa Junior, Keane and Dybala joined forces. Roma were in a 4231 formation, with Mkhitaryan, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Gian and Tammy Abraham starting out.
In the first 11 minutes of the game, Roma scored and Tammy Abraham headed in the top to give Roma a fantastic start. However, seven minutes later Juve equalised when Dybala fired a shot from the edge of the penalty area and the ball went down the left side of the goal. These two goals were scored in the first half. And the second half was brilliant. One of Mkhitaryan's long-range shots was blocked and refracted into the net, leaving the goalkeeper dumbfounded to watch the ball enter the net. Five minutes later, Pellegrini took a direct free-kick, which he shot straight at goal, which went over the wall and into the top left corner of the goal. This free kick is too inexplicable, the angle is too tricky.
Roma led 3-1 at this point. I thought that such an advantage would allow Roma to win the game. Unexpectedly, Juve scored three goals in a row, with Locatelli, Kulusevsky and Desilio scoring one each. Juve actually overtook the score. Roma then had a good chance to equalise, but Pellegrini conceded a penalty. Although De Ligt was sent off with two yellows and one red, Roma, who played one more man, could not score again in the last minute. In the end, Roma fell at home and lost 3-4.
The game was crazy, the two sides staged a goal battle, and Roma buried a great situation, from 3-1 to 3-4, which was an epic reversal. Roma lost this game means 3 winless, and Roma lost 7 points in 3 games. Mourinho was in trouble, his first three consecutive Serie A winless games since he coached Roma. Juventus scored a crucial 3 points to rank 5th.