JUVENTUS starting XI (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio, Savona, Gatti, Bremer, Cabal (subbed for Koopmeiners), Locatelli (subbed for McKennie), Fagioli (subbed for Douglas Luiz), Cambiaso, Yildiz, Mbangula (subbed for Conceicao), Vlahovic (subbed for Nico Gonzalez)
Bench: Perin, Pinsoglio, Danilo, Kalulu, Rouhi
ROMA starting XI (3-5-2): Svilar, Mancini, Ndicka, Angelino, Celik, Cristante, Pisilli (subbed for Kone), Pellegrini (subbed for Baldanzi), Saelemaekers (subbed for Zalewski), Soulé (subbed for Dybala), Dovbyk (subbed for Shomurodov)
Bench: Marin, Ryan, Smalling, Abdulhamid, Paredes, Dahl, Sangare, Joao Costa, Nardin, El Shaarawy
For Thiago Motta’s Juventus, it was a well-earned point that kept the Bianconeri unbeaten.
For Daniele De Rossi’s Roma, it was a step in the right direction after a difficult start to the season.
Roma dominated the possession early on before Juventus grew more dangerous through Dusan Vlahovic.
De Rossi kept former Juventus forward Paulo Dybala on the bench at the start then sent the Argentina international, who recently turned down an offer from Saudi Arabia, on midway through the second half.
But Dybala produced little with both sides slowing down by then on a warm evening in Turin.
Juventus moved level on seven points with defending champions Inter Milan, Torino and Udinese in Motta’s first season since coming over from Bologna.
Winless Roma, who were coming off a dispiriting defeat at home to Empoli, have two points in De Rossi’s second campaign after replacing Jose Mourinho in January.
Having grown more offensive under De Rossi last season, Roma have produced only one goal in three matches this season.
AAP
