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12 January 2020With an extra victory against Inter Milan, Juventus are winter champions. The last day of the first leg of the "graduation" round of the Bianconeri (in white uniform with red numbers), who capture their fifteenth success on the field of Roma, beat 2-1. Sarri's team takes advantage of the Nerazzurri's internal draw with Atalanta to put 2 points between themselves and the main rivals in the championship race: 48 against 46. For the Giallorossi (in blue outfit) second defeat in a row at the Olimpico, after that suffered from Turin. This is the response of the evening game on Sunday of the nineteenth day of the championship, the last one going.

Fonseca with 4-2-3-1: Pau Lopez; Florenzi, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Zaniolo, Pellegrini, Perotti; Džeko. Sarri with the usual 4-3-1-2: Szczęsny; Cuadrado, Demiral, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Rabiot, Pjanić, Matuidi; Ramsey; Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo. Referee Guide of Torre Annunziata.

Lightning start of the champions of Italy: at 3 'free kick from the left of Dybala, Smalling the "dirty" head for the deviation of Demiral on the second post. Rome blames the blow. At 9 'Lopez on the ball gives the ball to Veretout to the limit, the Frenchman loses the ball under pressure from Dybala and commits a penalty foul (with a warning) on ​​the Argentine, for Guide it is penalty and from the CR7 penalty spot Lopez displaces and signs the 14th success personal, pairing Lukaku: on 10 'Juve 2-0 ahead. At the quarter of an hour, Demiral falls badly after a header and raises the white flag: since 19 'de Ligt. Before the substitution, yellow and red protests for a rejection with Rabiot's flank on Pellegrini's blow without fail, after Szczęsny's smashed on Florenzi's cross from the right: for a completely regular Guide. At 32 'Zaniolo was stopped foul on the edge of the Juventus area by de Ligt, who was booked (fifth "yellow" in half an hour), the Roma midfielder got injured and left the field on a stretcher for Ünder (36'); Kolarov's punishment is high. Thrill in the first half recovery: lightness in disengagement of Pjanić, Cuadrado must land Perotti, the free kick by Kolarov deflected by the barrier ends in a corner. At 47 'a counterattack by Ronaldo is thwarted by the parade of Lopez on the diagonal of the Portuguese. At 49 'Szczęsny corner Peridi's insidious cross.

Rome more proactive in the start of the second half, but the conclusions go as far as 65 'when first Džeko hits the base of the post to the left of Lopez, then Alex Sandro rejects with the pelvis and arm a header from Ünder, until the flick of Szczęsny : Guida goes to see the images and decrees the penalty for the Giallorossi; from 11 meters Perotti displaces the Juventus goalkeeper and shortens the distances: 2-1 to 68 '. Meanwhile, Cristante sees himself again after three months, in place of Veretout (66 '). Sarri immediately inserts Higuain for Dybala and Danilo for Ramsey (69 '). Roma play more easily and Szczęsny has to unravel a complicated situation, but on the restart it is Cristiano Ronaldo to touch the brace with a crushed head just outside (77 '). At 79 'goal canceled in Higuain for offside (the Var confirms the decision). In the 81st minute on Pellegrini's free kick, Kolarov headed Szczęsny. At 82 'Kalinić is the third Roma change, Perotti comes out. In the 85th minute Szczęsny had to block a cross from Džeko addressed to the Croatian Roma forward. At 91 'Pellegrini kicks power from a good position, ball far from the goalposts. The 5 'of recovery are intense, but Roma cannot complete the comeback.