Francesco Totti misses a penalty as Juve go top of the Serie A table
Roma held Juventus to a 1-1 draw in a Serie A encounter at the Stadio Olimpico Rome on Monday, December 12, 2011.
The host’s got off to a perfect start as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 could not take advantage of a perfect start and threw away the advantage in the 61st minute
when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francesco-Totti-c13940 from the penalty spot.
Both teams were forced to make several changes due to injuries to some of their key personnel. Roma skipper, Totti, came back into the team after recovering from a thigh injury, while, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Osvaldo-c28996 also earned a place in the starting
line-up after serving his 10 day ban following his dressing room bust up with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Erik-Lamela-c12758.
On the other hand, Antonio Conte handed a rare start to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Simone-Pepe-c33591. It was not the best of the nights for the Turin giants as they struggled to impose their game on the struggling hosts. Luis Enrique’s
men dominated the early possession and had numerous opportunities to take the lead in the first few exchanges.
Juve had to wait until the 24th minute for their first real goal scoring opportunity of the match. Estigarribia struck a fierce left-footed strike which was brilliantly saved by Roma shot-stopper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Stekelenburg-c22998.
Despite taking the lead in the first-half, Roma were really sloppy in the midfield and could not make most of the opportunities.
The Old Lady started the second half in a much better fashion and created several attacks in the opening few minutes. Tempers frayed in the middle periods of the game as both teams lost their cool and picked up several bookings
for rash challenges.
Totti’s penalty miss proved to be decisive in preventing the Giallorossi to a much needed victory, as Juve moved to the top of the league table once with a point.
The Turin giants are now top of the table equal on points with Udinese. On the other hand, Roma are at the 9th spot.
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