Roma got their first win of the new Serie A season as they beat defending champions Juventus 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday evening, giving the Old Lady two consecutive losses from their first two league games for the first time ever.
Roma dominated the first half but they had to wait until the second before Miralem Pjanic opened the scoring and Edin Dzeko hammered the final nail in the coffin as he got the Giallorossi’s second 10 minutes from time. Paulo Dybala gave the away fans hope a few minutes from time, but they couldn’t find a late equaliser.
It took less than a minute for the drama to unfold at the Olimpico when Alessandro Florenzi went down in the penalty area but referee Nicola Rizzoli waved away the Roma claims.
Roma deservedly opened the scoring on the hour mark when an excellent free kick from Pjanic flew past Buffon who could only watch as it hit the back of the net.
Things started to turn sour for Juventus as Patrice Evra got sent off with just over ten minutes left to play after a foul on Juan Iturbe brought a second yellow card.
Just when things couldn’t possibly get worse, Dzeko doubled Roma’s lead from a header about two minutes after Evra’s sending off, giving the Bosnian his first Serie A goal.
Roma couldn’t keep a clean sheet, however, when Paulo Dybala guided the ball into the back of the net from a low cross after a counterattack with a couple of minutes remaining.
Wojciech Szczesny became a hero deep into stoppage time with a fantastic athletic save from a corner to deny the visitors an equaliser.
The victory means Roma hold second place in the Serie A table while Juventus, yet to get a goal, are in 17th.
