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Italian Serie A
Sat Mar 5
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ROMA
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JUVENTUS
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ANALYSIS |
Roma's 2001 Scudetto-winning boss Fabio Capello
returns to the Stadio Olimpico for the first time as
coach of Juventus and it is safe to say Francesco
Totti will not be rolling out the welcome mat.
Playmaker Totti has engaged in a season-long war of
words with Capello since his former coach left the
Giallorossi in the summer to take over at Juve, a
job switch that Roma fans have likened to treason.
Totti has had several negative things to say about
Capello since his departure.
In one famous barb, he said: "I think Capello might
have planned it on purpose to ruin our season. He
even had the gall to take Philippe Mexes for a ride.
The day before (Mexes) signed for Juve, he assured
the defender a project was in place for this team.
"He can't have reached an agreement in 24 hours. I
think he already knew he was leaving Roma long
before then, as first he was in talks with Inter
before Juve came in. That's Fabio Capello for you."
Capello has always fired back, though.
After being accused by Totti of having failed to
support Roma's youth players, Capello said: "The
youth players trained with us most of the time. If
Totti didn't see them, it was because he was already
in the changing rooms."
Animosity between the clubs dates back more than
three decades, when Juve bought three Roma players,
including Capello himself.
Roma president Franco Sensi has had bitter public
rows with Juventus managing director Luciano Moggi,
a Roma executive before joining the Bianconeri in
the 1990s.
As for Capello, some Roma fans never forgave him for
leaving as a player, even after he led the team to
the title four years ago. He also upset Roma
supporters by taking Emerson and Jonathan Zebina
with him to Turin.
Totti's ire could well arise from the fact that
little has gone right for Roma ever since Capello
left. They did not progress beyond the first group
stage of the Champions League, and in Serie A Roma
are seventh - 19 points off joint-leaders Juve and
AC Milan.
Roma would love to repeat last year's memorable 4-0
triumph against Juve in order to revive their
European ambitions.
They have the attacking capability to do it but
breaching Juve's defence that has let in just 15
goals in 26 matches won't be easy for the Romans.
Capello will be wary of Roma's attacking trio of
Totti, Antonio Cassano and Serie A's top scorer
Vincenzo Montella, a player who was relegated to the
bench by his former boss last season.
Talk about revenge - Montella would love to score
against his former boss. Roma's problems are due
largely to their frailties in defence.
The financially-trouble team - the main reason for
the exits of Zebina and Emerson - forced the team to
sell Walter Samuel to Real Madrid, and Romanian
international star Cristian Chivu has also been out
for most of the season due to injury.
Juve can ill afford to drop any points now that AC
Milan are level on points with them at the top.
Midfielder Pavel Nedved, who is still recovering
from a head injury, is out for Juventus but David
Trezeguet is back to form an attacking trident
alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alessandro Del
Piero.
The match of the weekend (and possibly of the
year for the Giallorossi), as Del Neri’s Roma tries
to halt Juve’s Scudetto run. The home team will have
Totti back in the starting eleven after missing him
during last weekend’s defeat away to Palermo: a
major boost for the Roman squad.
For Juventus the next 5 days might decide a whole
season. First Roma then Real. Tension will be high
especially considering the many former players (and
coach) on the Bianconeri’s side. A match which could
go either way but I'm backing Roma today at some
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OUTCOME |
An extremely controversial Alex Del Piero penalty gave Juve
the victory at the Olimpico and Roma are furious as Fabio
Capello gets his revenge.
This has always been a fiery encounter, but it went into
overdrive following the controversial events of the summer.
Emerson, Jonathan Zebina and Coach Fabio Capello joined
rivals Juventus and have since been dubbed 'traitors' by the
Roma faithful.
The Bianconeri opted for a trident attack with Marcelo
Zalayeta joining Alessandro Del Piero and Zlatan
Ibrahimovic, while Lilian Thuram was able to start despite
suffering from flu.
Roma kept faith with Daniele De Rossi in midfield, while
Francesco Totti returned from suspension to bolster their
strike force. The pressure was on Gigi Del Neri's men
following their 2-0 defeat at Palermo, while the visitors
needed a victory to maintain Milan's pace at the top of the
table.
Vincenzo Montella thought he had opened the scoring after
two minutes, but it was correctly disallowed for an offside
position. Moments later, Gianluigi Buffon could only punch
out a Totti free kick and Matteo Ferrari's follow-up was
charged down by Emerson.
However, it was Juventus who took the lead with their first
chance of the game. A Mauro German Camoranesi free kick
found Ibrahimovic for a free header that was only pushed
into Fabio Cannavaro's path by goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzoli.
Notably, both Bianconeri stars were unmarked when the
set-piece was floated in, though Cannavaro was probably
offside when Ibrahimovic made contact.
Totti was able to carry on after treatment for a painful
nudge in the ribs, then Zebina was felled by Leandro Cufre
clattering into his back after the ball had already been
released.
A scuffle broke out after 21 minutes with former teammates
Totti and Zebina both booked with the Roma captain going in
high and the Frenchman reacting. Olivier Dacourt was also
shown the yellow card for a dreadful challenge on
Ibrahimovic.
Zebina did well to prevent Cassano's through ball reaching
Montella in the six-yard box, and Buffon stuck out a hand as
Christian Panucci nutmegged Cannavaro, but the first half
was increasingly tense and choppy with repeated fouls.
Just before half-time, Roma finally found a breakthrough.
Manuele Blasi's pass was intercepted and Totti quickly
slipped the ball through to Cassano. The ex-Bari youngster
was onside and two of his teammates were considered to be in
passive positions, so Cassano stroked his finish past a
helpless Buffon from eight yards. The Giallorossi star was
booked for his celebration, having kicked down the corner
flag.
However, less than two minutes later Zalayeta was tripped by
Traianos Dellas and the referee pointed to the spot. It was
on the very edge of the penalty area and replays suggest it
was outside, prompting furious protests from the Roma
players - especially Montella, who was practically
restrained by his teammates. Alessandro Del Piero stepped up
and slammed a confident spot-kick past an immobile Pelizzoli
to restore Juve's extremely controversial lead.
On the stroke of half-time there was an off the ball
incident that could lead to a ban for Cufre' as he was
caught on camera slapping Del Piero.
After the restart, Emerson's long-range strike whistled over
the bar, while Amantino Mancini replaced De Rossi for a more
attacking Roma outfit.
Juve went close to extending their lead when Zalayeta fought
his way past one challenge and Pelizzoli did well to hold
his position and block with his feet.
Del Piero was surprisingly substituted and replaced by
defender Gianluca Pessotto as Capello tried to make them a
more solid line-up under increasing pressure from the home
side.
Cannavaro needed a great tackle to prevent Cassano from
skipping his way into the area, then at the other end
Ibrahimovic had a goal disallowed for offside, although the
Swede was level with Camoranesi's pass and therefore it was
an incorrect decision.
Juve were extremely lucky not to conceded an equaliser on 67
minutes, as Thuram dived in to take the ball off Montella's
feet from close range with only Buffon to beat and a
deflected clearance whistled just wide of the empty net.
The Bianconeri were increasingly desperate and flung bodies
at shots from Totti, Montella and Cassano. Totti's free
header floated just past the woodwork, then Ibrahimovic
picked the wrong pass on the counter-attack with Gianluca
Pessotto unmarked in the centre.
Pelizzoli needed two touches to keep a Blasi piledriver
under control, but the second half was almost entirely
one-way traffic directed at Buffon's net.
David Trezeguet made an appearance late on, as he has missed
the last three games with a flu virus, but Roma kept on
pushing and Montella fired just wide of the near post with
his weaker right foot.
There was panic in the area when Totti's sweeping pass took
a touch off Zebina and into the grateful arms of Buffon, but
it could so easily have been an own goal.
Del Neri went for broke and threw on teenage striker Daniele
Corvia, so there were four strikers on the pitch plus
Amantino Mancini for the final stages. Totti's free kick
took a deflection off the defensive wall and bounced just
past the post with Buffon stranded.
Another big scuffle broke out in stoppages as Cassano had to
be dragged away from Camoranesi, who he accused of wasting
time. The final whistle also saw some problems between
opposition players as they left the field
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