De Ligt is released with a fright after a red card in an insane match

Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 8:28 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 21:48

Juventus and AS Roma provided a true spectacle in the Serie A on Sunday evening. The Romans were leading 3-1 after seventy minutes of play, but had to watch as the team of the suspended Massimiliano Allegri then finished the game in seven minutes. completely turned upside down: 3-4. A handball from Matthijs de Ligt still seemed to throw a spanner in the works for Juventus, but Lorenzo Pellegrini’s penalty was stopped by Wojciech Szczesny. De Ligt did receive a red card at that moment.

Juventus had to do without Allegri in Rome, who was suspended for one game after his insulting remarks against Simone Sozza at the end of the 1-1 draw against Napoli. Assistant coach Marco Landucci saw his team fall behind after ten minutes, when Tammy Abraham headed in from a corner by Jordan Veretout. It was the first time that the striker managed to score in two consecutive games in Serie A, after he also found the net against AC Milan in midweek. Paulo Dybala soon put an end to the Roman revelry, however, when he checked on the edge of the box five minutes later and found the left corner with a placed shot: 1-1.

It turned out to be an omen for a frenzied second half, with Roma taking the lead for the second time. After three minutes in the second half, Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored from about twenty meters from the goal. The midfielder’s shot was touched by Mattia De Sciglio, after which the ball fell over the hopeless Szczesny. Five minutes later, the home team appeared to end the game. After a foul by De Ligt, who committed a foul when attempting to recapture the ball, Lorenzo Pellegrini shot a free kick from over twenty meters into the top left corner. Juventus seemed beaten at the time, but fought their way back into the game in seven minutes.

The connecting goal came from the head of Manuel Locatelli. The midfielder was found by Morata who came in just before that and found the left corner with a nice headbutt. Dejan Kulusevski scored the equalizer two minutes later from a rebound, but his goal was disallowed by referee Davide Massa. After the intervention of the video referee, the goal was still approved. As if the party was not yet complete for Juventus, De Sciglio gave the visitors the full loot fifteen minutes before time. The defender hit the short corner after a handy bounce from Weston McKennie.

For a moment, AS Roma still seemed to have a point left in the game, when Abraham saw a shot blocked by De Ligt. The central defender did that with the elbow and saw how Massa pointed to the spot after the intervention of the video referee. In addition, the Dutchman was sent off with his second yellow card. Pellegrini took his place behind the ball for his second of the evening, but saw his poorly shot penalty caught by Szczesny. The rebound was also not spent on the captain of Roma, which means that Juventus has taken the fifth place more firmly in their hands.

No. Team m W G V +/- Pnt
1 Internazionale 20 15 4 1 35 49
2 AC Milan 21 15 3 3 23 48
3 Napoli 21 13 4 4 22 43
4 Atalanta 20 12 5 3 18 41
5 Juventus 21 11 5 5 11 38
6 AS Roma 21 10 2 9 7 32
7 Fiorentina 20 10 2 8 5 32
8 Lazio 21 9 5 7 4 32
9 Torino 20 8 4 8 8 28
10 Sassuolo 21 7 7 7 3 28
11 empoli 21 8 4 9 -8 28
12 Bologna 20 8 3 9 -5 27
13 Hellas Verona 21 7 6 8 2 27
14 Udinese 19 4 8 7 -6 20
15 sampdoria 21 5 5 11 -10 20
16 special 21 5 4 12 -20 19
17 Venice 20 4 5 11 -19 17
18 Cagliari 21 3 7 11 -21 16
19 Genoa 21 1 9 11 -19 12
20 Salernitana 19 3 2 14 -30 11