Juve rescue a point against Roma with Cuadrado on the court

Juventus and Roma drew 2-2 for the second round of Serie A in a match with emotions, sent off and two doubles. Cristiano Ronaldo scored both goals for the Turin team while Jordan Veretout scored the Romans’ goals. Cuadrado, in a new position, completed a very good 90 minutes.

Slow start

The game started with a not very high pace. The teams came out with precautions and analyzing what was the position of the rival. For this reason, goal options were scarce in the first minutes and the ball did not circulate much in the offensive sectors. Pirlo, appealing to the versatility of Juan Guillemo Cuadrado, He stopped him as a left back and the Colombian showed his ability to respond in different sectors of the field, with order and a lot of intelligence in the position.

About minute 6, a play by Álvaro Morata who wanted to debut with a goal was annulled for offside. 5 minutes later, Mkhitaryan had the first but goalkeeper Szczęsny resolved in a great way to save his goal. From there until minute 30, the ball rolled without a sense of attack on both sides of the field..

Three goals in 15 minutes

After the first half hour, the party was revolutionized. The referee whistled a clear hand in the area of ​​the French Rabiot and Jordan Veretout took charge of the collection, who was about to be saved by the Polish goalkeeper but finally got into the goal. 1-0 up the Romans.

After the goal, Juve did not find comfort. The good tactical work of the locals greatly complicated the generation of the game and control of the game was easy for the Fonseca team. Despite this, Cristiano on 43 ‘a play was invented in the area and generated a hand from Pellegrini that the referee decreed as a penalty. The same Portuguese took charge of the charge and did not forgive to put the 1-1.

When everything seemed that they were going to rest with the tie, a lethal counterattack from the Romans which was very well carried by Mkhitaryan from the left sector, ended in a great assist from the Armenian for Veretout who scored and achieved his double. Thus, with 15 minutes of heart attack at the end of the first stage they went to the dressing rooms.

Control of Roma at the start of the second half

At the beginning of the second part, Juventus wanted to propose high pressure and advanced lines, to dominate and seek the tie. But the locals did not allow themselves to be locked in and with good ball treatment they crossed the middle of the field to get closer to the goal of the Polish goalkeeper of Juve. The defensive intelligence of the Romans contrasted with the lack of ideas of the visitors, who did not find spaces.

After 10 minutes of the second part, the options arrived. First Dzeko after a great play in the area, the ball crashed in an incredible way with the goal at hand. A minute later, the Turin men responded but Cristiano located in the penalty spot missed an option that he normally does not miss. His shot went to the hands of Mirante.

Expulsion of Rabiot and equality of CR7

When the clock struck 61 minutes, bad news fell on the visit. Rabiot who played conditioned by a yellow in the first half, received the second for a foul in the middle of the field on Mkhitaryan deserving of a card that sent him to the dressing room prematurely. Pirlo’s men, who had no ideas and looked uncomfortable with Roma’s good game, were left with 10 men to further complicate the outlook for the rest of the game.

Although the locals did not suffer and seemed to have everything under control, Juventus has a different player: Cristiano Ronaldo. In the 68th minute Danilo cheered on the right, reached the bottom and shot a cross to the perfect penalty spot for the Portuguese to rise impressively and send it to save with an unstoppable header. two-2 and a very big prize for Pirlo’s team apparently in the match.

From there, the meeting went back and forth. Despite the fact that Roma took the ball, Juve was eager to counterattack, taking advantage of the freshness of newcomers Costa, Bentancur and Arthur. Meanwhile, Square down the left sector continued to do a great job in an unusual position for him but that was not a problem to answer with height. With 5 minutes to go, Pirlo admitted Frabotta instead of Kulusevski and the Colombian finished the game as a midfielder to try to take advantage of his imbalance.

In the final moments and with 10 men, the ‘Vecchia Signora’ charged in search of victory and Roma, despite having a numerical advantage, sheltered, but finally the tie ended up being the final result after the last whistle of the referee in minute 93.