Juventus have been held to a goalless draw by Roma on Sunday, ending Thiago Motta’s good begin as coach of the Serie A giants.
A match quick on motion and goalmouth incident left Juve on seven factors from their first three matches of the brand new marketing campaign.
Motta’s crew are behind champions and league leaders Inter Milan on targets scored after a a lot much less inspiring efficiency than the 2 three-goal wins which preceded it.
“It was an excellent match and the fitting outcome,” mentioned Motta to Sky Sport.
“We’re solely on our third sport and in the present day we performed a crew which is tough to play towards, with a great coach and good gamers… There are many issues we will enhance.
“It’s very early within the season, let’s see the place we’re on the enterprise finish of the season, for now it’s too early to speak about our aims for the season.”
A draw at Juve, the place Roma historically wrestle, provides coach Daniele De Rossi some respiratory room for the worldwide break after a tough opening fortnight.
His crew confirmed a degree of defensive self-discipline which had been missing of their first two fixtures of the marketing campaign however supplied little or no else for followers to cheer about.
The closest the away aspect sport to scoring was a speculative distance effort within the closing minute from full-back Angelino which whistled previous the put up.
“We’re beneath a whole lot of strain for proper now and it was vital to get away from right here with a degree,” mentioned De Rossi.
“It is a good place to begin. It wasn’t the perfect efficiency as we might have executed higher with the ball, however Juve introduced on some sensible gamers within the second half and we held out.”
Earlier Fiorentina got here again from two targets down to attract 2-2 because of Moise Kean and debutant Robin Gosens, who looped in his new crew’s equaliser within the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Como fell to a 1-0 defeat at Udinese — who received of 4 groups degree with Inter — after Patrick Cutrone smashed a stoppage-time penalty extensive, leaving Cesc Fabregas’ promoted aspect backside of the division on a single level.
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