Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal during the match at Rome’s Olympic stadium on Sunday.
But a towering Ronaldo header grabbed the equaliser in the 69th minute to avoid handing new Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo a first defeat.“We’re at the start of the season, with a new coach. But the team are working well, I’m confident for the future.Edin Dzeko was back in the Roma front line after his move to Juventus fell through, the Bosnian having missed last week’s trip to Verona which ended in a forfeit defeat for the capital side for fielding an unregistered player.
The French midfielder added a second shortly before the break just after Ronaldo had equalised for the first time. “Ronaldo gives us a lot, not just for the goals, in the end when we were down a man he ran a lot,” said Pirlo.“Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to test game solutions in the pre-season, so we have to do these tests during these matches.Roma coach Paulo Fonseca added: “We had a good match, but I’m not satisfied with the result.
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen got his first start for Napoli, having come off the bench to lift the southerners past Parma in their opener last week. Substitute Matteo Politano curled in the sixth with 20 minutes to go to give Napoli a maximum six points after their first two matches.
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