Seven goals, a red card, a penalty, game-changing substitutions, VAR interventions, injuries and more: this game had it all
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Every now and then, a
Football match comes along that defies explanation. “Was Roma-Juve a comeback or a collapse?” asked the front-page of Monday’s Corriere dello Sport, but those options seemed too narrow. This game was a melodrama, a saga, a whole
HBO series worth of narratives crammed into 90 minutes, complete with celebrity cameos and premature farewells to your favourite characters.
Juventus won 4-3, and that was improbable enough. The Bianconeri had been the lowest-scoring team in the top half of the table, with 28 goals to show for their first 20 matches. Roma had conceded only eight all season at the Stadio Olimpico.