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MILAN (AP) \u2014 Roma missed out on a chance to top Serie A with a 2-1 loss to Juventus on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Francisco Concei\u00e7\u00e3o and Reus Openda scored for Juventus, with Tommaso Baldanzi producing a frenetic finale. Juventus is now one point behind fourth-place Roma.<\/p>\n
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side would have moved into a tie with Inter Milan at the top of Serie A if they won, as the three teams above them, Roma and Bologna, were competing in the Italian Super Cup to be held in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Paulo Dybala, who won five Serie A titles with Juventus, got Roma off to a near-perfect start but his finish fell short and crashed straight into the arms of Bianconeri goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio.<\/p>\n
Juventus broke the deadlock at half-time. Concei\u00e7\u00e3o found Kenan Yildiz on the left, cut inside and put in a low cross that was met with a backheel by Andrea Cambiaso and Concei\u00e7\u00e3o fired a cross into the bottom right corner.<\/p>\n
Roma goalkeeper Miles Svilar made a superb save and another excellent effort in the 70th minute to evade Weston McKennie’s header, but the American international touched the rebound and Openda slotted it into an empty net.<\/p>\n
Roma were back in the game five minutes later when Wesley brilliantly won the ball back and played a through ball to Lewis Ferguson. His diagonal drive was saved by Di Gregorio, but Baldanzi smashed in the rebound.<\/p>\n
In the 80th minute, Yildiz hit the right post.<\/p>\n
there are no late winners<\/h2>\n
Both Lazio and Cremonese failed to capitalize on their chances, resulting in a 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n
Lazio scored one goal 1-0 victory over Parma<\/span> Even though we finished with nine players last weekend, we almost had another winner.<\/p>\nKremonen defender Federico Ceccherini was shown a straight red card in the fourth minute of stoppage time for knocking down Matteo Cancellieri outside the area as Lazio striker Federico Ceccherini ran in front of goal.<\/p>\n
Danilo Cataldi’s free kick went over the crossbar.<\/p>\n
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