Juventus V Roma

This game was hyped up in all the Italian paper as a "title decider", however I beg to differ, with 20 games still to go a lot can still happen. Some may assume that the big game are decisive but the league is often lost because of the points dropped against the "smaller teams".

Juventus may have an eight point advantage but it can quite easily be reduced rather easily if they start to get to big headed and don't play with the same concentration and patience as they did against Roma. The way they played against Roma was odd, as a fan of The Old Lady I wasn't used to seeing them play so deep, especially at home. Roma had a huge chunk of possession for large parts of the game but what they were lacking was that killer instinct which we had in Carlos Tevez. He may not have got his name on the score sheet yet it was his sheer tenacity that aided in the first goal, which was a wonderful strike by Arturo Vidal on the 17th minute.

Juve were patient and smart in the way they played, they knew Roma had speed and so, they made it hard for them to use that speed in an attack by having plenty of bodies in the way. Late on in the game Roma didn't make it easy for themselves by losing two players in the space of a minute! De Rossi got a straight red for a reckless tackle on Chiellini and Caston got a red for handling the ball when it looked like it was going in.

Roma lost their unbeaten run through a lack of maturity, but I still see a lot to do in this title fight if Juve want to win a third straight title. The Bianconeri must always be smarter than the opponent as they were on Sunday.