AS Roma Ends Juventus Home Record
Italian Serie A Champions Juventus suffered a first Serie A home defeat in 40 matches, after losing to AS Roma yesterday 3-1, they finished only one point clear of Inter Milan. Juve secured a ninth consecutive title with two games to go after they beat Sampdoria, but end the domestic campaign with only two wins in their final eight games.
Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain gave Maurizio Sarri’s side the lead but Nikola Kalinic headed AS Roma level before Diego Perotti scored twice to give them the win. Inter Milan in the other game beat Atalanta 2-0 to come second. Antonio Conte’s Inter were deserved winners with Danilo D’Ambrosio heading them ahead after 50 seconds, before Ashley Young’s excellent curling effort after cutting in from the left-wing.
This is the first time Inter have finished second since 2010-11 – and also marks the first time the top two in Serie A were separated by just one point since 2001-02. Atalanta failed to score for just the third time in Serie A this season but finished on 98 goals – the highest total by any team in the Italian top flight in 68 years.
Elsewhere, 38 years-old former Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the oldest player to score 10 goals in a Serie A season as AC Milan beat Cagliari 3-0.
