Roma and Juve share spoils in six-goal thriller as Old Lady snatch draw at the death

[p]Gian Piero Gasperini’s side welcomed a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Bianconeri[/a] team that was perhaps physically and psychologically damaged by an exhausting two-hour shift in midweek, which ultimately saw them exit Europe’s premier cup competition at the hands of Galatasaray.[/p][p]In turn, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]Roma[/a] started the sharper of the two outfits and had the game’s first opportunity, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pisilli-niccolo/8nDLItn7/"]Niccolo Pisilli[/a] surged through on goal and forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perin-mattia/A3ZJNQg1/"]Mattia Perin[/a] into a smart save, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pellegrini-lorenzo/8GVcLWJk/"]Lorenzo Pellegrini[/a] agonisingly blazed his follow-up effort over the bar.[/p][p]This seemed to spark Juve into action, but neither [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chico-conceicao/n53v4sSd/"]Francisco Conceicao[/a] nor [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yildiz-kenan/0EgOZVie/"]Kenan Yıldız[/a] could find the target from promising openings.[/p][p]There was no sign of the tempo slowing down as the half wore on, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malen-donyell/KOdKXsao/"]Malen[/a] denied at the near post by Perin after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mancini-gianluca/dMy1KKlG/"]Gianluca Mancini[/a] headed the ball into the Dutchman’s path from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cristante-bryan/t6u0o3h7/"]Bryan Cristante[/a]’s cross.[/p][p]The end-to-end nature only continued as half-time approached, following further off-target headers for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mckennie-weston/jZHxRi2A/"]Weston McKennie[/a] and Bryan Cristante, [b]but it was the hosts who broke the deadlock in emphatic fashion in the 39th minute, when Pisilli played the ball out to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wesley/hr7UuUyK/"]Wesley[/a], who curled home an unstoppable right-footed strike past Perin from the edge of the box.[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="dde6b192-cacc-4f3e-be37-c614c2705706" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="37cc3d1f-af9e-444b-8202-b8b6c6276307" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]However, it took a mere two minutes after the restart for Conceicao to completely upstage Wesley and restore parity with a potential Goal of the Season winner. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koopmeiners-teun/lOCjQkeo/"]Teun Koopmeiners[/a]’ free-kick was cleared into the path of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bremer/INWVBb0R/"]Bremer[/a], who laid the ball on a plate for the Portuguese to unleash a ferocious left-footed volley past Mile Svilar. [/b][/p][p]Remarkably, it was only his third Serie A goal of the season, but the euphoria from it was short-lived, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/n-dicka-obite/0ORJzjri/"]Evan Ndicka[/a] regained Roma’s lead just seven minutes later. [b]Pellegrini played a one-two with Pisilli from a corner, and his subsequent delivery into the box was expertly dispatched by the Ivorian from close range.[/b][/p][embed guid="26118dec-46d5-48a6-8c6c-422a50861e14" url="https://x.com/OfficialASRoma/status/2028215753644663033" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]More pandemonium ensued when Roma moved two goals in front, courtesy of Donyell Malen’s delightful dinked finish over Perin after latching onto [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kone-kouadio/YDaoYZBS/"]Manu Kone's[/a] perfectly-weighted through ball. [/b][/p][p]It was his sixth goal since arriving on loan from Aston Villa in January, and had seemingly knocked the stuffing out of Luciano Spalletti’s shell-shocked side.[/p][p][b]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boga-jeremie/pEEqeFXD/"]Jeremie Boga[/a] had other ideas, though, netting his first Juve goal with a well-taken strike at the far post, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/celik-zeki/KG2a47J4/"]Zeki Celik[/a] inadvertently flicked on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zhegrova-edon/vqK5oQ8e/"]Edon Zhegrova[/a]’s cross into the Ivorian’s path.[/b][/p][image alt="Juventus' Federico Gatti scores their third goal" id="589f0580-f6e7-4dda-a59e-2d1b4543f62f" credit-line="Reuters / Guglielmo Mangiapane" guid="16bb8139-cdc3-4947-98cf-42a79c24e411" original-width="3233" original-height="2155" /][p][b]But just when Roma looked like holding on for all three points, Gatti converted from deep range after a deep free-kick into the box, as the away end erupted into raptures.[/b][/p][p]Roma are now three points clear of fifth-placed Como, while Juventus are four points behind the Giallorossi in sixth and remain well within striking range.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="42823175-75d4-41e1-a013-50e322dcee75" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="e81a1fe0-87da-48df-892b-a19a3b0ffb16" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pisilli-niccolo/8nDLItn7/"]Niccolo Pisilli[/a] (Roma)[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/as-roma-zVqqL0ma/juventus-C06aJvIB/summary/stats/?mid=M7hpVzxq"]Catch up on the match stats here.[/a][/b][/p]