Not winning against Sassuolo would mean throwing overboard what we did against Roma." No sooner said than done. He had warned his Massimiliano Allegri on the eve of the match against Sassuolo, and in Reggio Emilia here comes the first half misstep by Juventus, which after six consecutive victories did not go beyond a 1-1 draw against the Emilians, finding themselves Roma , victorious against Chievo, at -1 in the standings. First half with very high rhythms, with Sassuolo ahead thanks to a nice left-footed shot by Zaza, forgotten by Chiellini and the Juventus defense. However, four minutes were enough for the black and whites to put things right, thanks to the stubbornness of Tevez, who recovered a now lost ball and served Pogba, who was good at finding his right foot around the far post. The Frenchman was Juve's great driving force in the first half, and only a super Consigli has avoided doubling on several occasions. In the second half, however, Juve, despite playing the match, was not effective, thanks to the lackluster evening of Pirlo and Llorente, who were then replaced: "We were hoping for the three points - said Allegri - but Sassuolo played a great game and it has created difficulties for us. However, we made a lot of mistakes in attack. This result doesn't affect anything – he continued – there are still many games to go and we come from six victories. I would have signed up to score six wins and a draw: it can happen that we draw but the important thing is to improve in the things we did wrong. It's never easy to play after the break for the national teams, in these two weeks I've had, in some sessions, only two players available".
All easy, however, for Roma at home against Chievo. Against teams usually used to making the barricades away, Destro's goal (beautiful header on the development of a corner kick) after just four minutes definitely paved the way for Garcia's formation, which closed the practice already in first half. In the 25th minute Ljajic controlled Totti's pinpoint ball perfectly, and entered the penalty area he dribbled Zukanovic before electrocuting Bardi with a powerful right foot at the far post. Eight minutes later the third goal also arrived: it was Totti who scored from a penalty following a retention by Dainelli on De Rossi. The second half was a pure formality, with Roma easily controlling saving precious energy in view of next Tuesday's big Champions League match against Bayern Munich (who scrambled Werder Bremen 6-0 in the Bundesliga): “It is true – said Garcia – I spoke of the Scudetto on Friday 17th but I only discovered here that that number does not bode well, for us it is 13. Let's say I made a prophecy. In any case, we will give the answer on the pitch with my players. We must always have this attitude, including next Saturday in Genoa where it will be a good but difficult match. With this attitude we want to aim high, but now let's focus on Tuesday: it will be a fiery, full Olympic, I can't wait".
