La Rome escapes, Juve subtraction back. Big smiles for the Giallorossi, the only ones to win among those involved in Europe (tonight we'll see if Fiorentina will join in, expected from the postponement against Atalanta), as many disappointment for the bianconeri, defeated by Sassuolo and slipped out of the fight for the Champions League, sentence of April 19 permitting. The hit of the weekend, therefore, José does it Mourinho, which thanks to success over Udinese shores up the third place conquered a week ago, however earning 2 points over Milan and, above all, 3 over fifth-placed Inter. Allegri instead he takes a clear step backwards, because the KO of Reggio Emilia is the result of a bad performance, in which, once again, all the limits of the Juventus game were seen.
Rome – Udinese 3-0, Mourinho: “Great team victory. Feyenoord? We can do it"
Big party at the Olimpico, where Roma collects one clear victory on Udinese, in defiance ofabsence of Dybala and the labors of Rotterdam. Mourinho knew he was playing a lot because failing against the Friulians, as well as undermining the certainties in view of the return with Feyenoord, would have canceled the benefits deriving from Saturday's results, with Milan and Inter stopped by Bologna and Monza. The team gave him a great response, winning and convincing like few other times this season: the Roma of the 1-0 and Sparagni's game, in fact, made room for an amusing and offensive version, which wiped out Sottil's Udinese. Goals from Bove (tap-in after the post hit by Cristante from a penalty), Pellegrini and Abraham (recovered by surprise and entered in the final) must be added yet another clean sheets, also son of a great Rui Patricio, very good at saving Pereyra's penalty and locking up the goal. Then there is the confirmation of a very significant fact: for the 14th time this season the Giallorossi have won a match after going ahead, which reaffirms all their solidity. It's not yet time to indulge in various celebrations, but certainly Roma are at their best in a decisive period, which will see them face Feyenoord (there is a 1-0 draw in the first leg to be recovered), Atalanta and Milan in the 15 day tour. “We made several changes compared to the Europa League and risked something, but there was agreat team response - the comment soddisfatto di Mourinho -. The result may suggest an easy game, but it never was, I wasn't calm even at 2-0. The match only ended on the third goal, but that's not the result I perceived from the bench. I always say that a normal coach, in a situation where you can't buy all the players you want, must know how to develop your strengths and hide your weaknesses. We need to recover the ball high, put pressure on, because we don't have the ability to make great leaps forward, in fact when we ducked we suffered too much. Now we have to forget the championship and see what we can do on Thursday, i I think we can do it on Thursday. If there will be Dybala? Perhaps, if you ask me, I'm more optimistic than pessimistic”.
Sassuolo 1-0 Juventus, Allegri: "We weren't up to par, a deserved defeat"
Opposite mood instead at home Juve, where you have to deal with the second consecutive defeat in the league. But if against Lazio, albeit in fits and starts, the team had played and came close to drawing several times, the same cannot be said of yesterday, where the performance was decidedly negative. Allegri he had asked for a win to get closer to Inter and live with more serenity very important week, in which will arrive the longed-for judgment of the Coni Guarantee Board on minus 15, however, his men didn't listen to him, ending up collecting a well-deserved Ko. Decisive, after a highly soporific first half (zero shots on goal from both sides), the goal by Defrel, good at exploiting a bad mistake by Fagioli (who burst into tears for several minutes) and beating Perin, after the same one had denied him a smile with a great save from a sure-fire header. However, Sassuolo had got into the right gear and so, after the aforementioned occasion it was a "autopalo" from Gatti, here was the balance-breaking paw, which Juve was unable to remedy. Rabiot's chances (super save by Consigli) and Di Maria (slightly high shot) were the only flashes on a gray Sunday, photographed perfectly by an evanescent Vlahovic, unrecognizable compared to the Florence striker. “We deserved to lose, we didn't do well for 60 minutes, then after the slap we fought back – ha admitted Allegri -. We could have put the Milanese behind, but that wasn't the case, now we have to get back up, working on the mistakes we made and trying to play parts of the match in a different way. We had a match that wasn't up to par and that could have made us take a leap forward, but it didn't go like this, we need to improve our approach to matches and corner kicks. It was important for the standings, it's a leap that must be taken otherwise you won't be able to be competitive, there are matches that Juventus must win and not play. Distracted by Sporting? I don't want these alibis, we are Juventus and we have to play three games a week. We knew that Sassuolo was a good team and that we had to make the leap to be competitive and successful again, the extenuating factors are useless".
