Defeat AS Roma, Juventus Close Inter Milan

Adrien Rabiot (second from the left) gave Juventus a 1-0 win over AS Roma in the Italian Serie A match. (X/@juventusfc)

JAKARTA - Juventus stuck to the leadership of the Inter Milan standings after beating AS Roma 1-0 in the big match Serie A Italy at the Allianz Arena Stadium, Sunday, December 31 in the morning WIB.

Midfielder Adrien Rabiot became the star of Juve's victory in a tight match against Roma. In that match, Juve had to work hard before winning three crucial points.

Yes, this full point is very meaningful for Juve who overshadows Inter. Especially after Inter lost points because Genoa was held 1-1.

The victory made I Bianconeri, who is in second place, pocketed 43 points. They are only two points adrift of Inter.

Meanwhile, Roma failed to improve their position. The defeat left the Giallorossi in seventh place with 28 points.

Roma trailed by five points from Fiorentina who was ranked fourth or in the Champions League zone

In that match, Juve really had a hard time facing Roma. Moreover, Jose Mourinho's team appeared confident after beating Napoli 2-0.

Not only that, striker Paulo Dybala returned to play for a duet with Romelu Lukaku.

Roma did appear aggressive. They threatened Juve's defense when Bryan Cristante had a chance to score in the early minutes. But Cristante's efforts were thwarted.

Next, Juve began to rise and play offensively. Dusan Vlahovic striker has the opportunity to break into Roma's goal.

Unfortunately, his shot was still wide. Likewise, Vlahovic's overhead kick did not give a positive result.

Dybala had taken advantage of Danilo's defender's mistake which was too weak when he was about to throw the ball away. However, Dybala's efforts also failed. The score of the first half did not change.

Entering the second half, Juve immediately kicked off. As a result, the game had only been running for two minutes, the hosts had already taken the lead after Rabiot broke into Roma's goal.

The goal started from Vlahovic's pass to Rabiot, who was not escorted by Roma's defender. He also had no trouble releasing a shot into the net.

This is the first goal of this French national team player in the 2023/2024 season. But throughout 2023, Rabiot has scored eight goals.

After winning 1-0, Juve continued to press the opponent's defense. Even Federico Chiesa had time to increase La Vecchia waiver's advantage towards the end of the match. But his goal was disallowed due to offside.

No more goals were created. The score 1-0 for Juve lasted until the end of the match.

"This victory is very important for us," Rabiot said in response to the match.

"We watched Inter's match yesterday. We have a chance to approach them if we win. We have to defend the game with a character like that in the next game," he said again.