Football, Serie A: First setback for Thiago Motta’s Juventus Turin, held to a 0-0 draw by AS Roma

For its first test of the season, Juventus Turin, reinvigorated by Thiago Motta, did not find a solution against AS Roma (0-0) and gave up first place in the Italian championship to Inter Milan, Sunday at the end of the third day. Two weeks after the start of the season, there are already no teams in Italy that have achieved a clean sweep.

Juve, who had clearly won their first two matches against Como and Verona (3-0 each time), dominated, but did not manage to get the better of Roma. The introductions of new recruits Douglas Luiz, Francisco Conceicao or Teun Koopmeiners did not change anything for the Old Lady, solid but cruelly lacking in energy.

Its defense has still not conceded a goal this season, a first for the most successful club in Italian football since 2014, but the attacking sector quickly seemed to run out of inspiration. As a result, Juve dropped to second place with seven points, like Inter Milan, new leader thanks to its better offensive output (8 goals, against 6 for Juve) after its big win (4-0) against Atalanta Bergamo on Friday.

“This is not a good result.to recognize Juve captain Federico Gatti. The new players still need to find their feet and we need to perfect in matches what we did in training.“. AS Roma are still chasing their first victory of the season and remain stuck in 17th place (2 pts), but the international break comes at a bad time for Daniele De Rossi.

“This draw is a good starting point, it’s a shame that the momentum has been halted by the departures of our internationals.“, regretted the Roma coach who launched the Frenchman Manu Koné, less than two days after his arrival from Mönchengladbach. Udinese is, like Inter, Juve and Torino, still unbeaten: the Friuli club which had struggled to stay up last season, occupies a surprising fourth place (7 pts) after its success against Como (1-0).