Wednesday, January 22, 2014

GERVINHO'S GOAL GIVES ROMA VICTORY OVER JUVENTUS

Roma gained revenge for their recent crushing defeat at the hands of Juventus by knocking the Serie A leaders out of the Coppa Italia at the quarterfinal stage courtesy of a goal from Ivorian Gervinho.
The Turin club were 3-0 winners when the two sides met in the league earlier this month, but Roma turned the tables on Tuesday night with a 1-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico.
Juve thought they had taken the lead a minute after the restart through a Federico Peluso header but the effort was ruled out for offside.And the visitors were hit on the counter-attack 11 minutes from time, with substitute Miralem Pjanic racing the length of the field before laying the ball off to Kevin Strootman, who whipped in a cross for Gervinho to poke home the only goal from close range.
Roma will now play the winners of next week's quarter-final tie between Napoli and Lazio. The other matches pit AC Milan against Udinese on Wednesday while Fiorentina take on Tuscan neighbours Siena on Thursday.

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