Buenos Aires, December 20 (NA) — Juventus won 2-1 against Roma at home in the 16th round of the Italian Serie A and moved to fifth place with 29 points. As reported by the Argentine News Agency earlier, the team led by Luciano Spalletti came into this match after a 1-0 victory over Bologna in the previous round of this domestic tournament. Meanwhile, the team of Gian Piero Gasperini arrived after a 1-0 win over Como in Rome and sat in fourth place with 30 points in Serie A. 'The Old Lady' took the lead in the 44th minute of the first half with a goal from Portuguese forward Francisco Conceicao. Following a surge by Turkish winger Kenan Yildiz down the left, the forward played it into the box for midfielder Andrea Cambiaso, who with a delicate backheel set up Conceicao to face the keeper and slot it across, putting the score 1-0. In the 25th minute of the second half, Juventus extended their lead with a goal from Belgian striker Lois Openda. After a great cross from the left by Kosovo's Edon Zhegrova, the ball fell to the penalty spot where American Weston McKennie headed it sharply at Serbian goalkeeper Mile Svilar, who saved but the rebound fell to McKennie, who squared it to Openda, who only had to push it in to make it 2-1. Roma, who started with Argentines Paulo Dybala and Matias Soulé, pulled one back in the 30th minute with a goal from Tommaso Baldanzi. With this result, Juventus reached 29 points and is in fifth place in the Italian Serie A, one point behind Roma and four behind league leaders Inter Milan, who will play against Lecce on Wednesday, January 14. At the start of the matchday, and with a man advantage, Lazio drew 0-0 with Cremonese at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, remaining far from the European competition spots.
