Latest updates from the match at Juventus StadiumEmail lawrence.ostlere.casual@theguardian.comKeep up with all todays live scores hereCheck in on West Ham v QPR 4.55pm BST Our very own Paolo Baldini is in the BT Sport studio discussing the buildup to this game, wearing a spectacular shirt that I would describe as a shade of electrically charged lemon curd. Here at Guardian Towers hes getting some stick. 4.52pm BST Almost-fact attack: Just noticed that if Ashley Cole had started in place of Holebas, as some were expecting, Roma would have had 11 different nationalities in their starting 11. Now the two Greeks make it just 10, emails Giovanni Pisoni. And a completely unrelated fact: the rivarly between these two teams is certainly one of the most vicious in Italy, particularly on the Roma side as their supporters (not entirely without reason one might add) are constantly accusing the bianconeri of getting favourable refereeing decisions. This is the episode that started it, the famous Maurizio Turone goal: third last match of the 1980-81 serie A, Juve leading Roma by a single point, (probably) wrongly disallowed goal, match ends 0-0, Juve clinch the title two weeks later. 4.41pm BST Louis van Gaal could take a thing or two from this Juve team. Stephan Lichtsteiner and Kwadwo Asamoah are excellent wingbacks, with strength and stamina and good delivery and all those things you need. Ashley Young and Jesse Lingard, less so. 4.37pm BST So Andrea Pirlo recovers in time for the biggest game of the season and Massimiliano Allegri (thats the last time he gets full named today) elects to put him straight into the Juve midfield alongside Paul Pogba and Claudio Marchisio. Kwadwo Asamoah is preferred to Patrice Eva in the left wingback position. The surprise in Romas side is to see Ashley Cole left out for Jose Cholevas. Daniele De Rossi is one of several players unavailable to Rudi Garcia through injury. 4.20pm BST Juventus: Buffon; Caceres, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah; Tevez, Llorente. Subs: Storari, Rubinho, Ogbonna, Evra, Vidal, Pepe, Padoin, Pereyra, Mattiello, Coman, Giovinco, Morata. Roma: Skorupski; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Cholevas; Pjanic, Keita, Nainggolan; Iturbe, Totti, Gervinho. Subs: Lobont, Marchegiani, Somma, Torosidis, Cole, Emanuelson, Paredes, Uçan, Florenzi, Ljajic, Sanabria, Destro. 4.17pm BST Team news is filtering in and the best beard in football, Andrea Pirlo, is straight into the side to make his first appearance of the season. Full line-ups coming up...Andrea Pirlo returns from injury and will start against Roma while Vidal will be on the bench 4.08pm BST This one is set up beautifully. Both Juventus and Roma have made a perfect start to the season five wins from five games and their very own duel is forming at the top of Serie A. My book of cliches is out with somethings got to give, looking to draw first blood and six pointer at the ready. But, entertainment fans, should we be worried? They have conceded only one Serie A goal between them so far, suggesting we are in for an arms-length joust rather than an end-to-end slugfest. Continue reading...
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