FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus couldn't get past AS Roma during Sunday's Serie A action, losing 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico. Alessandro Florenzi and Edin Dzeko got the goals. The two teams were evenly matched throughout the contest, and both had their chances in the first half. Antonio Mirante produced excellent saves to deny Paulo Dybala and Juan Cuadrado, while Lorenzo Pellegrini hit the post. Things slowed down in the second half, although Ronaldo had a goal ruled out for offside. It was Florenzi who found the breakthrough after 79 minutes, however, setting up a clever passing move with Dzeko before lifting the ball past Wojciech Szczesny. Juventus seemed to check out after conceding, and Dzeko doubled the lead late. The defending champions have already locked up the title, while Roma remain in contention for a spot in Europe. The win moves them into a tie with AC Milan for fifth place, three points behind third-placed Atalanta and one behind fourth-placed Inter Milan, with two matches left to play. Video Play Button Videos you might like Stagnant Allegri Has to Go Juventus clinched the Serie A title with a 2-1 win over rivals Fiorentina on April 20, bagging their eighth national championship in a row. It was a remarkable achievement, but the 2018-19 season will nonetheless go down as something of a failure because of a lack of success in both the UEFA Champions League and Coppa Italia. Rumours regarding manager Massimiliano Allegri's future have been swirling for months now, and they're only growing stronger as summer approaches. According to ANSA (h/t Football Italia), Juventus remain adamant he's not going anywhere, but the former Milan boss has done little to secure his position for next season since winning the title. Juventus may have debuted their kit for next season, but the squad that started Sunday's contest looked awfully familiar: With younger players like Rodrigo Bentancur, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, Matheus Pereira and Grigoris Kastanos available, Allegri still opted for the same faces we've seen all season, despite nothing riding on this match. Rather than giving these youngsters vital minutes to help their development, he used the exact same formula he has all season. Among the starters were Martin Caceres, who will be a free agent in a matter of weeks; handing him these valuable minutes ahead of a youngster is pointless. Fans have little to look forward to in these last weeks of the season, and calls to watch some of the academy players―especially Caviglia, who is regarded as a huge talent―have fallen on deaf ears too often: Juventus didn't play bad against Roma, but the same old issues popped up yet again. Paulo Dybala continues to struggle alongside Ronaldo, and the Bianconeri are too reliant on the striker. Allegri wasted a great chance to experiment against Roma and try to find a solution to these problems heading into next season. Instead, he treaded water once again, hoping the individual quality of his players could see him past the Giallorossi. It has worked in Serie A all season but cost them in Europe, and the Bianconeri seemingly haven't learned their lesson. Allegri has achieved wonderful things at the club, winning Serie A five times. However, the champions have stagnated, and he doesn't seem to realise. Juventus can't go on like this, and it's time to say goodbye. What's Next? Juventus will host Atalanta on Sunday, while Roma visit Sassuolo on Saturday.<doc-sep>Once you have subscribed we will use the email you provided to send you the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter email. At 34 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo is still going strong. The Portuguese superstar made the move to Juventus this summer and, despite his age, he's still among the very best in the world. But, in order to keep at the top of the game, Ronaldo has had to adapt how he plays. Ronaldo used to be a winger who used trickery and went on lung-busting runs. Nowadays, he's more of a goal poacher who puts emphasis on scoring goals rather than setting them up. But, every now and then he shows glimpses of how he used to play when he was younger. And he did just that with a brilliant solo run against Roma on Sunday night. With the game locked at 0-0 after 15 minutes, Ronaldo picked up the ball on the left and just inside the Roma half. He then embarked on a powerful run directly at Roma's defence. Making his way into the box, Ronaldo skipped past an opponent before laying the ball on a plate to Paulo Dybala. Unfortunately Dybala wasn't able to produce a finish Ronaldo's run deserved. Watch it below: What an assist that would have been if Dybala put it away. Ronaldo has also hit the headlines from that game for mocking Alessandro Florenzi's height. And the Italian, who later scored in the game, hit back at Ronaldo and said 'he thinks he has the right to do everything he did'. “We’d put the ball out of play twice so someone could get treatment and twice he played it," he said, per footballitalia. "We could’ve gone on the counter with Kolarov in the first half, but we put it out of play, because that’s the kind of people we are. “He’s the Ballon d’Or and thinks he has the right to do everything he did. I say and do a lot of dumb things on the pitch too, but it stays there.” News Now - Sport News<doc-sep>Roma and Juventus will face off tonight at the Stadio Olimpico in a Serie A classic and the official website of the Bianconeri presented some interesting facts and statistics ahead of the match 1. Roma and Juve have faced each other 170 times in Serie A: The Bianconeri have won 81 times against the Giallorossi's 39 successes, with 49 matches ending with a draw.2. Roma have not scored against J​uventus in the last 5 out of 6 matches between the team, including the last three matches. Only once did the Giallorossi fail to score in four straight matches against Juve, between 1948 and 1949.3. At the Stadio Olimpico, however, Roma have lost just one in their last seven home matches in Serie A against Juve (3 W, 3 D) and are unbeaten in the last four.4. Roma have recorded just 59 points in the ongoing Serie A campaign. This is the worst season for the Giallorossi at this stage since 2013/13 (58 points from 35 matches).5. The team from the capital has not conceded a goal in its last two home matches. This is the first time since ​2014 that they have kept a clean sheet in back-to-back games.6. ​Juventus have drawn their last two Serie A matches: they have not reached three in a row in Serie A since March 2012 (four). They have also not gone without a league win in three games since May 2017, when the Bianconeri lost its third match against Roma at the Olimpico.7. ​Juventus found the goal in 97% of the matches played in this Serie A (34 out of 35) - only PSG have done better in the five major European leagues in the 2018/19 season (100% - 35 out of 35).8. ​Cristiano Ronaldo has scored against 14 different teams in this league (no goal against Roma): the only two players in Serie A history to find the net against 15 different teams in their debut season in the top league were John Charles (1957/58) and Ronaldo (1997/98).<doc-sep>How to watch Roma vs. Juventus in Serie A on Sunday, May 12. Roma looks to stay in the hunt for a Champions League berth when hosting recently crowned Serie A champion Juventus. Kickoff from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome is slated for 2:30 p.m. ET. Juventus has slumped since winning its eighth straight title with consecutive draws vs. Inter and Torino. Cristiano Ronaldo remains in the race for the league's golden boot, with his 21 goals trailing Fabio Quagliarella's 25 by four. Roma, meanwhile, enters Sunday sixth in Serie A, level with AC Milan and three points behind Atalanta out of a top-four berth that would send the club back to the Champions League stage. Here's how to watch Sunday's match: Time: 2:30 p.m. ET TV channel: ESPN, ESPN Deportes Live Stream: Watch live on fuboTV. Sign up now for a free seven-day trial. SI TV is also now available on fuboTV. Watch Planet Futbol TV, SI’s soccer show starring Grant Wahl and Luis Miguel Echegaray, weekly on Fubo TV or anytime, anywhere here.<doc-sep>
Over the years Cristiano Ronaldo has transformed from explose winger to relentless goal scorer and become one of the best players ever but on Sunday he proved he can still take on a player or four. When Manchester United played a pre season friendly against Sporting they were so impressed by the young winger, who kept troubling their defence, that it led to several senior members of the team telling Sir Alex Ferguson they needed to sign 'this Ronaldo kid.' Anyone who saw his debut for United against Bolton Wanderers will have instantly seen why Ferguson and United decided to spend £12 million on a relatively unknown player. Advert 10 Obviously what came next was six seasons at United where he went from dangerous, tricky and pacey winger to destructive goal scorer of the highest order. By the time he moved to Real Madrid in the summer of 2009 many of the searing runs with the ball had been swapped for one of the most clinical strikers of the ball in Europe. He has only continued to improve in terms of his deadly finishing in the intervening years, becoming Real's top scorer of all time, but on Sunday he showed that the winger inside him still lives on. Playing against Roma, for Juventus, the 34 year old proved taking players on is still in his skillset. He beat four Giallorossi players before passing to Paulo Dybala: Advert 10 Ronaldo lied because just last week he told El Pais he doesn't dribble anymore, saying, "Those moments when I went to the field thinking, 'I'm going to dribble," if I'm honest, I don't have those moments anymore." Unfortunately for Dybala, Juventus, and everyone who loves a beautiful goal, the Argentina forward couldn't convert, rather summing up his season of scoring just five goals in Serie A. The miss contributed to the Old Lady's 2-0 loss away in the Italian capital as Roma continued the pressure to finish in the top four. Advert 10 It didn't matter too much to Juve as they had already wrapped up their eighth title in a row after beating Fiorentina last month. Ronaldo celebrates winning the title. Image: PA Images Ronaldo has personally had an up and down season. He won a league title in a third country and has scored 21 goals in the league, but he couldn't help Juventus win a first Champions League title since 1996.