Manzukic leads Juventus to continue its record start to the season

(Reuters) – Juventus kept its early season record by imposing 1-0 at home against Roma on Saturday to make sure they stayed on top before the winter break.

Mario Manzukic scored for the lead in the first half. Juventus won 16 victories in 17 games and recovered the eight-point gap with Napoli, second, before mid-season.

Juventus did not manage to tie 1-1 with Genoa in October to continue the momentum of the best start in the history of the competition.

In the top five league championships in Europe, no team has made such a perfect start, with the exception of Barcelona in the 2012-2013 season and Manchester City in the 2017-2018 season .

The only goal of the match was to score a traditional goal when Manzukic met a center from the right and defeated Davide Santon with a powerful header just a short distance from the goal in the 35th minute.

Roman goalkeeper Olsen escaped several serious chances and prevented Cristiano Ronaldo from remaining in the second half.

However, Roma did not threaten Juventus much and their substitute, Douglas Costa, had the impression of scoring the winning goal by closely following Ronaldo's center at the last minute.

However, the referee then canceled the goal because Roma had made a mistake in the midfield before Juventus launched a counter-attack that led to the goal.

Juventus have 49 points out of 51, one behind Napoli, with 41 points, while Roma slipped to 10th place and continued to suffer with Francesco coach Osipio.

Roma have won once in their last seven games and have become the eighth consecutive defeat of the capital against the Juventus stadium in Turin.