GIALLOROSSI YORKSHIRE BLOG
Roma Women have the opportunity to extend their longest winning run to five games when they take on league leaders Juventus on Sunday afternoon.
Betty Bavagnoli's side are going from strength to strength at the minute, and haven't tasted defeat since 1st December. They now have a six-point cushion in fourth place, and can really start to look up in the table as they aim for as high a finish to their debut season as possible. If they are to make it five wins in a row for the first time ever on Sunday, they will need to overcome the side who handed them their biggest defeat yet in the reverse fixture. When the two sides met at Stadio Tre Fontane in October, defending champions Juventus ran out as 4-0 winners, thanks to a hat-trick from former England striker Eni Aluko. Roma have come a long way since then, only suffering one defeat since. Most recently, they beat Roma CF in the first leg of their Coppa Italia quarter-final 6-3, giving them a major advantage in their bid to end their first campaign with a trophy. Roma will have to negotiate tomorrow's fixture without midfielder Claudia Ciccotti, who has sprained the MCL in her right knee. As a result, Manuela Coluccini may retain her place in the side, having scored in the Coppa in midweek. She is likely to be joined by Vanessa Bernauer, who sat out the win over Roma CF, and Giada Greggi, who has been in tremendous form recently. Greggi scored two goals from the bench in the 6-3 win, a reward for her impressive displays in January. Juventus are on a 10-match winning streak, so it won't be easy. However, Roma showed in midweek that they can respond well to going behind, and their positive mentality gives them a good chance of securing a better result than they managed in the reverse fixture.
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Founder and editor of Giallorossi Yorkshire, who is also a columnist for Roma's official website about the women's team. Categories
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