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Roma Women will make their historic home bow when they face Juventus on Sunday.
After the postponement of the game against Tavagnacco in September, which should have been the newly formed side’s first home match, Roma finally get the opportunity to play in front of their own crowd at Stadio Tre Fontane in Serie A. The game pits them against last season’s champions Juventus, who were in the same scenario as Roma 12 months ago. The newly formed Juve team won the league at the first time of asking after setting up a women’s section in 2017, extending their recent monopoly of the Italian game. Roma will be hoping to follow their formula by also achieving success in their debut year, but things have not started in an ideal fashion with successive defeats. The campaign began with a defeat to Sassuolo, before Verona got the better of Roma last weekend. In terms of team selection for today’s game, the players to have started both matches so far have been goalkeeper Rosalia Pipitone, defenders Angelica Soffia, Emma Lipman and Elisa Bartoli, midfielders Giada Greggi and Claudia Ciccotti - who slotted into defence against Verona - and forwards Agnese Bonfantini, Martina Piemonte and Annamaria Serturini. All in all, it’s been quite consistent, with only the central midfield places really being under contention. Coach Betty Bavagnoli is looking forward to experiencing the home support. She told the club’s website: “Juventus are the strongest side in the league. “We respect our opponents but we won’t stop trying to play our way. We are looking forward to the test. “Finally, we get to play at Stadio Tre Fontane in front of our fans – and that can give us a lot of motivation. Even if we are playing a tough side we must remember that we are at our home, playing for our supporters.” The game kicks off at 11:30am UK time.
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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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