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Roma hand Juve second successive league defeat

  • AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (C) celebrates with his team mates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
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    AS Roma's Dzeko celebrates with his team mates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome

    AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (C) celebrates with his team mates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
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  • AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (L) celebrates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
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    AS Roma's Dzeko celebrates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome

    AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (L) celebrates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
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  • AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (L) heads the ball and score against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
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    AS Roma's Dzeko heads the ball and score against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome

    AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (L) heads the ball and score against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
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  • Juventus' Paul Pogba (R) reacts during match against AS Roma in their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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    Juventus Pogba reacts during match against AS Roma in Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome

    Juventus' Paul Pogba (R) reacts during match against AS Roma in their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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  • AS Roma's Konstantinos Manolas (L) reacts against Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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    AS Roma's Manolas reacts against Juventus' Bonucci during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome

    AS Roma's Konstantinos Manolas (L) reacts against Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (C) celebrates with his team mates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (L) celebrates after scoring against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
AS Roma's Edin Dzeko (L) heads the ball and score against Juventus during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
Juventus' Paul Pogba (R) reacts during match against AS Roma in their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi
AS Roma's Konstantinos Manolas (L) reacts against Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci during their Serie A soccer match at Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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MILAN (Reuters) - AS Roma handed champions Juventus their second successive Serie A defeat when second-half goals by Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko earned a well-deserved 2-1 victory in the capital on Sunday. Juve, beaten at home by Udinese in their opening game last week, were on the back foot throughout and it was no surprise when Pjanic, who had earlier struck a post, curled home an excellent free kick to put Roma ahead just after the hour mark. Juventus then had defender Patrice Evra sent off for a second booking before newly-arrived striker Dzeko, on a season-long loan from Manceshter City, rose well to head Roma's second. Paulo Dybala pulled one back three minutes from time to set up a frantic finale but Juve, who lost three league games in the whole of last season, could not find the equaliser and remain without a point while Roma move on to four from two games. (Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Ken Ferris)