By Press Association Sport Staff
Published: 01:01 BST, 13 May 2019 | Updated: 01:04 BST, 13 May 2019
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Roma boosted their Champions League hopes with a 2-0 win over Serie A champions-elect Juventus.
The Italian champions unveiled their controversial new home strip for the game with club chiefs deciding to ditch the traditional black and white stripes in favour of a half-and-half design.
The disappointing result for Juve comes at the end of a week that saw manager Massimiliano Allegri forced to deny rumours he was leaving, his side let in late goals to suffer only their third league defeat of the season.
Juventus debut their controversial new home shirt in the defeat to Roma on Sunday evening
Captain Alessandro Florenzi fired Roma ahead 11 minutes from time after Cristiano Ronaldo's strike was ruled out by VAR for offside.
Edin Dzeko then made sure two minutes into stoppage time, scoring his 87th Roma goal to move level with Abel Balbo for seventh on the club's all-time scoring charts.
The win sees Roma move level with fifth-placed AC Milan with 62 points, one behind fourth-placed Inter and three behind third-placed Atalanta.
Juventus had started the
