The club's attempt to defend the title in the following season saw them finish as runners-up in Serie A to Juventus by a single point. This would be the start of Roma finishing as runners-up several times in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia during the 2000s; they lost out 4–2 to Milan in the Coppa Italia final of 2003 and lost out to Milan again by finishing second in Serie A for the 2003–04 season.