Elephantiasis of the Left Thigh.
By: chris |
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Roma 2 – Fulham 1
The English will have you believe this was about the referee. But with the benefit of video replay we have seen…
i. The intentional handball in the first half on the ball to goal was a red card and penalty.
ii. The red card in the second half was not.
So they cancel each other out and a penalty is left on the table. Pretty decent swap if you ask me.
(A win is a win is a win these days, right?)
GAME
Baptista skirts one wide. Fulham with one last throw, nothing done.
That, admittedly, was a pretty poor call. But Roma were just playing the keepaway game and it has little effect on this game.
Straight red for Konchesky for a tackle on Taddei, who sells it like Rodrigo Taddei.
Two minutes added.
Menez with a streaking Taddei makes the poor choice and shoots. Still a bit of maturing to do.
87′ Zamora goes to ground quite easily in the box, wants a call, none given.
Okaka goes for an audacious bike from outside the box and Schwarzer forced into a leaping save.
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Wasting Time With Europa While Awaiting The Future
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Squad
2 CICERO JOAO DE CESARE (CICINHO)
3 MARCO ANDREOLLI
5 PHILIPPE MEXES
7 DAVID MARCELO CORTES PIZARRO
9 MIRKO VUCINIC
11 RODRIGO FERRANTE TADDEI
13 MARCO MOTTA
16 DANIELE DE ROSSI
17 JOHN ARNE RIISE
19 JULIO CESAR BAPTISTA
20 SIMONE PERROTTA
21 STEFANO GUBERTI
22 MAX TONETTO
24 ALESSIO CERCI
27 JULIO SERGIO BERTAGNOLI
32 DONIEBER ALEXANDER MARANGON (DONI)
33 MATTEO BRIGHI
77 MARCO CASSETTI
89 OKAKA CHUKA STEFANO
94 JEREMY MENEZ
Indisponibili: Juan, Burdisso, Totti, Faty.
XI
Doni
Cassetti, Mexes, Andreolli, Riise
Taddei, De Rossi, Pizarro, Perrotta
Baptista, Vucinic
You know the Europa League drill.
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Triangles Are Cool.
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Roma v Bologna
I like triangles. A lot. One after another…
Just win. How about that? Just win.
Squad
Andreolli
Antunes
Baptista
Bertagnoli
Brighi
Cerci
Cicinho
Doni
Esposito
Faty
Greco
Guberti
Juan
Menez
Mexes
Motta
Okaka
Perrotta
Pit
Pizarro
Riise
Vucinic
Assenti: Burdisso, Totti.
Squalificati: De Rossi, Cassetti, Taddei (2)
XI
Doni
Motta, Mexes, Juan, Riise
Cerci, Pizarro, Brighi, Perrotta
Menez, Vucinic.
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A Black & White Affair.
By: chris | 440 Comments
Udinese 2 – Roma 1
GAME
Cleared, and that’s game. No three minutes of added stoppage this half.
Di Natale skies one, one last chance to go down the pitch.
Brighi off after a great deal of running.
Finally, Baptista. How casual.
90′ Slowly play building back up, but this will take a miracle with Vucinic in the game.
And are we not missing a sub here?
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Category: Team NewsUdinese: Mirko, Mirko, Mirko.
By: chris | 86 Comments
Udinese
The injury list is bustling, the back line is patchwork, the midfield full of grit but no flair, and Mirko Vucinic’s doppelganger is still roaming the pitch without the slightest clue. No Totti, no Pizarro, no Menez, no idea where the creativity will come from. No words, really, for a game which could use so many.
Checking Udinese’s recent fixtures, it was wonderful to see they’d lost their last three fixtures before quickly realizing can an easier opponent than Livorno at home be offered for sacrifice?. No, unfortunately. Until they do something which eradicates this loss – this cancer – there’s little reason for hope or positive thought going forward. Bedrock has been hit.
Time to pick themselves back up.
Squad
1 BOGDAN LOBONT
2 CICERO JOAO DE CESARE (CICINHO)
3 MARCO ANDREOLLI
4 JUAN SILVEIRA DOS SANTOS
5 PHILIPPE MEXES
9 MIRKO VUCINIC
11 RODRIGO FERRANTE TADDEI
13 MARCO MOTTA
14 RICARDO FATY
15 VITORINO GABRIEL PACHECO ANTUNES
16 DANIELE DE ROSSI
19 JULIO CESAR BAPTISTA
20 SIMONE PERROTTA
21 STEFANO GUBERTI
23 LEANDRO GRECO
26 ADRIAN FLORIN PIT
27 JULIO SERGIO BERTAGNOLI
29 NICOLAS BURDISSO
32 DONIEBER ALEXANDER MARANGON (DONI)
33 MATTEO BRIGHI
77 MARCO CASSETTI
89 OKAKA CHUKA STEFANO
XI
A bit of false hope? Perhaps. Last year the 4-2-3-1 was driven into the ground by Spalletti even when the requisite parts were not in place, at times crippling the team beyond repair. Are they able to run the same with Brighi in for Pizarro and Stefona Guberti given another chance to run rampant on the wing? It appears they may be given that chance: RomaNews says the return of the 4-2-3-1 is upon us.
Doni
Motta, Juan, Mexes, Cassetti
De Rossi, Brighi
Taddei, Perrotta, Guberti
Vucinic
Previewish liveblog tomm, etc.
Category: Team NewsRoma Has A Curse, And Its Name Is Livorno.
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I’ll Bring The Noose, You Bring The Camera.
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