Gladiators v The Spaniards: Liveblog
By: chris | March 5th, 2008
Roma 4 - Real Madrid 2
Everybody sufficiently nervous? Fingernails down to the bone? Adult diapers on? Good. It’s game time.
All I ask for is an early Roma goal. Just an early Roma goal. One which sends the entire Real Madrid XI forward, scrambling for two goals and blowing their back line wide open. And that will go down to the golden boots of one Il Grande Capitano.
Il Romanista’s pumping this out as the probable formation:
Doni;
Panucci, Mexes, Juan, Max;
DDR, Pizarro;
Taddei, Perrotta, Mancini;
Totti.
Which would be the first time in a long, long while that I’ve hit a starting XI on the nose.
And we still have over an hour til the first whistle, but this one’s that important.
New formation via ilR:
Doni;
Cicinho, Juan, Mexes, Tonetto;
De Rossi, Aquilani;
Taddei, Perrotta, Mancini;
Totti.
ALBERTO!
And of course, Cicinho. The big guns are coming out tonight.
The Real lineup via Corey:
———–Casillas————
Torres—Canna—Pepe—Heinze
Guti—-Diarra—-Gago—Robinho
——-Baptista—-Raul——-
UEFA stream is already bumping the CL anthem….doesn’t the sound of that just scream “I’m calling out of work on a Tuesday or Wednesday and spending the day in my bathrobe eating Cheez-Its and yelling things at the TV”?
Early prediction of the day: we’re going to shatter the offside’s record number for comments…which I believe stands at 438. I’ll guess 492.
Seems about that time……
The Bernabeu is bumping AC/DC “High way to Hell” right now….damn straight they are.
UEFA’s stream is crapping out early, which is a good sign going in. No video. Buffering slowly. Nice.
I’m getting bunch of stills with British commentary. Does it get any worse than this? (You’ve got 8 mins to get your shit together, UEFA.)
Alright channelsurfing.net is working somewhat…..
Here we go, kickoff….
I’m still trying to get this to work. Awesome.
Simone is looking burly with that beard…
Second half LB….let’s try this.
Two fouls in a row, Berto just a few yards outside the box. Tough spot to give that up.
48 AH! Corner of the woodwork….everybody be thankful for that one.
Jesus…cleared off the line. (I’m having issues again. I think the year 2008 is against me.)
Ah shit, Berto goes knee to knee, Gago is cranky and kicks the ball weally weally hawd.
Nice play by Cicinho to clear the FK out of the box.
Robinho gets shot by a sniper in the stands 8 seconds after the play, fk Real…….foul. Roma poss.
Simone misses a next match if there is one.
Simone heads it wide….goal kick Real. But he did it while lookin sexy so it’s cool.
Nice save from Alex on a long range ball from Diarra.
Cicinho is faking Robinho out with his ddefensive moves. Only Cici.
Drenthe on for Diarra. Oh yippee.
Mirko for Amantino. I like this one, actually. Mirko has been a CL monster this year and he holds possession well if need be.
Cicinho yellow foor who the hell knows what. (The stream works for 30-40 seconds before I have to refresh the page. Big stuff only.)
Foul on the edge of the box….red. Definitely. No way he attempted to play the ball there.
Vucinic is playing like a madman.
CICINHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0
Legend. Fuckin’ legend
Who saw a header from him?
Hold tight, just hold tight.
Oh shit. 1-1 Raul.
Whoa, he was waaaaaaay offside. Come on.
Pizarro on for Simone.
Helluva defensive play from Mexes…..good news is another Real goal only ties mattters. Roma has the AG now.
Vuci had space, should’ve held the ball after Guti tried to depants him. (Who knew?)
I don’t know Spanish, but I think thhis commentator said the ref gave a yellow to Pippo Inzaghi. Good god.
Foul on the Tottster…..Cicinho…..Vuci….ack. Yellow for Alberto.
Alberto looks like he has very soft hair.
Yellow for Max. The ref is going bananas here.
Cici tries to get cute, floats a 3v2 into Iker’s breadbasket. Booooo.
Soldado on for the Beast.
Things are getting dicey up top of the box. Yikes.
Vucinic has been exquisite since coming on.
Panucci for Cicinho. Love it. Atta boy Cici…………..ah DDR! Inches away from ending the game.
4 mins stoppage.
Totti is timewasting….
VUCIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCC
Roma’s through!!!!
Game’s over. All but the final whistle.
MOTM goes to Vucinic. Legend.
4-2 on aggregate, and the Giallorossi go through.
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I don’t mean to put a damper on the celebrations but De Rossi got a yellow in the last game and now this one.. Is he suspended for the next game? I’m scared to death he will be.. He’s unbelievable..
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I think it’s just Simone and Tonetto.
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Or just Simone.
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James: thanks a lot for that link, I saw Taddei up close and almost puked. Seriously though, what a great day for Roma, wish I was back there for it
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Lets say Derossi is rested one of the games in Serie A.
Pizzaro + Aqui Midfield. Now how wud that operate i have no clue.Posted from
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5 GREAT performances in a row, 4 wins and an almost-win.
Feels good to be a Romanista.
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Dhaw … we have a Brighi who proved that he can indeed do some good work when De Rossi cannot play
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oh it feels damn good to be a romanista
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So, is this officially the nuttiest and most populated group on The Offside? I’m just happy we’ve blown out the post count.
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i’m still buzzing!!! if ddr is out i’d prefer the brighi-aqui partnership, i like brighi, hes solid and doesnt make mistakes and works very hard for the team. i just dont get the infatuation with wee dave pizarro that luciano has, i’d definitely like him sold this summer, make aqui-ddr first choice and bring back galloppa or buy cigarini for an alternative. i think the game tonight showed how much we need an alternative to tonetto carlos, as, apart from the cross for the first goal, i thought he was poor, he just cant play as many games as he has
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LETS GET TO 600 POSTS!!!
FORZA LA ROMA!!
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yep gabriella i know Brighi will fill up.
I am just saying what if Pizarro has to team up with Aqui. Certainly Pizarro is saved a lot of blushes cause Derossi saves him. Just dont think if Aqui wud be able to do the same. However it was just a thought.Posted from
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Have a strong feeling that we might get either ManUtd or Chelsea. I wud prefer Chelsea. Save Manutd for the finals
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ROMAAAA ROMAAAAAAAA ROMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lK24JFzzXiY600 !!!!
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Dhaw- also came across that video. even though its one photo for the whole song…I COULD LOOK AT IT ALL DAY!
ROMA ROMA ROMAAAA!
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600 posts! Congrats Chris.. I don’t know why you predicted such a tiny number.. 492.. are you kidding? We’re gonna cause this thing to break. haha
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Congratulations Roma fans. I was really disappointed when Milan lost yesterday,but I am really really happy that Roma won. I am supporting them to go on and win it. Do it for Italy,guys.
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thanks ranjeet! I was pulling for you guys yesterday…im upset that arsenal won through. Most of all, i guess im sad for Maldini having to go out like that, such a great player and person.
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King Alberto is MOTM. He is fighting like a ..King. great!!
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Grande Roma… Andiamo!
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AQUALANIII TOTTI VUCICNICCC ROMAAAAA DDRRR. UNSUNG HERO GOES TO TONNETTO HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A LOT OF GOALS LATELY. TADDEIIIIIIIIIIIIII IM LOVIN IT
FORZA ROMA
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the problem with brigi replacing ddr is his technique. ddr and aqualani are so silky smooth which really comes out in games like this where u have to be really smart just outside ur box
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I loved driving around today with the ASR scudetto sticker on my rear windscreen (which has been proudly on my car(s) for the last 15 years btw)… it’s a type of day all true Romanista dream of. This Roma blog too is something to be proud of, 600+ comments .. nice
After this massive confidence booster let’s hope the squad can always believe in themselves for every single game up until every last min … because with some luck and a healthy squad we can beat anyone and go a long way this season in either serie A or CL (or Coppa). Totti was brilliant today and I felt lifted the whole team, he did get a bit tired in the end but then there was De Rossi, Aquilani, Juan, Mexes, Vucinic, Tonetto, Taddei … OK, the whole team playing awesome, especially the team as a whole. Real Madrid were outclassed, pure and simple.
Food for thought: I know the dream is to win the CL in Roma 2009, but imagine we make the final and ‘defend’ the CL 2008 crown in the Stadio Olimpico in 2009. Now that would be an un-fcuking-believable game … Madonna mia.
FORZA & GRAZIE ROMA, ciao tutti
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I think it’s peaked at 610 comments.. I was hoping we would get 1000. haha
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i forgot to mention that i ran around my work screaming “YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!” after taddei scored. people thought i had lost it. i was also giving serious thought to recording the re-broadcast on espn classic so i could save it and put it in the spank bank (kidding here).
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