Liveblog: Roma Entertain The Merda
By: chris | March 19th, 2008
Because it’s their city, and the fact that Lazyo is allowed to even play in the Olimpico is a joke.
I could sit here and spout off vitriole against the merda all day, which I might do anyway, but they’re not worth the collection of breaths.
Roma is en fuego. We know this. Mirko Vucinic is looking like everything he’s supposed to be and more, even though it’s from the bench. It’s like the old boxing analogy: don’t go in looking for the KO, because chances are you’ll get kayoed yourself. Soften ‘em up with a few rounds of jabs, knock their arms around a bit and wait for their hands to drop…..then go for the KO. In the Giallorossi equation, Amantino is the jab (that sometimes fucks it all up and kayos the opponent anyway), and Mirko is the knockout punch in the late rounds. It works, at the moment…..don’t mess with it.
Rumor has it David Pizarro is starting. I don’t care if Little David scores 12 goals and urinates on Luciano Zauri for his 7th celebration, Alberto Aquilani is Roman, he is Romanista, and he has to play. This is a game which is unlike any other game, and tactics can mean very little. Let’s hope they’re all wrong.
Another early rumor is that Marco Cassetti will get the start on the left, and the only real answer here is that Max Tonetto was so freakin’ exhausted after he ran the London, Boston and Chicago marathons in succession on Saturday evening that he’d be good for maybe a half going in. Coming off an injury? I dunno. Could be baseless speculation.
Cicinho looks to be very, very quietly winning that starting spot in the RB slot.
Oh, and the hard and soul of the back line has returned to hate on Lazyo just a little bit more. Phorza Philou.
Rumored Lineup:
Doni;
Cicinho, Mexes, Juan, Tonetto;
DDR, Pizarro;
Taddei, Perrotta, Mancini;
Totti.
T-minus 1 hour.
A little derby love to hold you over:
Scratch allllllll of that, Vucinic and Aquilani are IN, per Il Romanista:
ROMA (4-2-3-1): Doni; Cicinho, Juan, Mexes, Cassetti; De Rossi, Aquilani; Perrotta, Taddei, Vucinic; Totti
LAZIO (4-3-3): Ballotta; De Silvestri, Cribari, Siviglia, Kolarov; Behrami, Ledesma, Dabo; Pandev, Bianchi, Rocchi
Also, you will all be happy to know I am in fact rocking the Simone-inspired beard, which may just be good luck.
Doni;
Cicinho, Mexes, Juan, Cassetti;
DDR, Aquilani;
Taddei, Perrotta, Vucinic;
Totti.
Lineups are official.
True Visions 3608 is up…….
And here we go. The flags are waving, the teams are ready, it’s derby time ladies.
KICKOFF
SHIT, LAZIO GETS AN EARLY CHANCE ON GOAL.
Not good. Bad caps lock monster.
Cicinho’s on the left…..odd.
1′ Philou’s looking primed to stick his yellow boot up some Laziale asses.
2′ Looks like Cici is a counter move for De Silvestri.
Berto is getting knocked all over the place in the opening minutes. Just you wait til he unleashes his revenge.
3′ Corner Roma…nice run from Cassetti. Totti taking it………another corner. Forza.
Too much loft. Poor pass from Taddei, I believe. Hit the ball like a sally, those baby blues unis must be rubbing off.
6′ Roma’s passing has been pretty terrible to start off the game. Let’s hope they’re just getting warmed up.
Free kick baby slappers…..off the cross bar..
DONI!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!!!!
Way out of position. That was damn near 1-0.
8′ Defense is really being tested here. This reminds of the last derby.
10′ Roma at least controlling some play now, but jesus. Testy few minutes there.
Bianchi goes a litle top heavy and falls down in the box. Big breasts will do that to ya, buddy.
11′ Lazio’s uniforms look like they’re stuck in 1980, just like their organization.
13′ Cassetti’s passes have really been off here.
Free kick in range for Roma…..
headed out…..Roma loooking disorganized and kind of all over the place.
15′ Corner for the sheep herders…
Roma back in possession.
Cassetti making a run…..Vuci in the box…Mexes makes a nice tackle to win possession. Bianchi threads one to Doni. Brilliant!
18′ Just showed Mudingayi looking lustfully towards Behrami on the bench. Oof.
Vucinic shoots wide.
19′ Roma really working on some thing here. Totti with a nice flick…..Mexes is shown a yellow. Fark.
21′ ANOTHER Lazio set piece. Jesus.
A whole lotta nothin in the middle of the pitch right now.
23′ Roma string some nice passes together…vintage stuff…but the ball is headed over the crossbar.
24′ Marco Cassetti just put on a clinic for Valon Behrami…
Siviglia shown the yeller for a stupiid foul on Vucinic.
Free kick does nothin’, but Roma’s at least putting Lazio on their back foot. They’ll fall down eventually.
26′ I’m feeling a Siviglia red card today.
Those dumb Lazie fucks….you can’t put the ball through DDR”s midfield.
28′ Corner…..bounced out of the box.
Siviglia boots it towards the Sud.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL
TADDEI ON THE DEFLECTION!!!!!!
Behrami tries to clear it but it hits Taddei off the face and he scores the opened. God, that just fucking defines SS Lazio right there.
That was all Vuci’s run, though. Beautiful slalom.
Bianchi just got hit in the giblet. The one remaining after they took thhe other when he wa sold to Lazio.
De Silvestri is down….really down. Ummm, broken rib, perhaps?
35′ Neh, he’s fine.
Juan is a monster.
Phew…balll trickles through the box….
Aquilani gets it out of danger. Testy times.
Kolarov gets a yellow. Taddei has been taking a beating today. Luckily one of em was a goal.
DDR with a smooth back heel. Puhlease, Lazyo.
39′ Cassetti with the foul on Ledesma…..just a harmless trip. No card. The savages are booing. or is that a mating call?
Daniele De Rossi with a man’s challenge on Kolarov. Absolute freakin’ beast.
No foul on Vuci…what the fuck?
Fuck. 1-1. The ref had to miss two fucking calls for them to get it.
Totti has been relatively nonexistent.
45′ 1 minute added.
Dabo given a yellow for being a fucking louse.
Halftime.
Fuck. That is all. Fuck.
And Genoa draws it 1-1. Atta girlies.
Good news: Roma can’t really play much worse than in the first half, an we’re clearly due for a sub or 7. Also, Nearly the entire Lazie squad seems to have yellows, so the chances of a red may be decent.
And here we go again….
2nd half:
@#$%….Simone puts it wide right off the bat. Hey, at least he didn’t boot it to the Sud.
Cicinhp makes a nice grab….Taddei boots it to the bench. Where’s Amantino? He’s pretty damn ood in these things ya know.
Little bit of field tennis here…not much going….Christ, is Roma playing anyone on the wings?
Great ball by DDR, Ballotta grabs it but he was sliding towards a red card. Damn.
FUCK. Totti goal ruled offside.
Roma’s playing a one touch game right now. Very welcome.
Kolarov launches a tribute to ex-Lazie Massimo Oddo and launches a ball deep into the Nord.
Bianchi throws an elbow at Mexes….must’ve learned that in the Prem.
Ball gets lost in the box. Roma in possession.
5′ Aquilani gets a yellow card. He’s pissed.
54′ Bianchi puts it wide. Thank christ.
Subs, please.
55′ Aquilani boots it over the goal. To Lazie.
What a fucking bullshit ccall.
Morganti is out of his fucking mind here.
Penalty.
And Serie A just gets more and more embarrassing.
SUBS, PLEASE.
60′ Taddei is….well….he needs to come off.
SIIIIIMMMMOOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
2-2
You run that ball back out you madman.
Juan giving a real embrace to Cassetti - you can see how much this jersey means to him already.
The boys are running around like animals. They want this so bad.
Alright, love yer face Taddei, but it’s time to come off.
Amazing ball from Totti to Vuci….corner kick…..where’s Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudovic.
65′ Mutarelli on for De Silvestri.
Ludovicious for Taddei.
67′ Cassetti kicks a field goal, Lazio ball.
Kolarov is the Serbian Massimo Oddo.
I hope he stays at Lazio for a long, long time.
Giuly nearly had a break right there…..played it into the box, it’s cleared out.
Ledesma goes down….strained his labia minora.
Bianchi off for Mauri.
Totti & Giuly…that’s what it’s going too be.
Cassetti is down.
Game’s still 2-2, even though it should be 2-1.
Overhead boot from Aquilani and he hurt himself on the landing.
You know………..
Roma really taking the gamee to Lazio righ now.
Genoa & Inter drew 1-1…..come on Giallorossi…….
Damn, Behrami swings it for a goal kick. Tempo really slowing down here.
Somebody went in two footed on the captain. Siviglia. Bitchass.
Another sub, Spal? Maybe some mantino?
Vucinic just faked himself out. They’ve got one in em…come on.
Here comes Amantino.
Mudigayi just onto the pitch fresh out of the showers.
Mancini on for Vuci. I like it the other way around.
Rocchi cries because he wanted a pk for his dive. You already got one today, buddy.
Corner oon some work from Amantino.
Another corner from Amantino.
Morganti has been fucking terrible tonight.
Cassetti has taken a real beating tonight.
andeev gets stopped one his way to a 1v1 with Doni by Cici and Juan.
OMR for Cassetti, being helped off the field.
5 mins stoppage.
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To close out my comments for the day and wish everyone a good night, I think we can all agree that:
1. Spal is a good coach, and we have to spare him the occasional bad game
2. Totti is Totti, and for better or for worse he may only make one good pass a game… but if he does chances are its to score a goal
3. We have a great team with not a fraction of the milan/inter/juve funds but with 10X the heart
4. It sucks that we lost to those racist fuckers, but, well, they still suck…
5. Does any other team have two kids sucking on a wolfs breast as their emblem ? I think not… you could have an elephant….
6. We have a great team, and with the right combination of players stacked against the right team where everybody is on their A game, we can beat anybody, but there in lies the challenge…
7. Regardless of what I or anyone else wrote in this blog, we all agree in one most important thing ~~~~~~~Forza Roma for life !
Posted from
United States
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roma … what a bunch of morons
could have made it 4 points … not its back to 7
the title race is closing on them
Posted from
Australia -
i’m not sure what your question is relating to which one of my points. my points confirm some of the reasons. juve is more popular throughout italy than specifically turin.
Second of all, they aren’t empty. we aren’t playing the the delle alpi, we’ve been in the olimpico for 2 years now, and thats almost always full. There’s reasons other than that why the Delle Alpi was frequently 1/2 empty, and if you ever were there, you’d know why.
I do notice in the last season, Palermo averaged somewhere around 19-20k per game. That’s hardly filling your stadium, that’s less than 2/3rds full. In fact it looks like your “passionate” fans never sold it out.
Posted from
United States -
we should have known this was coming after beating milan and madrid. this team is so damned frustrating to root for!
Posted from
United States -
(but i’ll never give up)
Posted from
United States -
Man,
We even attract Juve and Palermo fans going at it.
Onto bigger and better things romanisti.
SEMPRE DAJE ROMA CON TE!!!!!
Posted from
United States -
Maybe this was enough to wake them up and now make them grab the remaining 27 points by hook or crook.
Football is a great leveller and i believe it will be very interesting to see how Roma fair from here now.
Fiorentina/Juve/Milan play Inter and those games will say it all for inter and us.What i dont understand by many out here is that We have One wonderful outing (Milan Game) and we put them on the highest peak and one loss and we shove them off the peak , dont think thats the way to go.
9 games is still a long way to go.
Its not over till its over.Forza Roma !!!
Posted from
United States -
lazie are utter crap for all the season,and they play like hell in the derby.That’s the biggest game of the season for them.We Roma fans should be happy that we have much higher objectives,and forget this crap derby.
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United States -
Yeah, Daniele, the Juve offside is really dead. But yeah, it’s funny we’re bitching about it here.
Posted from
United States -
Credit to Lazio who played very well. Let the other side or Rome celebrate. We put our victory on a plate and served it to them. Roma should not use the penalty for excuses.
We played OK but not with the focus and grit needed for the derbies. Still MOM for me was Aquillani- he needs to put a big “S” on his chest. He should be really upset with the ref.
Doni was his shaky old self- the final nail was just funny-miscommunicating and misjudging. Cicinho threw his left foot out the window and it was obvious that his game suffers on the left side. Oh well, Roma is still a great side and fun to watch. Forza Roma!Posted from
Bulgaria -
So Aqui and Mexes will miss Empoli this saturday?
Posted from
Italy -
One of you guys should make it clear to Spalletti that unless he’s Zidane, always go for the Brazilian over the Frenchy.
Posted from
Australia -
Dhaw and Goduerza —> Spot on
Posted from
Lebanon -
9 games and 7 points sounds like a lot but Inter have 3 huge games left- thier own derby with Milan, the huge rivalry with Juve and a game with Fior that Fior desperately want to win. We don’t have any other “big” teams or derbies left
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United States -
From the Gazzetta dello Sport moviola column:
Al 10’ rigore per la Lazio: cross di Kolarov, Juan sembra in ritardo e Bianchi che gli sfugge alle spalle va a terra dopo un leggero contatto. Le immagini non danno certezze, potrebbe anche scapparci un fallo di Bianchi: resta il dubbio. Juan anche ammonito: questo è eccessivo.
PK for Lazio at the 10m mark: Kolarove cross, Juan seems to be late and Bianchi, who is at his back, falls after light contact. The images are not decisive. There could be
a foul on Bianchi: There remains doubt. Juan is also carded, this is eccesive.Posted from
United States -
oooops ….. excessive
Posted from
United States -
This was one match guys, a derby yes, but our boys obviously had other things on their minds. THey played uninspired and uninterested footy. So far this season we have been playing at the level of our opponents. Hopefully we do the same against ManUre but not against our Serie A opponents.
Forza Ragazzi, Forza Tifosi, Forza Lupi!
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United States -
They just don’t care about the derby any more. They have games against Real Madrid and Man Utd as well as a scudetto race to fight for. This game was Lazio’s season. It still upsets me that only one team raises themselves up for this game. If our players/Spalletti don’t care about this game anymore, why should we?
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United States -
Who said the players didn’t care? We lost, the game was entertaining, the call dubious. Totti wasn’t his usual self and neither was De Rossi and Doni looked iffy the whole time. Vuci and Aqui were the only 2 who really stepped up and I’d love to see them sign at Roma for life
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United States -
how ugly is rocchi.. omfg
yes i hope aqui stays for life!
vucigol also, great player
Posted from
Netherlands -
the game can be summarised in 1 mistake from the ref and 2 mistakes from Doni. That’s it. Lazio merda.
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United States -
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I am still schocked at how bad we played… this game was complete crap!
I never whant to see the highlights ever in my life!
lets just hope we kick the soul out of Empoli
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El Salvador -
the goals wernt Doni fault , the 1st he had to parry dat out cant leave those balls, the penalty he cud have saved but not many penalties are saved.
Cicinho had a gud game as usual even tho he played out of position. Vucinin was outstandin and Aquilani & Perrota ffought hard.the rest of the team look tired and jaded.
some Espo & Giuly action dis weekend.Posted from
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the two goals scored on the play were far from being doni’s fault. a proper left full back would not have left both pandev and behrami as open as they were. our defensive coverage cost us those goals, not doni.
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