Wednesday December 12, 2007 Finished Stadio Olimpico
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United conquer Rome
Manchester United have one foot in the semi-finals of the Champions League after beating Roma 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Roma
- Manchester United
90+1 End of the night here at the Stadio Olimpico, and Manchester United manage a draw against Roma with many of their second string on show, a very encouraging sign for Alex Ferguson. Thanks for joining us, see you next time.- 90' The ball falls to Vucinic at a tight angle and HE BLASTS IT OVER THE BAR! It wouldn't have changed a thing but it would have salvaged pride for Roma.
- 84' Kuszczak makes another save form distance as Roma push for the winner here.
- 79' Carrick gives it away to VUCINIC... The shot is way off target. A rare mistake form Michael Carrick.
73' Now Vucinic has a the ball in virtually the same position as Mancini. He traps it well and SHOOTS FIRST TIME... OFF THE POST!! United are well under it right now!
72' Rooney does not look happy! Just as his first real test as captain arises, he is substituted for Dong Fangzhuo!
71' GOAL!! Vucinic squares the ball across to Mancini, who evades to tackle of Brown to fire the ball into the far top corner to level the score!- 65' Eagles has the ball about 25 yards away form goal. He flicks it up and volleys a shot at goal, but it's wide! If you ever wondered 'What If... Le Tissier had joined United?', then itowuld have been a bit like that!
- 62' A Roma attack breaks down and United attack. Nani carries the ball 60 yards and lifts the ball over to EAGLES... His first-time effort goes wide! It was a big ask for the youngster, it didn't quite sit up for him.
- 59' Barusso is on the edge of the area and STRIKES... His effort this time is much better than the one at the end of the first half, but it curls just wide with Kuszczak ready to save had it been necessary.
- 54' Nani puts in the corner to the near post. Carrick helps it on it's way to PIQUE... He miscues his shot from inside the six-yard box and it loops up in the air, forcing Doni to tip it onto the bar!
- 53' Alex Ferguson makes his first change of the evening, bringing on Wes Brown in place of John O'Shea.
49' Barusso goes into the book for a foul on Michael Carrick. The way these players are approaching the game, you wouldn't know that it meant absolutely nothing!- 46' The second half is underway! Daniele de Rossi has come on for Roma in place of Taddei.
- 45+1 The referee has seen enough after a poor long-distance effort from Barusso, and calls for half time. Roma will be wondering how they haven't scored, but they wouldn't be behind but for the awful marking that led to Pique's opener.
- 41' Mancini has another chance as he breaks into the United box and SHOOTS ACROSS GOAL... SAVED WELL BY KUSZCZAK!!
- 36' Roma have the ball in the box... Totti in face-to-face with Kuszczak and slips it round to Mancini... HE HITS THE UPRIGHT but the ball rebounds to ESPOSITO... HEADED OVER THE BAR!! How did that stay out?!
- 32' Nani has been a livewire in this match so far. He gets down the byline and wins a corner. Nani takes the cross himself and PIQUE HEADS IN!! He completely lost his marker!
- 27' Cicinho puts in a cross that ESPOSITO RISES HIGHEST FOR... HE NODS IT WIDE OF THE FAR POST! That's the chance of the game so far! A wonderful cross from Cicinho.
- 25' The ball comes high across the Roma box and O'SHEA HEADS IT... TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY DONI! Great save!
- 22' Pizarro has all the time in the world to try his luck from distance... His shot swerves outwards but Kuszczak is down to hold it with two hands.
- 20' Roma are the ones casually knocking the ball around at the moment.
- 17' United have a corner. It's headed half clear and falls to ROONEY... His half-volleyed shot sails over the bar!
11' Francesco Totti is through and the ball is in the back of the net!!... But he was offside!- 1' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Roma v Manchester United! Wayne Rooney is captain for the night as United look to be the first team to win six group games out of six in the competition. The match is underway!
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Team Stats
Roma Stats Manchester United 55% Possession 44% 22 Shots 15 5 Shots on target 4 0 Saves 0 7 Corners 12 9 Fouls 8 3 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 32 Tackles 18 350 Accurate passes 269 68 Bad passes 54 -
Player Stats
- G =
- Goals
- S =
- Shots
- SoT =
- Shot on Target
- F =
- Fouls
- FW =
- Fouls Won
- O =
- Offsides
- A =
- Assists
- AP =
- Accurate Passes
- BP =
- Bad Passes
- T =
- Tackles
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Roma G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 32 Alexander Doni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 5 Philippe Mexes 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 3 2 15 Vitorino Antunes 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 30 13 3 3 Cicero João de Cézare 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 36 4 7 21 Matteo Ferrari 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 3 2 11 Rodrigo Taddei 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 1 7 David Pizarro 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 64 13 9 29 Ahmed Barusso 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 28 4 2 30 Alessandro Mancini 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 39 12 1 10 Francesco Totti 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 14 6 0 18 Mauro Esposito 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 1 9 Mirko Vucinic 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 27 Julio Sergio Bertagnoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Silveira dos Santos Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Adrian Pit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Christian Panucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Daniele de Rossi 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 33 4 3 14 Ludovic Giuly 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 -
Manchester United G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22 John O'Shea 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 5 2 25 Danny Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 8 1 23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 4 0 19 Gerard Pique 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 16 2 1 24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 37 6 3 16 Michael Carrick 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 52 10 2 33 Chris Eagles 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 30 1 2 17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 27 7 2 9 Louis Saha 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 19 5 2 10 Wayne Rooney 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 23 5 0 35 Kieran Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 Richard Eckersley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Fangzhuo Dong 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 45 Febian Brandy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 0 3 43 Sam Hewson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 Tom Heaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 73' Now Vucinic has a the ball in virtually the same position as Mancini. He traps it well and SHOOTS FIRST TIME... OFF THE POST!! United are well under it right now!
- 71' GOAL!! Vucinic squares the ball across to Mancini, who evades to tackle of Brown to fire the ball into the far top corner to level the score!
- 62' A Roma attack breaks down and United attack. Nani carries the ball 60 yards and lifts the ball over to EAGLES... His first-time effort goes wide! It was a big ask for the youngster, it didn't quite sit up for him.
- 54' Nani puts in the corner to the near post. Carrick helps it on it's way to PIQUE... He miscues his shot from inside the six-yard box and it loops up in the air, forcing Doni to tip it onto the bar!
- 41' Mancini has another chance as he breaks into the United box and SHOOTS ACROSS GOAL... SAVED WELL BY KUSZCZAK!!
- 36' Roma have the ball in the box... Totti in face-to-face with Kuszczak and slips it round to Mancini... HE HITS THE UPRIGHT but the ball rebounds to ESPOSITO... HEADED OVER THE BAR!! How did that stay out?!
- 32' Nani has been a livewire in this match so far. He gets down the byline and wins a corner. Nani takes the cross himself and PIQUE HEADS IN!! He completely lost his marker!
- 27' Cicinho puts in a cross that ESPOSITO RISES HIGHEST FOR... HE NODS IT WIDE OF THE FAR POST! That's the chance of the game so far! A wonderful cross from Cicinho.
- 25' The ball comes high across the Roma box and O'SHEA HEADS IT... TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY DONI! Great save!
- 17' United have a corner. It's headed half clear and falls to ROONEY... His half-volleyed shot sails over the bar!
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Martin Hansson
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RomaManager: Luciano Spalletti
Captain: 10. Francesco Totti
Starting line-up
- D. Doni
- J. Cicinho
- M. Ferrari
- P. Mexès
- A. Barusso
- V. Antunes
- D. Pizarro
- R. Taddei
- M. Esposito
- A. Mancini
- F. Totti
Subs
- 14. L. Giuly
62′ - 2. C. Panucci
- 9. M. Vucinic 62′
- 16. D. De Rossi 46′
- 4. J. Juan
- 27. J. Bertagnoli
- 26. A. Pit
Injured
- 20. S. Perrotta
- 8. A. Aquilani
Suspended
None
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Manchester UnitedManager: Alex Ferguson
Captain: Wayne Rooney
Starting line-up
- T. Kuszczak
- D. Simpson
- G. Pique
- J. Evans
- J. O'Shea
- C. Eagles
- D. Fletcher
- M. Carrick
- .. Nani
- W. Rooney
- L. Saha
Subs
- W. Brown 54′
- T. Heaton
- D. Fangzhuo 72′
- K. Lee
- A. Eckersley
- 43. S. Hewson
- 26. P. Bardsley
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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