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Thursday November 5, 2009 Finished Stadio Olimpico

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AS Roma

  • Riise 69’
  • Okaka Chuka 76’

Fulham

  • Kamará 19’ (pen.)

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • AS Roma
    • Fulham
    • 90'+2 There goes the final whistle and Roma take all three points, leaving Fulham with it all to do to qualify.
    • 90' It's another red card for Fulham! Koncheskey dives into a tackle on Taddei and again the ref produces a straight red. That one was very harsh as well.
    • 89' Menez turns on the edge of the box but curls his shot high and wide.
    • 88' There's pandemonium in the Roma box as Bobby Zamora goes over and in the ensuing scramble Chris Baird has a shot blocked and Hangeland can't force the ball home.
    • 86' Okaka almost increases Roma's lead with an acrobatic volleyed effort from the edge of the box that Schwarzer does well to save.
    • 84' Roma are seeing this game out in typical Italian fashion, keeping the ball and not over committing.
    • 82' Fulham have a freekick on the left and Konchesky whips it into the box but Roma manage to clear.
    • 80' Okaka has the ball in the corner and feeds it back to Riise as Roma play the ball around and Fulham are forced to chase shadows.
    • 77' Fulham are in disarray now and Roma have a good oportunity to increase their lead as Menez has a shot cleared off the line by Hughes after Schwarzer came for a cross and failed to punch clear.
    • 75' Goal for Roma! Okaka heads home a cross from the right from Taddei... a well-worked goal that really is tough on Fulham.
    • 74' Roma are playing keep-ball in midfield as Fulham hang on for dear life.
    • 70' Bobby Zamora is on for Bjorn Arne Risse as De Rossi is booked for appealing a goal-kick decision.
    • 69' In fairness, that goal has been coming but the way in which it arrived was cruel for Fulham.
    • 68' Goal for Roma! John Arne Riise fires in a shot from the edge of the area that deflects off two Fulham players and into the back of the net.
    • 67' Greening, who is on a yellow card, almost becomes Fulham's second sending off after a trip in midfield. This time the ref shows some leniency.
    • 66' Roma have made another change with Jeremy Menez coming on for Guberti.
    • 64' Taddei has a shot from the edge of the box that deflects off Konchesky and behind for a corner.
    • 63' Ironic cheers ring around the stadium as Okaka is penalised for a foul on Pantsil.
    • 62' Taddei dribbles down the right but his cross cannons off a Fulham defender. Roma regain possession and Baptista has a shot that ricochets off a Fulham man and behind for a corner.
    • 60' Cassetti crosses deep but Schwarzer is out to claim and relieve the pressure that is building up on the visitors.
    • 58' The Fulham fans in the stadium are venting their frustration at the referee with an all-too familiar and not too pleasant chant about his personal habits!
    • 57' Fulham have a rare break as Riise charges upfield and feeds Dempsey who is felled in the box by Andreolli. The ref is not interested though and waves play-on.
    • 55' This is very much one-way traffic now. The sending of has totally changed the complexion of the game.
    • 54' Having now seen the Nevland sending off on a replay, it wasn't a great challenge and was late and from behind. But it was only worth a booking in my opinion.
    • 53' Cassetti heads wide at the far post from a cross from the left by Pizarro.
    • 52' Baptista gets on the end of a long ball to the far post but can't angle his volley back across goal.
    • 51' Guberti dribbles to the by-line but Pantsil gets back to make a challenge and put it behind.
    • 49' I can barely get over that decision! But in the meantime Taddei has had a shot from distance that has flown over.
    • 48' Nevland is sent off! He clips De Rossi from behind and the ref sends him off. That is one of the worst decisions I have ever seen.
    • 47' They were three half-time changes - Roma replaced keeper Doni with Julio Sergio and Cicinho with Rodrigo Taddei while Fulham have replaced goalscorer Kamara with Erik Nevland.
    • 46' And we are underway again in Rome...
    • 45' It's half-time at the Stadio Olimpico where it is 1-0 to Fulham.
    • 44' Roma keeper Doni goes down holding his leg after clearing a ball upfield... the Italians won't want to lose their keeper at this stage.
    • 42' Gera rolls in Dempsey who manages to get a shot in ahead of Andreolli that flashes across goal and wide. The defender got a touch on it though and it's a corner.
    • 41' Roma appeal for a handball as a shot from De Rossi hits Pantsil on the arm and bounces wide. The referee says no penalty and gives a corner.
    • 39' Andreolli makes a crucial tacklea s Clint Dempsey was heading for goal... it was exceptionally well-timed given he probably would have been sent off had he missed it.
    • 38' Pizarro has a goal-bound shot for Roma from the edge of the area but it hits his own man Okaka and bounces to safety.
    • 36' Kamara heads a good chance wide for Fulham! The striker is left completely unmarked at the far post and gets on the end of a glorious deep cross from Konchesky but heads harmlessly wide.
    • 35' Julio Baptista almost gets on the end of a long ball humped into the Fulham box, but he just can't get the ball under control and Hangeland gets back to dispossess him.
    • 33' Greening finds his way into the book for a late tackle... looked a little harsh that one for me.
    • 32' Fulham's Riise disposses Cassetti and plays a deep cross that Roma just maanage to clear.
    • 31' Baptista tries an acrobatic over-head kick but it is well wide of Schwarzer's goal.
    • 30' A great Fulham passing move ends with Clint Dempsey bearing down on goal but he takes too long and cuts back onto his right foot and the chance goes begging.
    • 29' Roy Hodgson, on the other hand, is giving his players the thumbs up as Dempsey is narrowly caught offside.
    • 27' Roma boss Ranieri looks a little troubled on the touchline. The former Chelsea man is going to have get a little more out of his players though if they are going to turn this around.
    • 26' Roma seem to be slowly getting on top now... Fulham don't want to try anm sit back and defend their lead this early on.
    • 25' Dempsey is absolutely clobbered by Roma keeper Doni as he looked to get on the end of a freekick into the area and somehow the ref awards a foul against the Fulham man.
    • 23' Roma are inches away from equalising! Cicinho plays a delightful curling cross into the area that Mexes gets his head to, but directs his effot just wide of Scwarzer's post.
    • 22' Cicinho goes down under a challenge from Greening and he looks in a little discomfort. Freekick to Roma that Pizzaro wildly overhits to hand possession back to the visitors.
    • 21' Mexes gives the ball away to Riise who shows quick feet to break down the left.
    • 19' Whatever the problem was with Kamara before, it seems to have gone away now... The onus is on Roma now to take the game to Fulham.
    • 18' Goal for Fulham! Kamara picks himself up off the deck and calmly slots the penalty to the keeper's right.
    • 17' Penalty for Fulham! Dempsey feeds Kamara in the area and he is felled by Marco Andreolli.
    • 16' Dempsey tries a shot from 25 yards but it's a bit of a dolly and bounces twice before keeper Doni collects with ease.
    • 15' Pizarro finds Gulberti who tries his luck with a shot from the edge of the area that's charged down.
    • 14' Kamara is hobling around a little bit and could be replaced with Nevland warming up on the touchline.
    • 12' Roma threaten down the left as Gulberti jinks into the area and puts a low cross into the six-yard box which is cut-out by Aaron Hughes.
    • 11' Mexes cooly plays the ball of Dempsey and behind for a goal-kick... you couldn't get two more different styles of player if you looked for a long time.
    • 10' Pizarro is fouled by Dempsey in midfield; the contact was minimal but the Italian needed no second invitation to hit the deck.
    • 8' Riise has a half chance for Fulham, but his shot from the edge of the area is charged down by De Rossi at the end of a good passing move from the Cottagers.
    • 7' Pantsil is forced to play a long ball behind for a corner with Guberti lurking over his shoulder.
    • 6' And again Hangeland gets back, after initially being outpaced by Baptista, to dispossess the former Arsenal man near the corner flag.
    • 5' De Rossi tries to release Baptista with a long ball over the top, but Hangeland gets back and shows his strength to hold off 'The Beast'.
    • 4' Greening plays it in to Kamara who turns smartly and and tries to feed Dempsey through the middle, but the pass is a little astray of its intended target.
    • 3' Dempsey tries to feed Fulham's Riise down the left but his touch is a little heavy and it's behind for a goal-kick.
    • 2' Fulham have some early possession in the Roma half... they certainly don't daunted by the occasion.
    • 1' And we are underway in Rome...
    • - Right, the handshakes are done and the players are all set for kick-off here at the Stadio Olimpico.
    • - The last time these two teams met it ended 1-1, with Roma's Marco Andreolli grabbing a very late goal to level the match.
    • - Both teams are without their captains this evening and I may be over-egging it to say they will be equally missed. Roma are, of course, without club legend Francesco Totti, while Fulham are deprived of the services of Danny Murphy.
    • - Both teams come into the game in buoyant mood having claimed wins at the weekend. Roma overcame Bologna while Fulham pulled off a stunning victory over Liverpool.
    • - So, just to get you in the mood, here's a bit of background to tonight's game.
    • - And here's the Roma team: Doni, Cassetti, Mexes, Andreolli, Riise, Cicinho, Pizarro, De Rossi, Guberti, Okaka Chuka, Julio Baptista. Subs: Bertagnoli, Taddei, Motta, Perrotta, Cerci, Brighi, Menez
    • - The teams are in and here's how Fulham line-up: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Riise, Etuhu, Greening, Gera, Kamara, Dempsey. Subs: Stockdale, Baird, Nevland, Zamora, Smalling, Davies, Anderson.
    • - Hello and welcome to tonight's coverage of the Gruop E Europa League clash between Roma and Fulham.

  • Summary

    • 90' It's another red card for Fulham! Koncheskey dives into a tackle on Taddei and again the ref produces a straight red. That one was very harsh as well.
    • 88' There's pandemonium in the Roma box as Bobby Zamora goes over and in the ensuing scramble Chris Baird has a shot blocked and Hangeland can't force the ball home.
    • 86' Okaka almost increases Roma's lead with an acrobatic volleyed effort from the edge of the box that Schwarzer does well to save.
    • 77' Fulham are in disarray now and Roma have a good oportunity to increase their lead as Menez has a shot cleared off the line by Hughes after Schwarzer came for a cross and failed to punch clear.
    • 75' Goal for Roma! Okaka heads home a cross from the right from Taddei... a well-worked goal that really is tough on Fulham.
    • 68' Goal for Roma! John Arne Riise fires in a shot from the edge of the area that deflects off two Fulham players and into the back of the net.
    • 48' Nevland is sent off! He clips De Rossi from behind and the ref sends him off. That is one of the worst decisions I have ever seen.
    • 42' Gera rolls in Dempsey who manages to get a shot in ahead of Andreolli that flashes across goal and wide. The defender got a touch on it though and it's a corner.
    • 41' Roma appeal for a handball as a shot from De Rossi hits Pantsil on the arm and bounces wide. The referee says no penalty and gives a corner.
    • 36' Kamara heads a good chance wide for Fulham! The striker is left completely unmarked at the far post and gets on the end of a glorious deep cross from Konchesky but heads harmlessly wide.
    • 30' A great Fulham passing move ends with Clint Dempsey bearing down on goal but he takes too long and cuts back onto his right foot and the chance goes begging.
    • 23' Roma are inches away from equalising! Cicinho plays a delightful curling cross into the area that Mexes gets his head to, but directs his effot just wide of Scwarzer's post.
    • 18' Goal for Fulham! Kamara picks himself up off the deck and calmly slots the penalty to the keeper's right.
    • 17' Penalty for Fulham! Dempsey feeds Kamara in the area and he is felled by Marco Andreolli.
    • - And here's the Roma team: Doni, Cassetti, Mexes, Andreolli, Riise, Cicinho, Pizarro, De Rossi, Guberti, Okaka Chuka, Julio Baptista. Subs: Bertagnoli, Taddei, Motta, Perrotta, Cerci, Brighi, Menez
    • - The teams are in and here's how Fulham line-up: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Riise, Etuhu, Greening, Gera, Kamara, Dempsey. Subs: Stockdale, Baird, Nevland, Zamora, Smalling, Davies, Anderson.
    • - Hello and welcome to tonight's coverage of the Gruop E Europa League clash between Roma and Fulham.

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • AS Roma

      Manager: Claudio Ranieri

      Starting line-up

      • Doni Substitution Out (45′)
      • M. Cassetti
      • P. Mexès
      • M. Andreolli Yellow Card
      • J. Riise Goal
      • D. Pizarro
      • D. De Rossi Yellow Card
      • Cicinho Substitution Out (45′)
      • S. Guberti Substitution Out (66′)
      • S. Okaka Chuka Goal Yellow Card
      • J. Baptista

      Subs

      • S. Perrotta
      • M. Brighi
      • R. Taddei Substitution In45′
      • J. Menez Substitution In66′
      • A. Cerci
      • M. Motta
      • Julio Sergio Substitution In45′

    • Fulham

      Manager: Roy Hodgson

      Starting line-up

      • M. Schwarzer
      • J. Pantsil
      • A. Hughes
      • B. Hangeland Yellow Card
      • P. Konchesky Red Card
      • D. Etuhu Substitution Out (77′)
      • J. Greening Yellow Card
      • B. Riise Substitution Out (70′)
      • Z. Gera
      • D. Kamará Substitution Out (45′)
      • C. Dempsey

      Subs

      • B. Zamora Substitution In70′
      • E. Nevland Substitution In45′ Red Card
      • C. Baird Substitution In77′ Yellow Card
      • D. Stockdale
      • C. Smalling
      • S. Davies
      • J. Anderson

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      Goalkeeper
      Substitution Out45′ 5.5 -
      Defenders
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      Yellow Card 5.6 -
      Goal 7.4 -
      Midfielders
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      Yellow Card 7.3 -
      Substitution Out45′ 5.6 -
      Substitution Out66′ 5.6 -
      Strikers
      Goal Yellow Card 6.5 -
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      Subs
      Substitution In45′ 5.5 -
      Substitution In66′ 7.3 -
      Substitution In45′ 6.5 -
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      Yellow Card 5.2 -
      Red Card 4.8 -
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out77′ 5 -
      Yellow Card 5.1 -
      Substitution Out70′ 4.8 -
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      Strikers
      Substitution Out45′ 6.1 -
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      Subs
      Substitution In70′ 4.9 -
      Substitution In45′ Red Card 3.7 -
      Substitution In77′ Yellow Card 4.3 -

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  1. gary b....one question,,,why did these native britains­ not fight off the romans then instead of being SLAVES­ for 500 years if they were so brave....as i recall a­ woman was fighting for you and america had not been­ discovered,so they could not bail you out the s*** that­ time.....ha ha ha

    From the truth, on Fri 6 Nov 7:03PM

  2. I aint a roma supporter but am italian hence I­ can't stand this hate agaist us and I reckon badly­ judging people by stereotypes, I dislike who­ generalizes into every context. I wanna specify that I­ like Uk by whatever belongs from it and probably that­ makes me different by most of all my fellow citizens,­ so I think it's not fair having this reasoning:­ italians = cheats for what I said above. For who typed­ about mussolini and berlusconi well I have to agree,­ first one was a just fascint c@nt all fascists are­ w@n//rs, mussolini was a pointless coward man the­ democratic honest part of Italy suffered his choices­ but they killed him in 1945 at least, if you reckon­ that the Spain had franco till the half of '70­ that's even worse. berlusconi instead is only the­ biggest cheat ever, now in italy he acts like an onwer­ without any chance to stop him it makes me f@k/n sick,­ but a few italians keep on voting his party hence they­ deserve to get that sad c@nt. So I wouldn't to work­ away far from italy.

    From Nick, on Fri 6 Nov 12:41PM

  3. The biggest cheats are the English in club level, (but­ not Fulham) Man Utd, Chelsea and few more are dirty as­ s..t :(

    From marti1700, on Fri 6 Nov 2:33AM

  4. the truth - you seem to forget as soon as the saxons­ attempted to invade England all the Romans ran away­ with there skirts up in there air without a fight, it­ was left to us Native Britons to fight them off and we­ did.

    From Gary B, on Fri 6 Nov 1:28AM

  5. im not english....italians are CHEATS!!!!

    From GD, on Thu 5 Nov 10:36PM

  6. italy have always been cheaters

    From mallaney, on Thu 5 Nov 9:43PM

  7. 'The truth', i'll give you a little project­ my friend. Please read 'the Genocide in satellite­ Croatia', a true but disturbing education.

    From malcolm, on Thu 5 Nov 9:26PM

  8. Night night little chrissy. Go and find some men to­ stab in the bum. It's o.k, 3 hail mary's and­ God will forgive you. So bloody funny! Learn to spell­ as well...................

    From malcolm, on Thu 5 Nov 9:23PM

  9. Italians have been cheats and whimps for years and­ years now, everyone knows that , so stop moaning you­ foreign tw at s

    From norman, on Thu 5 Nov 9:22PM

  10. Hahahah stupid prik, cry about being cheated if you­ want. Any tackle from behind is automatic sent off, but­ you would know about tackles from behind would'nt­ you Malcolm....

    Roma had serveral decisions against­ them, Fulhams defender handballed in box and should of­ been a penalty for Roma - not given. Dempsey diving on­ several occassions gets away with it. Because you get­ beat and your team played awful all of a sudden Italy­ and Roma are cheats??? Get to f uck

    From chrisitalia90, on Thu 5 Nov 9:11PM

  11. depends on what book you read..malcom

    From the truth, on Thu 5 Nov 9:04PM

  12. Anyway, back to football. I am very proud of the way my­ wonderful team played against 12 men today. We were­ cheated, but one expects that in Italy be it boxing,­ football or tiddlywinks. Goodnight, lol

    From malcolm, on Thu 5 Nov 9:03PM

  13. Call Italy cheats or some other made up stereotype­ expect worse back. I am physically trying not to type­ hateful comments even though I could think of a fair­ few about you english sad acts.

    We have won world cups­ and other tournaments fairly with MUCH more natural­ talent compared to you english. We have and always will­ be dominant in the world of football alongside Brazil.

    From chrisitalia90, on Thu 5 Nov 9:02PM

  14. I will talk to you about any part of history you­ like'truthie'. I think there is more of a­ relevance in the week of' Remembrance day to­ mention events that took place in the last 60 years.­ Thank God we were never a nation of swastika wielding­ nazis assisted by 'priests' with machine guns.

    From malcolm, on Thu 5 Nov 9:00PM

  15. mussolini,berlusconi loved women....english politician­ love rent boys...i rest my case

    From the truth, on Thu 5 Nov 8:58PM

  16. why cant you have a discusion with an englander without­ them going on about the war....you are laughable...if­ you want to talk about and live in the past..fine lets­ go back further to when the romans COLONISED your­ little island sh*****d your women and drank your beer­ for 500 YEARS....oh but you dont want to talk about­ that do you malcom

    From the truth, on Thu 5 Nov 8:51PM

  17. 'The Truth' Ha ha ha. If you weren't quite­ so tragically stupid you might be just a little­ amusing.

    So "the english are world­ renowned(sic)" for being gay. You really are an­ idiot aren't you. As for America and Russia won the­ war, have you studied any history at all? I doubt it,­ at best that is a gross oversimplification.­ Furthermore, someone has already pointed out to you­ that the word is delusion with an 'e' and one­ 'l'. I wouldn't normally pick holes in­ someone's spelling but you didn't present a­ view or argument actually worth debating so you left me­ no choice.

    From philjama, on Thu 5 Nov 8:50PM

  18. No thanks to the fleeing Italians who showed the­ 'loyalty' in their nature by changing sides­ twice. Nice art galleries and sculptures, but­ mussolini, berlusconi, I rest my case, And the vatican,­ the most corrupt organisation on the face of the earth.

    From malcolm, on Thu 5 Nov 8:49PM

  19. #100 they were still nothing tackles and weren't­ red card offences so the feelngs the same.

    From john g, on Thu 5 Nov 8:46PM

  20. Some on here were questioning English club ownership.­ Wasn't the fascist mussolini a patron of ­ roma?
    Italy = cowards of the second world war. Hope you­ are proud.

    From malcolm, on Thu 5 Nov 8:43PM
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