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Roma close Inter gap
Two late goals saw Roma beat Milan 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico to close the gap on Serie A leaders Internazionale to three points. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Roma
- Milan
90+5 But Pirlo sends it over, that is the final whistle, Roma win the match and the race for the Scudetto is on!
90+4 Paloschi wins a free kick, right at the death on the edge of the "d", the four minutes it up, what are the odds on Pirlo scoring?- 90+2 Milan somehow fail to score as the ball is swung in for Pato to miss it and Pirlo now CROSSES FOR GILARDINO BUT JUST OVER HIS HEAD!!
- 90+1 Four minutes of injury time being played.
- 89' Roma all over Milan now as Vucinic flies in to convert Panucci's cross but he can only head up in the air.
- 88' Giuly is in here on the right, drills the ball on goal which Kalac can only parry and hacked away by Kaladze!
86' With nobody near him, Kaka pulls up clutching his back, looks to have pulled a muscle... Gilardino has entered the fray as Milan search for an equaliser.
85' Favalli booked for verbals I think.- 83' Totti is played in on the edge of the box and spots Kalac off his line to send the chip over him but inches wide! Kalac got back and had it covered in the end.
81' Ball over the top from Perrotta to Vucinic, who is surely offside, but no flag AND HE MAKES NO MISTAKE WITH THE LOW FINISH PAST KALAC INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 2-1!! Two goals in three minutes from Roma, Milan shell-shocked. They thought they'd won it.- 78' Danger here for Milan as Roma come forward in numbers and the cross is played over, Milan are statuesque and GIULY WITH AN ACROBATIC VOLLEY TO SEND THE BALL PAST KALAC FOR 1-1!
- 75' Ball comes to Totti on the edge of the box, delightful backheel to Vucinic who flicks the ball to spin past his marker and fires in a rising drive which is, alas, off-target as that would have been quite some goal.
- 72' MILAN SUB: Emerson on for Seedorf.
- 71' ROMA SUB: Taddei comes off for Aquilani.
- 66' Pato skips past Juan on the left and then tries to take it past Doni, who gets his hands on the ball, the young Brazilian takes a dive and is booked.
- 65' Giuly stings the palms of Kalac with a low drive from the edge of the area.
- 64' Kaka again is found in the box, by Pirlo this time, and he has time to let it bounce before firing in a half-volley but Doni tips it over!
- 62' ROMA SUB: De Rossi off for Giuly, who will bring some attacking width to Roma.
- 59' Milan break though and Kaka slides it through to Seedorf who's one-on-one and Doni rushes out to smother but Seedorf gets through him and pokes it home but off the line by Cicinho!
- 59' Roma again come forward and Totti flies in to control a loose ball and fire on goal but the whistle goes as he handled.
- 57' Roma try to hit back immediately as a cross comes in from the right with Totti attempting a bicycle kick but Milan clear.
- 56' Milan come forward after the substitution, Roma all over the place with the right totally devoid of red shirts and Oddo has the freedom of the wing to cut the ball back TO KAKA ARRIVING LATE WITH THE FINISH INTO THE TOP LEFT! 1-0 MILAN!
- 56' ROMA SUB: Vucinic on for Mancini as Roma move to a 4-4-2.
- 55' Corner to Milan which is swung in for Kaladze but Roma scramble it clear.
- 53' A poor clearance from Roma goes to Favalli, who plays in Seedorf who takes a touch to drive forward and fires in a rasping low drive which Doni tips behind for a corner!
- 51' Milan charge forward, neat interplay between Kaka and Seedorf who plays the Brazilian in and he's onside with the Roma defence hands-in-the-air but Doni is sharp enough to palm away the shot and catch the loose ball!
- 50' Touched to Totti who fires in a shot but blocked by Kaka and deflected well wide for a corner.
- 48' Free kick to Roma then, on the left wing but Pizarro sends it poor and low and Milan block and clear but Seedorf gives it away and fouls Pizarro. Another free kick, more central this time...
- 47' Gattuso booked for sliding in late on Totti.
46' Second half underway!- 45+4 Half-time, 0-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.
- 45+3 A load of rowing and nonsense here as the ref totally messes it up. It's quite funny actually - Roma took one of those hilarious corners with Pizarro touching the ball lightly, so it has been taken, and running towards the box to fool Milan into thinking it has not actually been taken... Perotta then runs towards the ball and immediately dribbles towards goal. The ref and lino totally miss it though, and Totti has a massive rant at the ref, one assumes because he had told him the ball had been played. Bizarre. Free kick Milan.
- 45+2 Roma's formation, with Totti up front on his own and the five midfielders rotating for the second forward slot, it quite enthralling and sees Perotta win a corner.
- 45' Mancini on the left, he digs out a quite superb cross with TOTTI FLYING IN WITH THE HEADER but it flicks away and wide!
- 44' Mancini with a clever ball that spots a late run by Perotta but too heavy and Kalac claims.
- 43' Pizarro tries a drive from distance but it's week and going well wide, Juan spots it and tries to dive in and divert the ball home but just wide. Quick thinking by the Brazil centre back.
- 42' Totti goes down somewhat theatrically after catching the foor of Gattuso, now that is "winning" a free kick if I ever saw it. Around 35 yards out, Pizarro to take but poor and headed clear.
- 38' Good play by Milan sees Favalli burst into space on the left, he can pick out the ball for one of three white shirts arriving in the box and he FINDS KAKA WITH THE HEADER but it's flicked just wide of the far post!
- 35' Roma think Favalli handled the ball in the box but replays show it hit him on th chest.
- 33' Cicinho with a good sliding clearance to deny Kaka the chance to break but he hurts himself in the process, looks like his knee...
- 31' Tonetto and Mancini link up on the left, Mancini is in but a brilliant tackle from Gattuso, who instigates a counter attack, Seedorf running at what pace he has left, he beats one man, the a second, he could be in here but last-gasp defending by Taddei who got back to block his route and slide away the clearance.
- 30' More good play by Roma as a one-touch passing move frees Mancini on the left but he tries to send a hanging cross in with his right, it stands a bit too long and floats over for a goal kick.
- 28' Taddei on the right clips a beautiful ball that takes out Maldino and Kaladze and frees TOTTI WHO MUST SCORE but he drills it wide of the far post!!
- 26' Break from Milan and Pato is in but the header is straight at Kalac.
- 25' De Rossi on the right, swings a cross over to Totti who flicks it in for Perrotta who clips a ball over to MANCINI WITH THE BICYCLE KICK but just over!
23' Totti gets the ball in the box after a good centre by De Rossi and he can turn and score but the flag is up! That was very, very tight, so tight even Milan captain Maldini is moved to comiserate his friend.- 20' Kaka takes the ball on his chest on the right wing and is quite clearly pulled to the ground by Max Tonnetto but nothing is given.
- 16' Kaladze almost makes a howler to let Perrotta in, Milan break and Pato on the left chips a great ball in for Seedorf rising for the header but just over him!
- 13' Free kick to Milan, Ambrosini swings it in from the right and KAKA RISES but misses the header which rebounds off a Roma shirt but blocked and cleared!
- 11' Milan break with pace, slid through by Ambrosini to Kaka who's in but a great sliding challenge by Pannuci who comes away with the ball.
- 9' High ball in for De Rossi but he can't get the header in, out for a throw...
- 6 Scrappy period sees Roma then Milan give away needless free kicks...
- 3' Slow start to the match as both sides cautiously look to work and opening...
1' First half underway!- - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Roma v Milan, the Giallorossi in second but Milan doing well recently to move back into Champions League qualifier contention.
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Team Stats
Roma Stats Milan 49% Possession 50% 14 Shots 16 4 Shots on target 6 5 Saves 1 5 Corners 4 14 Fouls 8 4 Offsides 4 0 Yellow cards 3 0 Red cards 0 30 Tackles 25 382 Accurate passes 376 88 Bad passes 74 -
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 5 0 0 2 Christian Panucci 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 8 2 22 Max Tonetto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 26 1 3 Cicero João de Cézare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 2 0 4 Silveira dos Santos Juan 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 1 6 20 Simone Perrotta 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 2 4 7 David Pizarro 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 45 7 3 16 Daniele De Rossi 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 51 11 4 11 Rodrigo Taddei 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 1 6 30 Alessandro Mancini 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 22 8 0 10 Francesco Totti 0 5 1 3 5 2 0 32 11 1 9 Mirko Vucinic 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 12 5 0 33 Matteo Brighi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Alberto Aquilani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 1 1 Gianluca Curci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Vitorino Antunes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Matteo Ferrari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Ludovic Giuly 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 2 -
Milan G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 16 Zeljko Kalac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 Kakha Kaladze 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 4 1 19 Giuseppe Favalli 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 39 18 0 44 Massimo Oddo 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27 1 5 3 Paolo Maldini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 3 2 22 Ricardo Kakà 1 8 4 1 1 0 0 36 8 1 21 Andrea Pirlo 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 52 12 3 8 Ivan Gennaro Gattuso 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 55 3 9 23 Massimo Ambrosini 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 44 10 2 10 Clarence Seedorf 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 31 9 1 7 Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 14 4 0 11 Alberto Gilardino 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 43 Alberto Paloschi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 29 Valerio Fiori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Emerson Emerson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 32 Christian Brocchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Daniele Bonera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Dario Simic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 90+4 Paloschi wins a free kick, right at the death on the edge of the "d", the four minutes it up, what are the odds on Pirlo scoring?
- 90+2 Milan somehow fail to score as the ball is swung in for Pato to miss it and Pirlo now CROSSES FOR GILARDINO BUT JUST OVER HIS HEAD!!
- 88' Giuly is in here on the right, drills the ball on goal which Kalac can only parry and hacked away by Kaladze!
- 83' Totti is played in on the edge of the box and spots Kalac off his line to send the chip over him but inches wide! Kalac got back and had it covered in the end.
- 81' Ball over the top from Perrotta to Vucinic, who is surely offside, but no flag AND HE MAKES NO MISTAKE WITH THE LOW FINISH PAST KALAC INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 2-1!! Two goals in three minutes from Roma, Milan shell-shocked. They thought they'd won it.
- 78' Danger here for Milan as Roma come forward in numbers and the cross is played over, Milan are statuesque and GIULY WITH AN ACROBATIC VOLLEY TO SEND THE BALL PAST KALAC FOR 1-1!
- 75' Ball comes to Totti on the edge of the box, delightful backheel to Vucinic who flicks the ball to spin past his marker and fires in a rising drive which is, alas, off-target as that would have been quite some goal.
- 64' Kaka again is found in the box, by Pirlo this time, and he has time to let it bounce before firing in a half-volley but Doni tips it over!
- 59' Milan break though and Kaka slides it through to Seedorf who's one-on-one and Doni rushes out to smother but Seedorf gets through him and pokes it home but off the line by Cicinho!
- 59' Roma again come forward and Totti flies in to control a loose ball and fire on goal but the whistle goes as he handled.
- 56' Milan come forward after the substitution, Roma all over the place with the right totally devoid of red shirts and Oddo has the freedom of the wing to cut the ball back TO KAKA ARRIVING LATE WITH THE FINISH INTO THE TOP LEFT! 1-0 MILAN!
- 53' A poor clearance from Roma goes to Favalli, who plays in Seedorf who takes a touch to drive forward and fires in a rasping low drive which Doni tips behind for a corner!
- 51' Milan charge forward, neat interplay between Kaka and Seedorf who plays the Brazilian in and he's onside with the Roma defence hands-in-the-air but Doni is sharp enough to palm away the shot and catch the loose ball!
- 45+3 A load of rowing and nonsense here as the ref totally messes it up. It's quite funny actually - Roma took one of those hilarious corners with Pizarro touching the ball lightly, so it has been taken, and running towards the box to fool Milan into thinking it has not actually been taken... Perotta then runs towards the ball and immediately dribbles towards goal. The ref and lino totally miss it though, and Totti has a massive rant at the ref, one assumes because he had told him the ball had been played. Bizarre. Free kick Milan.
- 45' Mancini on the left, he digs out a quite superb cross with TOTTI FLYING IN WITH THE HEADER but it flicks away and wide!
- 38' Good play by Milan sees Favalli burst into space on the left, he can pick out the ball for one of three white shirts arriving in the box and he FINDS KAKA WITH THE HEADER but it's flicked just wide of the far post!
- 31' Tonetto and Mancini link up on the left, Mancini is in but a brilliant tackle from Gattuso, who instigates a counter attack, Seedorf running at what pace he has left, he beats one man, the a second, he could be in here but last-gasp defending by Taddei who got back to block his route and slide away the clearance.
- 28' Taddei on the right clips a beautiful ball that takes out Maldino and Kaladze and frees TOTTI WHO MUST SCORE but he drills it wide of the far post!!
- 25' De Rossi on the right, swings a cross over to Totti who flicks it in for Perrotta who clips a ball over to MANCINI WITH THE BICYCLE KICK but just over!
- 16' Kaladze almost makes a howler to let Perrotta in, Milan break and Pato on the left chips a great ball in for Seedorf rising for the header but just over him!
- 13' Free kick to Milan, Ambrosini swings it in from the right and KAKA RISES but misses the header which rebounds off a Roma shirt but blocked and cleared!
- 11' Milan break with pace, slid through by Ambrosini to Kaka who's in but a great sliding challenge by Pannuci who comes away with the ball.
Live Team Line-Up
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RomaManager: Luciano Spalletti
Captain: 10. Francesco Totti
On the Field
- Doni
- Cicinho
- Panucci
- Juan
- Tonetto
- De Rossi
- Pizarro
- Taddei
- Perrotta
- Mancini
- Totti
Subs
- 14. Giuly
- 5. Mexès
- 9. Vucinic
- 21. Ferrari
- 77. Cassetti
- 8. Aquilani
- 1. Curci
Injured
- 26. Pit
Suspended
None
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MilanManager: Carlo Ancelotti
Captain: 3. Paolo Maldini
On the Field
- Kalac
- Oddo
- Favalli
- Kaladze
- Maldini
- Gattuso
- Pirlo
- Ambrosini
- Kakà
- Pato
- Gilardino
Subs
- 1. Dida
- 32. Brocchi
- 2. Cafu
- 5. Emerson
- 25. Bonera
- 20. Gourcuff
- Paloschi
Injured
- 9. Inzaghi
- 13. Nesta
- 10. Seedorf
- 18. Jankulovski
- 27. Serginho
- 9. Ronaldo
Suspended
None
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SPA
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ITA
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