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Saturday March 7, 2009 Finished Olimpico

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Roma

  • Vucinic 61’

Udinese

  • Felipe 55’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Roma
    • Udinese
    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more Serie A action on its way though... Inter are about to kick-off against Genoa - click on the link in the livebox to the right to follow text commentary on that one!
    • 90'+5 There goes the final whistle! And it finishes 1-1 in Rome!
    • 90'+1 Yet another yellow card now... it's Sanchez... this is getting silly.
    • 90' Montella! Oooh! All he has to do is direct a header towards goal from two yards out but the ball ends up pinging off the side of his head and away to safety! He just wasn't expecting that one!
    • 88' Here comes another yellow card... this time it's for Di Agonstino as the game gets a little fractuous....
    • 86' Vucinic is booked for dissent now... this referee doesn't stand for any nonsense!
    • 85' Floro Flores makes way for Quagliarella now...
    • 80' What a chance for Montella to put Roma ahead! But he's foiled by Handanovic when played through on goal! 80'
    • 73' Cicinho now comes on at the expense of Julio Baptista... looks like Roma are happy with a point now they have a man less.
    • 70' Udinese make a change... Di Natale is replaced by Sanchez.
    • 69' Moments later, Zapata passes up a great chance to put Udinese two up! The ball is flicked on to him from a free-kick... he's in acres of space, yet his header goes wide of the mark!
    • 68' De Rossi's been sent off! Roma are down to 10 men after the Roma skipper reacts badly to a decision by the referee!
    • 65' Vucinic again causing problems for the Udinese defence... this time he gets to the by-line from a lovely pass by Taddei before firing the ball across the face of goal! De Rossi slides in to meet it, but he can't quite make contact and the chance goes begging...
    • 62' It took the Montenegrin striker just three minutes to make his mark on the game!
    • 61' GOAL! VUCINIC LEVELS THINGS UP FOR ROMA! It's a super finish by the substitute... he cuts inside, gets past Zapata and fires a low drive into the bottom right hand corner! 1-1 now!
    • 58' And that'll be the last action Menez sees today... here comes Vucinic in his place as Roma look to push forward in search of an equaliser.
    • 57' Oh dear, that's a poor challenge by Pepe on Menez... and he goes into the book.
    • 56' Down at the other end, Julio Baptista rises above everyone else but his header goes over the bar!
    • 54' GOAL! FELIPE PUTS UDINESE INTO THE LEAD! Doni's attempted punch clear only makes it as far as Di Natale who, at the second attempt, crosses for Felipe to nod home unmarked at the far post! 1-0 to the visitors!
    • 53' Panucci now goes into the book for hauling down Pepe... he's not happy about that one but the ref's not going to change his mind!
    • 52' Riise fancies his chances from 45 yards out here... but his effort is straight into an Udinese body and Handanovic isn't troubled.
    • 47' Oooh! Montella turns and fires in one swift movement on the edge of the box! With Handanovic rooted to the spot, the ball whistles past the angle of post and bar! So close to the opener!
    • 46' Here we go again! Back underway at the Olimpico!
    • 45'+3 There goes the whistle and the teams head into the dressing rooms locked at 0-0 after the opening 45 minutes.
    • 45'+1 Three minutes of time to be added on at the end of the first half as Baptista hits the deck with blood coming out of his mouth following a clash with Inler... he's stretchered off the pitch and Roma are down to 10 men for the final few minutes of the opening period.
    • 45' Hand ball shout as the ball clearly hits Mexes's hand in the penalty area! Play on, says the ref... that was a massive hand ball!
    • 44' Zapata again gets the better of Menez, but the Colombian injures himself in the process... Udinese don't want to lose him at this stage...
    • 43' Off goes Pizarro... and on comes Vincenzo Montella in his place.
    • 41' Pizarro's signalling to the bench to come off... not sure what's wrong with him, but clearly he doesn't want to carry on.
    • 40' Motta does well to get to the by-line, but his cross is dealt with by Handanovic...
    • 39' Mexes fouls Floro Flores and is booked... and that means he'll miss next weekend's clash with Sampdoria.
    • 38' Menez tries his luck again on the Roma left... he jinks inside but is again stopped in his tracks...
    • 37' Di Natale centres... Floro Flores is there, in between three Roma players, to rise and meet it! But it's an inch too high for him and the ball floats all the way through!
    • 34' Menez is denied by some strong defending by Zapata and the Frenchman shows his frustration by skipping around on the turf and screaming at himself.
    • 31' No, in fact it's De Rossi who takes it... but the Roma skipper's effort flies well over the bar and Handanovic isn't troubled.
    • 30' Pizarro is upended by Inler and Roma have a free-kick, about 25 yards out... danger here - Riise's over it.
    • 27' Floro Flores chases after a through ball... he's going to get there ahead of Panucci, whose legs are clearly ageing! But whatever he lacks in pace, Panucci makes up for in reading of the game... he slides in and dispossesses the Udinese forward, making it look easy! Excellent defending!
    • 25' Oooh! Great strike from Asamoah from about 30 yards out! He really connects, but he's never going to beat Doni from that kind of distance... the Roma keeper ends up making an easy catch.
    • 23' Oh dear! What's Handanovic doing here? The keeper races off his line to challenge for Riise's free-kick on the edge of the Udinese box... he has no right to get that ball - and he doesn't! He ends up in a heap on the floor, but luckily for him, his defenders bail him out!
    • 22' Di Natale trips the advancing Menez... and he gets the first booking of the day!
    • 20' GOAL! NO! DISALLOWED! Motta races to the by-line before pulling back to Menez, who fires low past Handanovic and into the bottom corner! But play is brought back... the ball went out at the by-line!
    • 17' Floro Flores tries to get on the end of a neat little chip forward by Inler... but it's too long and the ball goes out for a goal kick.
    • 16' Floro Flores gets the wrong side of Riise... and he lets fly! Into the side netting... Doni seemed to have that one covered, but a good little period of pressure for the visitors nevertheless.
    • 15' D'Agostino breaks free on the Udinese right now... but his attempted cross with the outside of his left boot is poor and goes straight out for a goal kick.
    • 14' Panucci causes a few problems on the second delivery, from the other side, but Udinese's back line stands firm in the end and the score remains goalless.
    • 13' Handanovic again flaps at a Pizarro corner... and that'll be another corner to the Giallorossi.
    • 8' Oooh! Taddei sticks out a leg to turn a deflected cross goalwards! But it bounces just the wrong side of the post and Udinese get away with it!
    • 3' Straight down to the other end and Udinese win their first corner of the game... again, nothing comes of it.
    • 2' Handanovic flaps a little at an early Roma corner... but the hosts can't capitalise and the Udinese keeper gets hold of the ball before too long.
    • 1' Here we go in Rome! The sun's out and the pitch is looking beautiful!
    • - Or why not just check out some photos of Becks?
    • - What's going on with David Beckham's move to Milan? Find out here.
    • - Roma's striker problems continue with Mirko Vucinic suffering a bad back while Julio Baptista and Jeremy Menez have flu.
    • - Francesco Totti looks certain to miss out as he bids to shake off a knee problem ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Arsenal.
    • - Victory for Roma in today's first Serie A clash will see them jump into a Champions League spot - at least for a couple of hours, with Genoa playing later in the day.

  • Team Stats

    Roma Stats Udinese
    52% Possession 47%
    15 Shots 11
    4 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 2
    10 Corners 8
    17 Fouls 10
    7 Offsides 5
    4 Yellow cards 4
    1 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 24
    316 Accurate passes 279
    40 Bad passes 65

  • 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
    • Roma
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Alexander Doni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      17 John Arne Riise 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 32 6 3
      2 Christian Panucci 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 23 3 1
      5 Philippe Mexes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 0
      13 Marco Motta 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 35 1 4
      16 Daniele De Rossi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 1
      11 Rodrigo Taddei 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 40 2 6
      33 Matteo Brighi 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 35 2 6
      7 David Pizarro 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 2 0
      24 Jérémy Menez 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 14 3 2
      19 Julio Baptista 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 22 9 0
      4 Silveira dos Santos Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Vincenzo Montella 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 13 3 0
      3 Cicero João de Cézare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      22 Max Tonetto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Mirko Vucinic 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 7 1 1
      25 Artur Guilherme De Morães Gusmão 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Souleymane Diamoutene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Udinese
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Samir Handanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      26 Giovanni Pasquale 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 21 1
      2 Christian Zapata 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 22 0 10
      19 Felipe Felipe 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 23 3 4
      13 Andrea Coda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0
      20 Kwadwo Asamoah 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 9 0
      88 Gökhan Inler 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 35 2 1
      21 Gaetano D'Agostino 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 45 15 5
      10 Antonio Di Natale 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 20 7 0
      7 Simone Pepe 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 24 3 3
      83 Antonio Floro Flores 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 17 4 0
      80 Emanuele Belardi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Christian Obodo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Fabio Quagliarella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Niki Zimling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Nikola Vujadinovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      99 Luigi Sala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Alexis Sánchez 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Montella! Oooh! All he has to do is direct a header towards goal from two yards out but the ball ends up pinging off the side of his head and away to safety! He just wasn't expecting that one!
    • 80' What a chance for Montella to put Roma ahead! But he's foiled by Handanovic when played through on goal! 80'
    • 69' Moments later, Zapata passes up a great chance to put Udinese two up! The ball is flicked on to him from a free-kick... he's in acres of space, yet his header goes wide of the mark!
    • 68' De Rossi's been sent off! Roma are down to 10 men after the Roma skipper reacts badly to a decision by the referee!
    • 61' GOAL! VUCINIC LEVELS THINGS UP FOR ROMA! It's a super finish by the substitute... he cuts inside, gets past Zapata and fires a low drive into the bottom right hand corner! 1-1 now!
    • 56' Down at the other end, Julio Baptista rises above everyone else but his header goes over the bar!
    • 54' GOAL! FELIPE PUTS UDINESE INTO THE LEAD! Doni's attempted punch clear only makes it as far as Di Natale who, at the second attempt, crosses for Felipe to nod home unmarked at the far post! 1-0 to the visitors!
    • 47' Oooh! Montella turns and fires in one swift movement on the edge of the box! With Handanovic rooted to the spot, the ball whistles past the angle of post and bar! So close to the opener!
    • 45' Hand ball shout as the ball clearly hits Mexes's hand in the penalty area! Play on, says the ref... that was a massive hand ball!
    • 20' GOAL! NO! DISALLOWED! Motta races to the by-line before pulling back to Menez, who fires low past Handanovic and into the bottom corner! But play is brought back... the ball went out at the by-line!
    • 8' Oooh! Taddei sticks out a leg to turn a deflected cross goalwards! But it bounces just the wrong side of the post and Udinese get away with it!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

  • Roma

    Manager: Luciano Spalletti

    Captain: Daniele De Rossi

    Starting line-up

    • D. Doni
    • M. Motta
    • P. Mexès Yellow Card
    • C. Panucci Yellow Card
    • J. Riise
    • D. Pizarro Substitution Out (44′)
    • D. De Rossi Red Card
    • R. Taddei
    • M. Brighi
    • J. Menez Substitution Out (57′)
    • J. Baptista Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • 23. V. Montella Substitution In44′
    • 9. M. Vucinic Substitution In57′ Goal Yellow Card
    • 22. M. Tonetto
    • 5. S. Diamoutene
    • 4. J. Juan
    • 3. J. Cicinho Substitution In72′
    • 25. G. Arthur

    Injured

    • 10. F. Totti
    • 20. S. Perrotta
    • 77. M. Cassetti
    • 8. A. Aquilani

    Suspended

    None

  • Udinese

    Manager: Pasquale Marino

    Captain: Antonio Di Natale

    Starting line-up

    • S. Handanovic
    • C. Zapata
    • A. Coda
    • D. Felipe Goal
    • G. Pasquale
    • G. D'Agostino Yellow Card
    • G. Inler
    • K. Asamoah
    • S. Pepe Yellow Card
    • A. Di Natale Yellow Card Substitution Out (70′)
    • A. Floro Flores Substitution Out (85′)

    Subs

    • 80. E. Belardi
    • 99. L. Sala
    • 27. F. Quagliarella Substitution In85′
    • 5. C. Obodo
    • 3. N. Vujadinovic
    • 11. A. Sanchez Substitution In70′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • 32. D. Ferronetti
    • 24. A. Lukovic
    • 15. M. Isla

    Suspended

    • 21. M. Domizzi

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  1. Damn F**KING b***CH

    From ?lB, on Sun 8 Mar 6:00AM

  2. Roma is the best club in europe.... comon roma you must­ go in champions league...forza roma

    From Sljiva, on Sat 7 Mar 6:49PM

  3. Roma chaxevs.. Montella gaitans 87 cutze.

    From David, on Sat 7 Mar 4:45PM

  4. udineze chaxevs

    From james_tatarishvili, on Sat 7 Mar 4:34PM

  5. f****n roma

    From Claire, on Sat 7 Mar 4:27PM

  6. roma come on

    From Claire, on Sat 7 Mar 4:25PM

  7. Come on Udinese....Forza Genoa, forza grifone!

    From laboca123, on Sat 7 Mar 3:11PM

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  9. Napred Vucice = Forzza Lupi
    Ajmo breeeeeeeeeee

    From Ivica, on Sat 7 Mar 2:12PM

  10. C'mon Roma, make me some moneyyyyyyyy

    From malcolm, on Sat 7 Mar 1:48PM

  11. I see Aquilani and Vucinic grabbing goals for sure­ while of course we could see a third

    From Aquismaia, on Sat 7 Mar 7:49AM

  12. roma will beat udinse by 5 goals.3 VUCINIC,2 AQUILANI

    From kristian_demiri, on Fri 6 Mar 4:03PM

  13. roma 3-0

    From Marcellus d, on Fri 6 Mar 2:58PM

  14. draw

    From eteong, on Fri 6 Mar 1:56PM

  15. roma win 2-0

    From mahakim, on Fri 6 Mar 1:45PM

  16. roma 2-0

    From mitsiukandrey, on Fri 6 Mar 1:21PM

  17. roma 2-0

    From mitsiukandrey, on Fri 6 Mar 1:20PM

  18. Roma will wins 3:0 Mexes,Motta,Brighi tack så mycket.

    From s;ail, on Fri 6 Mar 9:32AM
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