Roma preview, LIVE BLOG!(i hope)

By: Mostafa | December 6th, 2008

HERE WE GO:
LIVE BLOG:
Second Half:

FINAL WHISTLE GAME OVER, ROMA 1-0 Chievo, WE COULD HAVE TIED HERE oh well C’est la vie

Dying moments= Totti alone upfront, wasting time great, COUNTER ATTACK NO intercepton
We are now attacking nice SHOT NO, juan is there, Outside roma
Dying moments= Corner Kick roma, Time wasting ROma, Roma have 10 Defenders now.
Dying moments=, We are attacking , PENALTY no! Roma Counter attack
90′= Yepes yellow card, goes well with the shirt i must say lol
89′= Totti, takes a foul, played quick, now it’s an outside, we are still getting destroyed by a ten man roma
88′= RIISE ALMOST, Phew Defender clears it, Corner kick roma
87′= Corner kick lobbed in again OUT again, another corner, but in the end in doni’s hands
86′= Roma clear it! nice pass it was
85′= Italliano in. Menez out Cassetti in
84′= BRIGHI OUT red card, Undeserved.
81′= Well even if we lose this game we are still pretty close being back
80′= Doni thinks he’s a middle Fielder, Roma are still attacking
78′= Roma are missing Valuable Chances, the game is still open to anyone
77′= Free kick, fingers crossed Riise SHOOTS SORRENTINO OUT!!!!
76′= Taddei the magician almost pulled tha rabbit out of the hat, WHERE IS THE FUCKING DEFENCE!!
75′= Totti wanted a foul, but no dice, Mantovali nice pass to Esposito, but Mexes comes to roma’s Rescue
74′= ROMA COUNTER, then us , now it’s Them again lol, DDR has the ball Center of the pitch passes, OFFSIDE on totti
73′= ESPOSITO ALMOST SCORED ON HEAD JUST MISSING THE LEFT POST FROM DONI
72′= Roma Free kick Out Side!
71′= Roma almost Scored another one Phew
I said we needed a goal at least to tie, Where is it??
GOAL FOR ROMA Menez Scored it was inevitable
68′= Moro is being a little thief, The ball did hit him but what the heck
Substitution Taddei For Baptista
61′= Brighi Yellow Card. i have to go for a few.
60′= Lobbed in to Luciano but COUNTER ATTACK ROMA, no defense give it to Sorriento, TOTTI WITH ONE DEFENDER PHEW, it’s back to Sorriento
59′= Foul on menez, Too far away free Kick
58′= Esposito, Playing the Free Kick Great Kick, but right to the wall, Corner Kick
57′= Riise wants to kill the guy, phew that was tough Free kick indirect
55′= We are on the attack, Good shot but too far away to test Doni
54′= Menez was making sport of our Defence when DDR got the ball and Double Kicked it as a Lob in side and Baptista hit it in the Defenders, Scary Moments, Totti SHOOTS, Sorrentino SAvves!!!!!!!
53′= ROMA want a goal now.
52′= Totti SHOOTS Sorrentino out, corner to an out side
50′= WHAT THE FUCK, LUCKY PLAY RIISE IN TOTTI NO BAPTISTA SHOOTS AND IN THE HEAD OF THE DEFENDER, COUNTER ATTACK, NO INTERCEPTION Phew Sorrentino Saves it. Mantovali is the defende BTW
49′= Great attack only to be intercepted. (pretty Middle Field Game)
48′= Menez is proving himself today, but he felled one of ours
47′= Riise Long ball to no one.
46′= Nothing happening De Rossi fell in front of goal for nothing, We counter attacked, We failed to do any thing
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First 5: We are Dominating, The donkeys are gonna fly today if we stay playing like this!
We almost scored a goal and Roma can’t attack!!!!
6-7′= Totti is weaving his magic and Roma are becoming more dangerous!
7-10= Menez just raped our entire defense but Stefano Sorrentino Saved the day!!!!
11′= Esposito just shot the ball to the ultras
12′= Roma re becoming more dangerous and are going for it now, well they gave us our brief chance.
13′= Counter attacking is our only salvation as it seems, but we are playing with a very offensive mind, that’s not good when playing Roma.
14-16′= Pretty boring minutes with a ball in the air, and pretty futile attacks both way.
17′= Sad to say this but Roma are very near to a goal, ROMA ATTACK dangerous ball baptista almost goal! phew too close, MENEZ INTERCEPTION!! phew back to our goal.
20′= SERGIO PELLISIER ALMOST SCORED BUT DONI SAved the ball…
22′= ROMA throw in ALMOST, but baptista headbutt’s it to the moon.
23′= Our counter attacks are really getting to roma.
24′= Roma just won’t break they have succeded in counter attacking our counter attacks, OH SHIT MENEZ GAVE IT UP TO BRIGHI but thank god it’s out.
26′= Cicinho is running roma’s attack from the right wing, JOHN ARNE RIISE ALMOST socred, I said it from the start, Roler Coaster Ride.
27′= Totti took an FK from near the top circle, Fingers crossed
29′= In the wall but still a roma attack from an out side.
30′= COunter attack but roma’s defenses are goal tight
31′= DDR free kick, and to a goal kick
33′= Roma defending now counter attacking, out side from the center to roma
34′= Our last match with this team was a 4-0 rape, let’s hope this doesn’t turn into one
35′= Jeremy menez handballs it, ROMA COUNTER ATTACKING, Cicinho foul on mantovali, quick passes reult in an interception and a counter attack for us, Wasted by esposito.
36′= Pinzi Yellow card, undeserved though
37′= Phew Mexes almost scored back there.
38′= Nothing Much Roma Foul, we are on the attack Free kick for us
39′= Pretty useless Free kick got us a corner though
40′= ROMA COUNTER ATTACK ING NOW we managed to lose the ball that fast Roma are 63% possetion
41′= What’s happening Esposito took the ball really well from roma, but Brighi Downed him, from behind and no yellow card.
42′= No nothing but roma give it back to us. Roma Attacking building up play roma Cicinho Shifts play to the right side another Counter Attack and Outside Near the center.
43′= Roma are still Closer but no Vucinic is really taking it’s toll on roma.
44′= Dangerous attack but it’s out to Corner Kick, MExes Almost goal, but it’s out Goal Kick, Mexes
Yellow card, For getting mad at a call?
45′= Dying Minutes and First half is over, 0-0 Roma Are near but we are still getting our counter attacks

VS VS VS VS VS VS VS VS VS VS VS VS
Ok let’s start with the Roma Preview then:
(Lots of quotes today)
Where:Stadio Bentegodi, Verona.
When :Saturday 6 December 2008, 1800 CET
Who: Donkeys vs Wolves
Why: OUT OF RELEGATION ZONE -Donkeys, BACK TO TOP HALF OF TABLE -Wolves
What:Serie A, Matchday 15

WTF: Ok, this is a game that is kind of Fateful for Us & “The enemy”, I said it before the keys to “Out of relegation” are with Roma, and they still are, but a rejuvenated Roma is tougher to beat. We need at least a point out of this game, if we are to stay alive in Serie A, but yet again Roma need 3 of these points to stay alive. Alive for us means out of relegation, Roma’s Alive means CL spot.

Words of wisdom from many people:

The Coach:

We need a good performance both in defence and up front,A team who are looking for survival cannot play for a 0-0 result and so we need to keep the ball as well as a high tempo against Roma.
They are a strong team and so we cannot leave them with too much space.
[Luciano] Spalletti is a great coach and he knows how to get the best out of his players. They also have [Francesco] Totti as well and he is like an extra man for them.
We beat Udinese but that doesn’t mean our problems are over and we need to understand that the game doesn’t end until the final whistle.

So as you can see, the coach is going for 3 pts, (You just can’t stay on the defensive against Roma). Personally i just can’t see us winning 1 point from this match unless we score.

Bentivoglio: (middle fielder)

It was essential to stop the negative series of defeats, Now we are working on continuity, and we must archive the away game at the Friuli.
We cannot stop to celebrate. Considering the standings we must be ready for other achievements.

Every time we play we do so to win. We never imposed a game with the idea of taking home a point, and it will be like this against a tough opponent like Roma.
Obviously we must do so with the right humility and concentration. In some way we must regain the points we have lost so far.

Fingers Crossed, Gulp.

Let’s see it from their point of view:

Something on “Him”:
Giannini:

I am sure Francesco Totti and company can do well this term and finish with a Champions League place,” Giannini told La Gazzetta Dello Sport.

“Roma are something else with Totti and the team’s output improves when he plays.

“There is an extraordinary potential at Roma and with players recovering, [Luciano] Spalletti can focus on this.”

Sadly for us, He will be playing. Leading the pack to attack unarmed donkeys (that can fly!)

Chris:

Unfortunately, if all is right this game all will go wrong. Unless the wrongs have been righted, which I believe they have. Thus all wrongs will be right and all rights will be right. Right? Right.

I loved this, lots of wisdom there for all who seek it! lol

Formations & Lineups:

Chievo:

Possible Starting XI: (4-3-2-1) – Sorrentino; Malagò, Mandelli, Yepes, Mantovani; Pinzi, Bentivoglio, Marcolini; Esposito, Langella; Pellissier.

Roma:

Possible Starting XI: (4-3-1-2) – Doni; Cassetti, Juan, Mexes, Riise; Perrotta, De Rossi, Taddei; Baptista; Vucinic, Totti.

+’s:
Supposedly Vucinic is out (horray for us!)
Aqulani is still changing his dipers!!
Pizarro thought the injury list was a Sign Up list for some Chilean contest
And Tonetto is still in bed
We have just won Udinese, Simple maths state that we should win Roma 2-0, but there is nothing simple about this one.
-’s:
Roma have been unbeaten for 6 matches.
Their last loss is a distant memory
They have won 4 straight
Would have been 6 if not for Cicinho

Little Piece of maths:

We Beat Udinese Who Beat Roma Who Beat Chelsea

Does this mean that we can beat Chelsea??? lol

but then again….

Roma Have Beaten Lecce Who have drawn with Milan who have won us

so maths is Inapplicable in Serie A
Last Match:

We got a 1-0 win, and so did they, BUT We won after a certain Red card, and it was an own goal (ithought we had scrored it but the replay shows it was an own goal), so we have yet to score this month, and like Roma’s comback (against Chelsea) ours will only be confirmed against Roma or Inter, if we score any goal in any of these two teams, we are back on track no matter the outcome, we need the goalscoring mentality back, and Pellisier isn’t helping one bit, where are the 22 goals from last year!

Roma However Fought for a 1-0 win, as much as i hate saying this here, they won with style.

Prediction:

This is gonna be one roller coaster ride for us, sadly the tracks to it are broken.
Chievo 1 – 2 Roma
Please Make it Pellisier!
and i don’t really care who score for Roma

The live blog will be a 5 minute Summary of what is happening. At the top.
After this there will be a Calcio Mathematics Post.