he was a good player. once play for italy also. good luck to him on the new soil. btw, how bout the juve's interest with aquilani? i dont want any romanista go to rival or any other clubs. he is a good prospect though.
he was a good player. once play for italy also. good luck to him on the new soil. btw, how bout the juve's interest with aquilani? i dont want any romanista go to rival or any other clubs. he is a good prospect though.
contract negotiation is still going on n i read few days back aquilani saying "i don't intend to leave" gud news to hear since de rossi n aquilani r ROMAN legend in making
lost 3-1? oh my.. what happen actually? 1st game draw 1-1 then next game already lost? hmm i think our boys have to work hard to win next match. Roma 1 (8′ Baptista) Palermo 3(19′ Fabrizio Miccoli, 57′ Fabrizio Miccoli, 73′ Edison Cavani)
Totti remained doubtful as when wil b fit to play, n we lost Perrotta, Mexes, Juan, as well as Vucinic thru the international breaks. to make things worse, DDR had to be subbed off b4 1st half even ended for a knock.
Baptista's goal is a well taken 1, nice play from Okaka n Aquilani. but damn the defence sux. credit to Palermo as they played very well.
still too early to press the panic button, but i hope things change fast.
Serie A Week 2 - 13/9/08 (17.00 UK) Palermo 3 - 1 Roma Baptista 8 ®, Miccoli 19, 57 (P), Cavani 73 (P) Stadio Barbera
Fabrizio Miccoli's brace and Coach Davide Ballardini's debut for Palermo shocked Roma 3-1 in Sicily. It was a bad day all round for the visitors, who also lost Daniele De Rossi to a freak neck injury, but quite a debut for new Palermo boss Davide Ballardini.
Neither side was exactly brimming with confidence, as the Sicilians made their debut under new Coach Ballardini, called in when Stefano Colantuono was fired just one week into the season. Roma were held to a 1-1 draw by Napoli before this and travelled without the injured Francesco Totti, Philippe Mexes, Juan and Simone Perrotta, then lost Mirko Vucinic just before kick-off. The Giallorossi had won their last four meetings with Palermo.
Roma were unlucky not to take the lead after six minutes, as Julio Baptista's free kick cracked against the crossbar and the loose ball fell to Alberto Aquilani, but former Giallorossi goalkeeper Marco Amelia did well to smother from point-blank range.
Moments later Stefano Okaka went close, but the goal finally arrived at the end of a fantastic team move. Okaka exchanged passes with Aquilani to split the Palermo defence and get to the byline, then rolled back for Baptista to pass into an empty net from six yards.
Palermo thought they had equalised through Edison Cavani on 18 minutes, but it was flagged offside when he slid on to Fabio Simplicio's pass across the face of goal. It was only a warning, as less than 60 seconds later Fabrizio Miccoli smashed a cracker into the top corner! The 'pocket striker' gathered from Simplicio in the D, took a step to put the ball on his right foot and cannoned the finish past a helpless Alexandre Doni.
On 23 minutes Cavani had the Stadio Barbera on the edge of their seats as Cicinho touched a goal kick on to his feet, but the chip was just inches past the far post! Then the Uruguayan threatened again and his angled drive brought a great save out of Doni. From the resulting corner, Doni again had to tip a Mattia Cassani volley from under the bar.
It was a very eventful first half and a deflected John Arne Riise free kick fell to David Pizarro, but the finish was off target.
The Roma defence shot itself in the foot as Simone Loria's backpass to Doni was too weak, so he raced Miccoli for the ball and after attempting a clearance, dived on to it with his hands. Miccoli was furious, as he felt this counted as a backpass, but the referee waved away the protests.
Miccoli drilled wide of the near post, but there was more bad news for Roma, as Daniele De Rossi suffered a freak injury. He went to head the ball and, when twisting, seemed to sprain his neck without contact with any other player. He was in visible pain and asked to be substituted for Matteo Brighi.
Just before half-time, Aquilani and a dangerous Baptista cross for Okaka threatened, but Antonio Nocerino also caused problems in the Roma box.
Fabio Liverani's free kick curled on to just the wrong side of the net, while Baptista's piledriver whistled wide on the counter.
A terrible error from Pizarro gifted Palermo with their second goal on 57 minutes. The Chilean's weak pass was intercepted by Simplicio, who passed straight away to Miccoli and the chip with the outside of his right foot left Doni stranded.
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Luciano Spalletti threw on summer signing Jeremy Menez for Rodrigo Taddei, who was making his comeback after a five-month injury lay-off. Miccoli suffered a slight thigh twinge in the goal and made way for Davide Lanzafame.
Aquilani ballooned over from nine yards, though Palermo went closer as Mark Bresciano's left-foot volley from a chipped Simplicio pass squirmed off Doni's chest at the near post.
Cicinho aimed a weak finish straight at Amelia from Baptista's assist when totally unmarked. Less than 10 seconds later, Palermo made it 3-1! A splendid Simplicio through ball allowed Cavani to go round the outside of Christian Panucci and he kept his cool to prod a right-foot shot past the committed Doni.
Vincenzo Montella was even introduced, but he only managed a timid scissor-kick straight at Amelia and the Giallorossi seemed incapable of causing problems to the Sicilian defence. Palermo: Amelia; Cassani, Bovo, Carrozzieri, Balzaretti; Nocerino, Liverani (Guana 59), Simplicio (Migliaccio 84); Bresciano; Miccoli (Lanzafame 61), Cavani
Roma: Doni; Cicinho, Loria, Panucci, Riise; De Rossi (Brighi 37), Pizarro; Taddei (Menez 60), Aquilani, Okaka (Montella 76); Baptista
Totti remained doubtful as when wil b fit to play, n we lost Perrotta, Mexes, Juan, as well as Vucinic thru the international breaks. to make things worse, DDR had to be subbed off b4 1st half even ended for a knock.
wahh so many unavailable player,luckily u guys just play Cluj next week,so even many regular player cant play i still believe Roma can win,at least by one goal margin
latest news now is that Juan n Perrotta are confirmed out, while Totti, Mexes, DDR, n Vucinic are included in the squad.
not sure whether Totti, DDR, n Vucinic will start, but Mexes seems OK so most probably he'll play. well since its a home game n against a weaker opponent (no offence to Cluj), its gonna be a disaster if we cant win. but then again the Romanian league started earlier than Serie A, n we clearly still kinda not that fit yet...
lets hope we finally kick start our season here... Forza Roma !!!
We hv lost again at home 2-1 again unfamous club from Romania. The only good news is Totti back from injured play whole 2nd half.But still a disapointed perfomance from Roma.
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wahh so many unavailable player,luckily u guys just play Cluj next week,so even many regular player cant play i still believe Roma can win,at least by one goal margin
Panucci remains optimistic Tuesday 16 September, 2008 Christian Panucci explains his injury and why Roma can still recover in Serie A and the Champions League.
“Last year our greatest characteristic was passing the ball around between the lines, but we can’t seem to manage it now and that leaves us unbalanced,” said the defender.
He had scored the opener against Cluj, but the Romanians conquered the Olimpico 2-1 on their Euro debut.
“Naturally at the moment our fitness levels aren’t great and Cluj took full advantage. It’s difficult to say what problems we have at the moment and I’d prefer to keep quiet and work hard, but one has to take responsibility.
“I think we have a quality squad that can already get back on track this Saturday and the Champions League is also recoverable.
Roma’s next continental fixtures are away to Bordeaux and then Chelsea, so this will be a very difficult situation to turn around if they don’t improve quickly. “First of all we need to find ourselves again. Once we achieve that, we have the quality to take on anyone,” assured Panucci.
“There’s no point giving up after one defeat. We take responsibility and it’s time everyone pours everything they’ve got on to the pitch.
“One must also praise Cluj, who played the way they had to in an away game and were strong defensively, taking advantage of our errors upfront.”
Panucci was clutching his back in first half stoppages and, although he came on for the second period, he limped off again almost immediately.
“I sustained a muscular problem in my back. It’s very painful and I tried taking an anti-inflammatory drug at half-time, but it was just too bad and I could not carry on.” http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sep16v.html