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38% Ball Possession BATE and 62% Ball Possession AS ROMA
BATE 3 – 2 AS Roma 
8′ Igor Stasevich 66′ Gervinho
12′ Filip Mladenovic 82′ Vasileios Torosidis
30′ Filip Mladenovic
It’s a sour day for Roma! Belorussian champions Bate Borisov defeating Roma with a 3-2 in Champions League Group Stage. Sadly, Roma coach Rudi Garcia celebrating his 100th match with a defeat. Stats showing Garcia to be the 12th AS Roma coach achieving the 100 record. Standing in Group E showing Roma in the last position with just 1 point. Leading the group is Barcelona with 4 points.
| Champions League Group Stage Group E Standing after Matchday 2, September 29, 2015. |
P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| FC BATE Borisov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| AS Roma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
Bate Borisov scoring the first 2 goals within 12 minutes starting the match shocking the Roman gladiators.
BATE opening the score in the 8th minute. It is midfielder Igor Stasevich to defeat Roma goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny with a headed shot in the center.
Just four minutes after the first goal, there it is the second goal. In the 12th minute BATE defender
Filip Mladenovic defeating Szczesny from long range with a left footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by midfielder Nemanja Nikolic.
Oops… chaos!!! BATE scoring the third goal of the match punishing the Roman gladiators and I already have a headache!.. In the 30th minute again Mladenovic defeat Szczesny with a left footed shot this time in the high center. The assist is by midfielder Maksim Volodko.
Roma shortening the distance in the 66th minute. Forward Gervinho defeating BATE goalkeeper Sergey Chernik
with a right footed shot in the center. The assist is by Iago Falque.
Roma scoring in the 82nd minute with defender Vasilis Torosidis defeating goalkeeper Chernik with a left footed in the bottom right corner. The assist is by defender Lucas Digne .
A highlight is AS Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic playing his 150th game with the giallorossi becoming the 80th Roma player to cross this threshold since 1927. Pjanic made his first European appearance of the season yesterday, has scored 20 goals in his Roma career to date.
Young player Edoardo Soleri making his debut at 17 years old just 20 days before turning 18 years!!!.
Here is BATE Borisov official lineup by coach Aleksandr Yermakovich:
BATE BORISOV (4-2-3-1): Chernik; Dubra Milunovic Mladenovic Polyakov; Nikolic Yablonski; Volodko Stasevich Gordeychuk; Signevich.
Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia:
AS ROMA (4-3-3): Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, De Rossi, Digne; Pjanic, Nainggolan, Vainqueur; Salah, Iturbe, Gervinho
Photos of the match Bate vs AS Roma courtesy of asroma.it
UEFA Champions League Round Group Stage, Matchday 2
BATE Borisov 3 – 2 AS Roma
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Borisov Arena
Borisov
20:45
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant referees: Simon Beck (ENG), Jake Collin (ENG)
Fourth official: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Additional assistant referees: Andre Marriner (ENG), Jonathan Moss (ENG)
Goals: 8′ Igor Stasevich (B.), 12′ Filip Mladenovic (B.), 30′ Filip Mladenovic (B.), 66′ Gervinho (R), 82′ Vasileios Torosidis (R)
Official lineups – formations:
BATE BORISOV (4-2-3-1): Chernik; Dubra Milunovic Mladenovic Polyakov; Nikolic Yablonski; Volodko Stasevich Gordeychuk; Signevich.
Subs.: Soroko, Karnitski, Baga, Aleksievich, Rios, Hleb, Jevtic
Coach Aleksandr Yermakovich
AS ROMA (4-3-3): Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, De Rossi, Digne; Pjanic, Nainggolan, Vainqueur; Salah, Iturbe, Gervinho
Subs.: De Sanctis, Maicon, Torosidis, Castan, Uçan, Falque, Soleri
Coach: Rudi Garcia
Match Stats
| BATE Borisov | SMatch Stats | AS Roma |
| 3 | Goals | 2 |
| 14(7) | Shots (on goal) | 23(7) |
| 15 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Corner kicks | 8 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 38% | Ball Possession | 62% |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Saves | 4 |