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51% Ball Possession AS ROMA and 49% Ball Possession MANCHESTER CITY
AS Roma 2- 2 Manchester City
8′ Miralem Pjanic             3′ Raheem Sterling
87′ Adem Ljajic               52′ Kelechi Iheanacho

AS Roma playing  their second game in the International Champions Cup in Australia.   Roma won the first game against Real Madrid on penalties.  Today, a different story and  a tough lesson to swallow for the Roman gladiators who were down twice!      At the end the match ending with a 2-2 and decided in penalty shootouts with the final victory for Manchester City with a 7- 6.   For Roma, failing to convert penalties were Doumbia and Keita.

We might say it was an interesting match seeing the “possible Roman player” Manchester City Edin Dzeko just seating among the subs and not playing.

Here is the  Group Standing situation:

• AS Roma  3 points
• Manchester City 2 points
• Real Madrid 1 point

Next game is Manchester City vs Real Madrid  on Friday 24 July.

Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia:

AS ROMA (4-3-3): De Sanctis, Florenzi, Manolas, Romagnoli, Torosidis, Salih Uçan, De Rossi, Pjanic, Iturbe, Totti, Gervinho.

Here is MANCHESTER CITY official starting lineup by coach Pellegrini:

MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Caballero, Sagna, Kompany, Mangala, Clichy, Fernando, Zuculini, Garcia, Silva, Sterling, Iheanacho

AS Roma official starting lineup against Manchester City on Tuesday 21 July 2015 for the International Champions Cup

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Click the video to watch the highlights of the match with all goals and penalty shoot outs, AS Roma – Manchester City, Tuesday 21 July 2015

 
International Champions Cup – Australia

AS Roma 6 – 7 Manchester City
Tuesday 21 July 2015
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne, Australia

Goals:  3′ Raheem Sterling (M), 8′ Miralem Pjanic (R), 52′ Kelechi Iheanacho (M), 87′ Adem Ljajic (R)

Official formations – lineups

AS ROMA (4-3-3): De Sanctis (64′  Lobont); Florenzi (45′ Maicon), Manolas (45′ Yanga-Mbiwa), Romagnoli (45′  Castan), Torosidis (45′ Cole); Uçan (45′  Nainggolan), De Rossi (45′ Keita), Pjanic (64′  Doumbia); Iturbe (45′ Iago Falque), Totti (45′ Destro), Gervinho (45′ Ljajic).

Subs not used: (Pop, Svedkauskas, Capradossi, Anocic, Paredes, Machin, Di Livio, Ibarbo, Sanabria).

Coach: Rudi Garcia.

MANCHESTER CITY (4-4-2): Caballero (45′ Hart), Sagna (45′  Horsfield), Kompany (81′  Evans), Mangala (45′ Denayer), Clichy (45′  Kolarov), Fernando (45′ Marcos Lopes), Zuculini (45′ Nasri), Garcia (45′  Yaya Touré), Silva (45′ Jesus Navas), Sterling (45′  Barker), Iheanacho (73′  Enes Ünal).

Subs not used: (Wright, Gunn, Maffeo, Humphreys, Plummer, Ntcham, Fofana, Celina, Dzeko, Pozo, Jovetic).

Coach: Pellegrini.

Photos of the match AS Roma vs Manchester City courtesy of asroma.it

AS Roma Coach Rudi Garcia

AS Roma Captain Francesco Totti leading his troop to the pitch to face Manchester City

AS Roma Captain Francesco Totti

Gervinho and Daniele De Rossi congratulating midfielder Miralem Pjanic after his goal against Manchester City