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50% Ball Possession AS ROMA and 50% Ball Possession INTER
AS Roma 0 – 0 Inter
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Serie A Standing AFTER the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 58 points and a positive goal difference of +38
Inter, 5th position with 41 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Roma | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 49:11 | 38 | 57 |
5 | Inter | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 43:29 | 14 | 40 |
AS Roma failing the mission to win this home game while Inter with the pressure also unable to score. Game ending with a goalless draw at the Olimpico Stadium. The gap between Roma and Inter is of 17 points! It’s a blow for Roma because they needed the victory to keep up the race for the
scudetto along Juventus. Here is the situation. If Juventus defeat tomorrow AC Milan, the gap with Roma will be of +11. Sure, Roma still have a pending game against Parma. Inter needed to win to keep the 5th position now
risk going down to the 6th position depending if Hellas Verona defeat Bologna. Verona having 39 points while Inter reach 41 points.
First half not that exciting apart of the ruled out goal. Referee Bergonzi rules out the goal by Roma forward Mattia Destro for being offside after getting the assist by midfielder Radja Nainggolan.
First half ending 47% ball possession AS Roma and 53% ball possession Inter.
Roma making the first substitution in the 55th minute with midfielder Miralem Pjanic replacing forward Adem Ljajic.
First yellow card of the match in the 48th minute for Inter defender Walter Samuel for a foul on Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman.
Inter with a substitution in the 64th minute with midfielder Hernanes replacing midfielder Ricardo Alvarez. Roma fans giving a tough welcome to the ex Lazio player with a loud noise.. whistles for Hernanes at the Olimpico.
Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia:
AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Torosidis, Benatia, Castán, Romagnoli; Nainggolan, De Rossi, Strootman; Ljajić, Destro, Gervinho.
Here is INTER official starting lineup by coach Walter Mazzarri:
Inter (3-5-2): Handanović; Rolando, Samuel, Juan Jesus; Jonathan, Guarín, Cambiasso, Álvarez, Nagatomo; Palacio, Icardi.
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for AS ROMA: Forward Mattia Destro with 6 goals
Top scorer for INTER: Forward Rodrigo Palacio with 11 goals
AS Roma | Goals | Goals | Inter |
---|---|---|---|
Destro, Mattia | 6 | 11 | Palacio, Rodrigo Sebastian |
Strootman, Kevin | 5 | 5 | Nagatomo, Yuto |
Florenzi, Alessandro | 5 | 4 | Alvarez, Ricardo |
Ljajic, Adem | 5 | 4 | Cambiasso, Esteban |
Benatia, Medhi | 5 | 3 | Icardi, Mauro |
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Stats. Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA: 2 win, 1 lost
22/02/14 | SA | Bologna – Roma |
0:1 | Round 25 |
16/02/14 | SA | Roma – Sampdoria |
3:0 | Round 24 |
12/02/14 | CI | Napoli – Roma |
3:0 | Semifinal |
Here are the last 3 games of INTER: 2 win, 1 draw
23/02/14 | SA | Inter – Cagliari |
1:1 | Round 25 |
15/02/14 | SA | Fiorentina – Inter |
1:2 | Round 24 |
09/02/14 | SA | Inter – Sassuolo |
1:0 | Round 23 |
Click the video to watch the highlights of the game AS ROMA vs INTER on Saturday 1 March 2014 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy for the Serie A Week 26
Click the video to watch the commentaries from DIRETTA STADIO by Filippo Tramontana on Roma – Inter
Photos AS Roma – Inter courtesy of asroma.it
AS Roma 0 – 0 Inter
Saturday 1 March 2014
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy
20:45
Referee: BERGONZI
Assistants: GHIANDAI – MANGANELLI
Fourth Official: : MUSOLINO
ADD1: DE MARCO
ADD2: PINZANI
Attendance:
Goals: No goals
Official formations – lineups:
AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Torosidis, Benatia, Castán, Romagnoli; Nainggolan, De Rossi, Strootman; Ljajić, Destro, Gervinho.
Subs.: Lobont, Skorupski, Tolói, Taddei, Pjanić, Bastos, Florenzi, Ricci, Mazzitelli, Di Mariano.
Coach: Garcia.
Inter (3-5-2): Handanović; Rolando, Samuel, Juan Jesus; Jonathan, Guarín, Cambiasso, Álvarez, Nagatomo; Palacio, Icardi.
Subs: Carrizo, Zanetti, Andreolli, D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Campagnaro, Kovačić, Kuzmanović, Hernanes, Taïder, Botta, Milito.
Coach: Walter Mazzarri.
AS Roma |
Match Stats |
Inter |
0 | Goals | 0 |
10(4) | Shots (on goal) | 11(1) |
14 | Fouls | 19 |
5 | Corner kicks | 6 |
1 | Offsides | 1 |
50% | Ball Possession | 50% |
0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Saves | 4 |
What do you think of the results? Which players surprised you or disappointed you and why?