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40% Ball Possession CHIEVO VERONA and 60% Ball Possession AS ROMA
Chievo Verona – AS Roma 
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Serie A Standing AFTER the game:
Chievo Verona, 16th position with 26 points and a negative goal difference of -12
AS Roma, 2nd position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +19
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Roma | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 38:19 | 19 | 50 |
| 16 | Chievo | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18:30 | -12 | 26 |
A disappointing step back for the Roman Gladiators! Chievo also failing to win this home game. However, this goalless draw is more like a defeat for Roma who needed to win to keep up the race for the Scudetto. Roma reaching now 50 points while Juventus can extend their points to 61 if they defeat Sassuolo at the Juventus Stadium and in that case the gap will be of +11. That’s how important was for Roma to win today…. yet…. just barely a draw. Simply put, Roma seems to love to “draw” instead of “winning,” making 11 draws now….
Roma had all the chances to win the game, motivation not missing. It’s just sad to see this somber Roma wasting chances after chances while the “Scudetto” by now seem only a dream, a thing of the past.
Chievo also suffering a major lost for injury in the 17th minute. It is defender Federico Mattiello to leave the ground with a clear injury after a tackle by Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan.
Here is CHIEVO VERONA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia:
CHIEVO VERONA (4-4-2) Bizzarri; Mattiello, Dainelli, Cesar, Zukanovc; Schelotto, Izco, Radovanovic, Hetemaj; Sergio Pellissier, Alberto Paloschi
Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia:
AS ROMA (4-3-3) Morgan De Sanctis; Alessandro Florenzi, Manolas, Astori, Cole; Paredes, Keita, Radja Nainggolan; Juan Iturbe, Francesco Totti, Gervinho
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Stats AFTER the game. Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Forward Alberto Paloschi with 4 goals
Top scorer for AS ROMA: Forward Adem Ljajic with 8 goals
| Chievo Verona | Goals | Goals | AS Roma |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paloschi, Alberto | 4 | 8 | Ljajic, Adem |
| Pellissier, Sergio | 3 | 5 | Totti, Francesco |
| Meggiorini, Riccardo | 3 | 5 | Destro, Mattia |
| Izco, Mariano Julio | 2 | 3 | Pjanic, Miralem |
| Zukanovic, Ervin | 2 | 3 | Nainggolan, Radja |
Photos of the match Chievo Verona vs AS Roma courtesy of asroma.it
2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 26
Chievo Verona 0 – 0 AS Roma
Sunday 8 March 2015
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Verona, Italy
15:00
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: BARBIRATI – MARZALONI
Fourth Official: PAGANESSI
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PAIRETTO
Attendance: 10,000 approximately
Official formations – lineups:
CHIEVO VERONA (4-4-2) Bizzarri; Mattiello (17′ Birsa), Dainelli, Cesar, Zukanovc; Schelotto, Izco, Radovanovic, Hetemaj; Sergio Pellissier (82′ Botta), Alberto Paloschi (65′ Meggiorini)
Subs not used: (Bardi, Seculin, Gamberini, Pozzi, Christiansen, Cofie, Fetfatzidis, Sardo, Biraghi).
Coach: Rolando Maran.
AS ROMA (4-3-3) Morgan De Sanctis; Alessandro Florenzi, Manolas, Astori, Cole; Paredes (61’Verde), Keita, Radja Nainggolan; Juan Iturbe (79′ Pjanic), Francesco Totti (60′ Ljajic), Gervinho
Subs not used: (Skorupski, Lobont, Holebas, Spolli, Uçan, De Rossi, Doumbia, Sanabria).
Coach: Rudi Garcia.
Booked: Dainelli, Florenzi, Nainggolan, Cesar, Hetemaj, Birsa
| Chievo Verona | Match Stats | AS Roma |
| 0 | Goals | 0 |
| 11(2) | Shots (on goal) | 11(3) |
| 19 | Fouls | 16 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 8 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 40% | Ball Possession | 60% |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |