Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 1, 2012
Novara LLWWD 2
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AS Roma LLWWL 5
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NOV112
ROMA235
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Team Stats

14
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
34.9
Possession
65.1
14
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
236
Accurate Passes
529
296
Passes
593
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
9
Accurate Crosses
6
26
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
32
Long Balls
66
18
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
9
20
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
13
27
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 1-0

Lineups

ROMA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 24Maarten StekelenburgG
  2. 16Daniele De RossiCD-L
  3. 44Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 19Fernando GagoDM
  5. 3José ÁngelLB
  6. 11Rodrigo TaddeiRB
  7. 10Francesco TottiAM
  8. 7MarquinhoLM
  9. 30Fabio SimplicioRM
  10. 14Bojan KrkicCF-L
  11. 9Pablo OsvaldoCF-R

NOV · 5-3-2

  1. 1Samir UjkaniG
  2. 4Andrea LisuzzoCD
  3. 28Santiago GarciaCD-L
  4. 24Massimo PaciCD-R
  5. 3Giuseppe GemitiLB
  6. 14Michel MorganellaRB
  7. 22Simone PesceCM
  8. 7Daniel JensenCM-L
  9. 17Filippo PorcariCM-R
  10. 27Jedaias Capucho NevesCF-L
  11. 29Andrea CaraccioloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Roma 0, Novara 1. Andrea Caracciolo (Novara) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giuseppe Gemiti with a cross.
  2. 25' Goal! Roma 1, Novara 1. Marquinho (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Pablo Osvaldo with a cross.
  3. 34' Goal! Roma 2, Novara 1. Pablo Osvaldo (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francesco Totti with a cross following a corner.
  4. 45' Second Half begins Roma 2, Novara 1.
  5. 55' Attempt missed. Jeda (Novara) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Santiago Garcia.
  6. 57' Attempt saved. Jeda (Novara) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  7. 58' Marquinho (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  8. 60' Attempt missed. Francesco Totti (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bojan.
  9. 61' Attempt saved. Simone Pesce (Novara) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Caracciolo with a cross.
  10. 62' Goal! Roma 4, Novara 1. Bojan (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Ángel with a through ball.
  11. 63' Bojan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 65' Offside, Novara. Giuseppe Gemiti tries a through ball, but Takayuki Morimoto is caught offside.
  13. 77' Attempt blocked. Pablo Osvaldo (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marquinho.
  14. 82' Offside, Roma. Maarten Stekelenburg tries a through ball, but Pablo Osvaldo is caught offside.
  15. 90'+2' Goal! Roma 5, Novara 2. Erik Lamela (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo Osvaldo.

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