Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, November 22, 2014
AS Roma DWLLW 2
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Atalanta WLDDD 1
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ROMA202
ATA101
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Match Report

Ljajic and Nainggolan seal Roma fight back to see off Atalanta

Second-place Roma rallied to beat Atalanta 2-1 on Saturday as the Serie A resumed after the international break.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
27
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
0
54.7
Possession
45.3
6
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
360
Accurate Passes
252
456
Passes
356
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
56
28
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
12
32
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ATA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 33Nicolò CherubinCD-L
  3. 2Guglielmo StendardoCD-R
  4. 93Boukary DraméLB
  5. 6Gianpaolo BelliniRB
  6. 16Daniele BaselliCM-L
  7. 17Carlos CarmonaCM-R
  8. 10Alejandro GómezLM
  9. 77Cristian RaimondiRM
  10. 19Germán DenisF
  11. 11Maxi MorálezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 95Alberto GrassiSUB
  2. 31Salvatore MolinaSUB
  3. 25Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  4. 3Cristiano Del GrossoSUB
  5. 5Lionel ScaloniSUB
  6. 99Richmond BoakyeSUB
  7. 1Vlada AvramovSUB
  8. 7Marco D'AlessandroSUB
  9. 20Giuseppe BiavaSUB
  10. 22Davide ZappacostaSUB
  11. 9Rolando BianchiSUB

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 23Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 35Vasilis TorosidisRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 22Mattia DestroF
  10. 8Adem LjajicLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

Substitutes

  1. 91Arturo CalabresiSUB
  2. 25José HolebasSUB
  3. 48Salih UcanSUB
  4. 28Lukasz SkorupskiSUB
  5. 20Seydou KeitaSUB
  6. 82Urby EmanuelsonSUB
  7. 24Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  8. 6Kevin StrootmanSUB
  9. 50Michele SommaSUB
  10. 96Antonio SanabriaSUB
  11. 9Marco BorrielloSUB
  12. 27GervinhoSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Atalanta 1, Roma 0. Maximiliano Moralez (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cristian Raimondi.
  2. 3' Radja Nainggolan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 14' Carlos Carmona (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 19' Maximiliano Moralez (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 23' Goal! Atalanta 1, Roma 1. Adem Ljajic (Roma) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
  6. 42' Goal! Atalanta 1, Roma 2. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adem Ljajic.
  7. 49' Substitution, Roma. Michele Somma replaces Vasilis Torosidis because of an injury.
  8. 50' Miralem Pjanic (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 59' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Juan Iturbe.
  10. 63' Davide Astori (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 69' Substitution, Atalanta. Alberto Grassi replaces Daniele Baselli.
  12. 75' Substitution, Atalanta. Richmond Boakye replaces Alejandro Gomez.
  13. 75' Substitution, Atalanta. Rolando Bianchi replaces Germán Denis.
  14. 80' Michele Somma (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Substitution, Roma. Seydou Keita replaces Adem Ljajic.
  16. 86' Seydou Keita (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+5' Richmond Boakye (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+5' Richmond Boakye (Atalanta) is shown the red card.

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