Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 30, 2014
Fiorentina WLLWD 0
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AS Roma WLLWL 2
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FIO000
ROMA112
Stadio Olimpico · 44,353 att.

Match Report

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Gervinho on target as Roma overcome Fiorentina

Roma came through an early test of their Scudetto credentials on the opening day of the 2014-15 Serie A season to beat Fiorentina 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
43.2
Possession
56.8
10
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
340
Accurate Passes
475
408
Passes
536
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
77
26
Accurate Long Balls
51
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
8
13
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

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. 10Francesco TottiF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

FIO · 4-4-2

  1. 1NetoG
  2. 15Stefan SavicCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 28Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 40Nenad TomovicRB
  6. 20Borja ValeroCM-L
  7. 7David PizarroCM-R
  8. 6Juan Manuel VargasLM
  9. 25Josh BrillanteRM
  10. 33Mario GómezCF-L
  11. 30Khouma BabacarCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Stefan Savic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 23' Francesco Totti (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 23' Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 28' Goal! Roma 1, Fiorentina 0. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 35' Substitution, Fiorentina. Josip Ilicic replaces Joshua Brillante.
  6. 54' Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Davide Astori (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Substitution, Fiorentina. Joaquín replaces Khouma Babacar.
  9. 67' Substitution, Roma. Seydou Keita replaces Kostas Manolas.
  10. 70' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Francesco Totti.
  11. 72' Substitution, Fiorentina. Alberto Aquilani replaces Juan Vargas.
  12. 72' Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 77' Substitution, Roma. Adem Ljajic replaces Juan Iturbe.
  14. 87' Ashley Cole (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+1' Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+3' Goal! Roma 2, Fiorentina 0. Gervinho (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan with a through ball.

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