UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 17, 2014
CSKA Moscow WLLWW 1
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AS Roma LWLWW 5
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ROMA415
Stadio Olimpico · 40,888 att.

Match Report

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Roma open Champions League by mauling CSKA Moscow

Roma opened their Champions League Group E campaign in style with a 5-1 mauling of Russian side CSKA Moscow at the Stadio Olimpico.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
4
32.5
Possession
67.5
18
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
286
Accurate Passes
678
352
Passes
746
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
64
16
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
5
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
18
20
Tackles
25
1.0
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
19
10
Effective Clearances
17
10
Clearances
17

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 23Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 35Vasilis TorosidisLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 20Seydou KeitaCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 10Francesco TottiF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

CSK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 35Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 4Sergey IgnashevichCD-L
  3. 24Vasili BerezutskiCD-R
  4. 14Kirill NababkinLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 25Roman EremenkoAM
  7. 23Georgi MilanovLM
  8. 66Bibras NatchoRM
  9. 88Seydou DoumbiaF
  10. 18Ahmed MusaAM-L
  11. 7Zoran TosicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Roma 1, CSKA Moscow 0. Juan Iturbe (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gervinho with a through ball.
  2. 10' Goal! Roma 2, CSKA Moscow 0. Gervinho (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Juan Iturbe.
  3. 20' Goal! Roma 3, CSKA Moscow 0. Maicon (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Iturbe.
  4. 26' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Juan Iturbe because of an injury.
  5. 31' Goal! Roma 4, CSKA Moscow 0. Gervinho (Roma) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francesco Totti.
  6. 45' Substitution, CSKA Moscow. Georgy Schennikov replaces Kirill Nababkin.
  7. 51' Own Goal by Sergei Ignashevich, CSKA Moscow. Roma 5, CSKA Moscow 0.
  8. 53' Substitution, CSKA Moscow. Dmitri Efremov replaces Zoran Tosic.
  9. 66' Substitution, CSKA Moscow. Kirill Panchenko replaces Roman Eremenko.
  10. 71' Maicon (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 71' Substitution, Roma. Adem Ljajic replaces Gervinho.
  12. 77' Substitution, Roma. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa replaces Kostas Manolas.
  13. 82' Goal! Roma 5, CSKA Moscow 1. Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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