UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 12, 2015
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1st Leg · Artemio Franchi

Match Report

Roma rally for draw despite missed penalty at Fiorentina

Roma rallied after falling behind to an early Josip Ilicic goal to draw 1-1 with Fiorentina in their Europa League last-16 tie at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
49.7
Possession
50.3
9
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
308
Accurate Passes
309
385
Passes
390
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
63
37
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
15
11
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
40
Effective Clearances
29
40
Clearances
29

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 1NetoG
  2. 19José BasantaCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 28Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 40Nenad TomovicRB
  6. 7David PizarroCM
  7. 20Borja ValeroLM
  8. 5Milan BadeljRM
  9. 72Josip IlicicF
  10. 74Mohamed SalahLF
  11. 17JoaquínRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Khouma BabacarSUB
  2. 4Micah RichardsSUB
  3. 6Juan Manuel VargasSUB
  4. 14Matías FernándezSUB
  5. 10Alberto AquilaniSUB
  6. 23Manuel PasqualSUB
  7. 24Luca LezzeriniSUB

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 35Vasilis TorosidisRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 20Seydou KeitaLM
  8. 4Radja NainggolanRM
  9. 7Juan IturbeF
  10. 8Adem LjajicLF
  11. 24Alessandro FlorenziRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisSUB
  2. 53Daniele VerdeSUB
  3. 3Ashley ColeSUB
  4. 15Miralem PjanicSUB
  5. 27GervinhoSUB
  6. 88Seydou DoumbiaSUB
  7. 23Davide AstoriSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Roma 0. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 23' Substitution, Roma. Miralem Pjanic replaces Daniele De Rossi because of an injury.
  3. 26' Substitution, Roma. Davide Astori replaces Kostas Manolas because of an injury.
  4. 30' Radja Nainggolan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 31' David Pizarro (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 33' Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 45'+2' Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Fernández replaces David Pizarro because of an injury.
  9. 59' Neto (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 60' Penalty saved! Adem Ljajic (Roma) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  11. 67' Milan Badelj (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 72' Substitution, Fiorentina. Alberto Aquilani replaces Borja Valero.
  13. 75' Substitution, Roma. Gervinho replaces Adem Ljajic.
  14. 77' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Roma 1. Seydou Keita (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross following a corner.
  15. 81' Substitution, Fiorentina. Khouma Babacar replaces Josip Ilicic.

UEFA Europa League News

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