UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Bayer Leverkusen DDWWL 2
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AS Roma WDWWL 3
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B04022
ROMA213
Stadio Olimpico · 38,361 att. · ESPN2

Match Report

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Miralem Pjanic on the spot to earn Roma a thrilling Champions League win

The Serie A club used a late penalty to keep their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League knockout rounds alive.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
8
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
54.8
Possession
45.2
6
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
6
0.8
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
278
Accurate Passes
218
407
Passes
329
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
82
18
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
26
Effective Tackles
14
37
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
20
31
Clearances
25

Head to Head

B04 leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Lucas DigneLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 15Miralem PjanicLM
  8. 4Radja NainggolanRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

B04 · 4-4-2

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Kyriakos PapadopoulosCD-L
  3. 4Jonathan TahCD-R
  4. 18WendellLB
  5. 26Giulio DonatiRB
  6. 44Kevin KamplCM-L
  7. 21Ömer ToprakCM-R
  8. 14Admir MehmediLM
  9. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluRM
  10. 11Stefan KiesslingCF-L
  11. 7Javier HernándezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Roma 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edin Dzeko with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 29' Goal! Roma 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Karim Bellarabi replaces Stefan Kießling.
  4. 46' Goal! Roma 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Admir Mehmedi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
  5. 51' Goal! Roma 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi with a through ball.
  6. 56' Substitution, Roma. Maicon replaces Alessandro Florenzi because of an injury.
  7. 61' Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Gervinho.
  9. 73' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Christoph Kramer replaces Karim Bellarabi because of an injury.
  10. 76' Substitution, Roma. Vasilis Torosidis replaces Maicon because of an injury.
  11. 79' Ömer Toprak (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the red card.
  12. 80' Goal! Roma 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  13. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Julian Brandt replaces Admir Mehmedi.
  14. 90'+1' Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+4' Wojciech Szczesny (Roma) is shown the yellow card.

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