Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 Local Time) Group C - Matchday 1
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Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Group C - Matchday 1 Contents 1 - Match background 7 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 8 - Team facts 4 - Match officials 9 - Competition information 5 - Domestic information 10 - Legend 6 - Match-by-match lineups Match background ACF Fiorentina will look to improve an unedifying record against Primera División opposition as they seek a first win on Spanish soil against Villarreal CF in Group C. • The two sides have never met in European competition. • Villarreal have played nine games against Italian opposition, winning four, drawing two and losing three. All four of those victories have come in home games and with three 2-0s and a 1-0, they have yet to concede a goal at home against a Serie A side. • Fiorentina have played eleven games against Spanish sides, winning two, drawing three and losing six. Three of those games have been major European finals. They lost 2-0 to Real Madrid CF in the 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup and then met Club Atlético de Madrid in the 1961/62 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, drawing 1-1 and then losing 3-0 on a replay. • Fiorentina's record in Spain is not impressive. Of their five fixtures in Villarreal's home nation they have drawn one and lost four. • Fiorentina have not won an away game in Europe since beating Arsenal FC in the first group stage of the 1999/00 UEFA Champions League. Their last UEFA Cup away win was a 2-0 against Grasshopper-Club in the second round of the 1998/99 competition. • Villarreal's French midfielder Robert Pires and Fiorentina's young striker Arturo Lupoli were team-mates at Arsenal FC in the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons. However, Lupoli made no league appearances during the the first of these campaigns when Arsenal finished second in the Premier League. • Villarreal's Italian striker Giuseppe Rossi has recent Serie A experience having spent much of last season on loan at Parma FC. Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson also saw plenty of action in Italy in three seasons at AC Milan between 2002 and 2004. • Fiorentina defender Alessandro Potenza has experience of Spanish football after spending the 2005/06 season on loan at RCD Mallorca. Veteran striker Christian Vieri also played in the Primera División with Club Atlético de Madrid in the 1997/98 season, scoring 24 goals in 24 league games. Last updated 25.10.2007 11:34:13CET Match background 1 Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina time) MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal • Fiorentina's Belgian defender Anthony Vanden Borre celebrates his 20th birthday on 24 October, the day before the Villarreal game. • IF Elfsborg are at home against AEK Athens FC in the day's other Group C game. Last updated 25.10.2007 11:34:13CET Match background 2 Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina time) MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal Squad list Villarreal Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sebastián Viera URU 07.03.1983 24 - - - - - - - - - 9 - 13 Diego López ESP 03.11.1981 25 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 4 - 26 Juan Carlos ESP 27.07.1987 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Gonzalo ARG 10.04.1984 23 - - - - - - - 10 1 28 2 3 Josemi ESP 15.11.1979 27 - - - - - - - 8 - 27 - 4 Diego Godin URU 16.02.1986 21 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 Joan Capdevila ESP 03.02.1978 29 - - - - - 1 - 6 1 47 3 12 Pascal Cygan FRA 29.04.1974 33 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 31 - 17 Javi Venta ESP 13.12.1975 31 - - - - - 2 - 21 2 42 2 18 Ángel López ESP 10.03.1981 26 - - - - - 2 1 11 1 20 1 20 Fabio Fuentes ARG 13.10.1976 31 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 34 Javier Costa ESP 17.10.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Josico ESP 06.01.1975 32 - - - - - 1 - 21 1 50 2 7 Robert Pirès FRA 29.10.1973 33 - - - - - - - 20 3 100 16 8 Santi Cazorla ESP 13.12.1984 22 - - - - - 1 - 12 4 21 5 10 Cani ESP 03.08.1981 26 - - - - - 2 1 11 1 13 1 14 Matias Fernández CHI 15.05.1986 21 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 16 Juan Riquelme ARG 24.06.1978 29 - - - - - - - 21 5 48 9 19 Marcos Senna ESP 17.07.1976 31 - - - - - 1 1 8 1 25 2 21 Bruno ESP 12.06.1984 23 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 3 - 24 Rio Antonio Mavuba FRA 08.03.1984 23 - - - - - 2 - 9 - 14 - 33 Diego Alvarez ESP 17.10.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Guille Franco MEX 03.11.1976 30 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 6 - 11 Jon Dahl Tomasson DEN 29.08.1976 31 - - - - - 2 1 24 8 79 23 15 Nihat Kahveci TUR 23.11.1979 27 - - - - - 1 2 1 2 22 5 22 Giuseppe Rossi ITA 01.02.1987 20 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 4 - Coach - Manuel Luis Pellegrini CHI 16.09.1953 54 - - - - - 2 - 14 - 38 - Ripamonti Last updated 25.10.2007 11:34:15CET Squad list 1 Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina time) MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal Fiorentina Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sébastien Frey FRA 18.03.1980 27 - - - - - 2 - 30 - 34 - 12 Cristiano Lupatelli ITA 21.06.1978 29 - - - - - - - 4 - 4 - 31 Pazzagli Edoardo ITA 11.04.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Per Krøldrup DEN 31.07.1979 28 - - - - - 2 - 6 - 6 - 3 Dario Dainelli ITA 09.06.1979 28 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 5 Alessandro Gamberini ITA 27.08.1981 26 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 6 - 13 Anthony Vanden Borre BEL 24.10.1987 20 - - - - - - - - - 20 1 17 Federico Balzaretti ITA 06.12.1981 25 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši CZE 24.03.1978 29 - - - - - 2 - 7 - 20 - 23 Manuel Pasqual ITA 13.03.1982 25 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 33 Taguani Massimiliano ITA 04.04.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Samuele Bettoni ITA 28.11.1989 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Dario Fedi ITA 13.02.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Luca Petri ITA 31.01.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 4 Marco Donadel ITA 21.04.1983 24 - - - - - 1 - 7 - 7 - 7 Franco Semioli ITA 20.06.1980 27 - - - - - 2 1 3 1 5 1 8 Michele Pazienza ITA 05.08.1982 25 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 11 Fabio Liverani ITA 29.04.1976 31 - - - - - 2 - 13 2 24 2 18 Riccardo Montolivo ITA 18.01.1985 22 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 19 Gobbi Massimo ITA 31.10.1980 26 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 Martin Jørgensen DEN 06.10.1975 32 - - - - - - - 16 - 22 1 22 Zdravko Kuzmanović SRB 22.09.1987 20 - - - - - 2 - 10 2 14 3 24 Mario Alberto Santana ARG 23.12.1981 25 - - - - - 1 - 10 1 10 1 40 Danilo D'Ambrosio ITA 09.09.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Marco Augusto Romizi ITA 13.02.1990 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Giampaolo Pazzini ITA 02.08.1984 23 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 9 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo ARG 12.01.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 Adrian Mutu ROU 08.01.1979 28 - - - - - 2 1 10 5 31 14 27 Di Carmine Samuel ITA 29.09.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 32 Christian Vieri ITA 12.07.1973 34 - - - - - 2 - 23 12 66 24 39 Mocciolini Manuel ITA 18.05.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Lorenzo Morelli ITA 25.04.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Claudio Cesare Prandelli ITA 19.08.1957 50 - - - - - 2 - 12 - 12 - Last updated 25.10.2007 11:34:15CET Squad list 2 Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina time) MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal Match officials Referee Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) Assistant referees Eric Dansault (FRA), Laurent Ugo (FRA) Fourth official Philippe Malige (FRA) UEFA Delegate Hendrik Kesler (NED) UEFA Referee observer Malcolm Moffatt (NIR) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 14.02.2007 UCUP 1/16 AS Livorno Calcio - RCD Espanyol 1-2 Livorno Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 11.06.2007 U21 GS - FT Serbia - Italy 1-0 Nijmegen 21.06.2007 U21 P-O 3rd Portugal - Italy 0-0*(3-4) Nijmegen Last updated 25.10.2007 11:34:16CET Match officials 1 Thursday 25 October 2007 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local Villarreal CF - ACF Fiorentina time) MATCH PRESS KIT El Madrigal, Villarreal Domestic information Villarreal CF (Primera División) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 26/08/07 Valencia CF (A) 3-0 Tomasson 16, Rossi 63(pen), Santi Cazorla 73 League 02/09/07 Real Madrid CF (H) 0-5 League 16/09/07 RCD Mallorca (A) 1-0 Nihat Kahveci 82 League 23/09/07 Real Murcia CF (H) 2-0 Rossi 85, 89 League 26/09/07 Real Racing Club Santander (A) 2-0 Nihat Kahveci 40, Rossi 79 League 30/09/07 Athletic Club Bilbao (H) 1-0 Fuentes 63 League 07/10/07 CA Osasuna (A) 2-3 Rossi 20, Diego Godin 36 League 20/10/07 FC Barcelona (H) 3-1 Santi Cazorla 3, Senna 14(pen), 35(pen) League 28/10/07 Real Zaragoza (A) League 31/10/07 Levante UD (H) League 04/11/07 Club Atlético de Madrid (A) League 11/11/07 Sevilla FC (H) League 25/11/07 UD Almeria (H) League 02/12/07 Real Valladolid CF (A) League 09/12/07 Real Betis Balompié (H) League 16/12/07 Getafe CF (A) League 23/12/07 RC Recreativo de Huelva (H) League 06/01/08 RCD Espanyol (A) League 13/01/08 RC Deportivo La Coruña (H) League 20/01/08 Valencia CF (H) League 27/01/08 Real Madrid CF (A) League 03/02/08 RCD Mallorca (H) League 10/02/08 Real Murcia CF (A) League 17/02/08 Real Racing Club Santander (H) League 24/02/08 Athletic Club Bilbao (A) League 02/03/08 CA Osasuna (H) League 09/03/08 FC Barcelona (A) League 16/03/08 Real Zaragoza (H) Pos.