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AS Roma - Real Madrid CF MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Tuesday 19 February 2008 - 20.45 CET First Knockout Round, - Matchday 7 AS Roma - Real Madrid CF MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Tuesday 19 February 2008 - 20.45 CET First knockout round, - Matchday 7 Contents 1 - Match background 7 - UEFA information 2 - Match facts 8 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 9 - Competition facts 4 - Head coach 10 - Team facts 5 - Match officials 11 - Competition information 6 - Domestic information 12 - Legend Match background AS Roma will not be relying on the history books for inspiration before they take on Real Madrid CF in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round. In three previous home games with the nine-time winners of Europe's most prestigious club competition they have lost every time, on the last two occasions by three-goal margins. • Luciano Spalletti's team will hope that their maturing knowledge of how to compete at this rarefied level will help them amend that disappointing sequence. Last season was their best campaign for 23 years in Europe's élite club competition, reaching the quarter-finals. Although it all ended emphatically with a 7-1 loss at Manchester United FC, they had impressed in the previous round with a 2-0 aggregate win against Olympique Lyonnais, secured through first-half strikes from Francesco Totti and Mancini in the second leg in France. The home game had ended goalless. • Roma are unbeaten in this campaign at home. Starting with a 2-0 win against FC Dynamo Kyiv, they followed that by beating Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-1 and then gained a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United to seal their place as runners-up in Group F on eleven points, five behind the Old Trafford club. They have not lost in their last eight UEFA Champions League home games and will probably believe they need another home win to give them the best chance of removing Bernd Schuster's team from their path. • Madrid's three wins away to Roma, all in this competition, came in the 2004/05 group stage through goals from Ronaldo and two from Luís Figo, the 2002/03 first group stage – where Guti was twice on the scoresheet and Raúl González scored the other – and the same stage of the previous campaign. Then, a 2-1 win was secured by goals from Guti and Figo with Francesco Totti scoring Roma's reply. Madrid have also travelled to face Roma's neighbours, S.S. Lazio, on two occasions and returned with 2-2 draws each time. They have therefore yet to lose a game at the Stadio Olimpico. • That is a foreboding record when set against Roma's struggles against visitors from Spain. Their ten previous matches have produced as many defeats (five) as victories with no draws. In aggregate terms they have won only four of the ten contests. However, they got the better of their last visitors from Spain, beating Valencia CF 1-0 in last season's group stage through Christian Panucci's early header. • Players in the starting lineup when Madrid were last in Rome to face the Giallorossi were Philippe Mexes, Matteo Ferrari, Simone Perrotta, Alberto Aquilani and Mancini for Roma and Iker Casillas, Míchel Salgado, Raúl González and Guti for Madrid. Last updated 18.02.2008 19:10:52CET Match background 1 AS Roma - Real Madrid CF Tuesday 19 February 2008 - 20.45 CET MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome • Schuster's team finished level on eleven points with Olympiacos CFP in Group C, taking first place through their superior head-to-head record. They failed to win any of their away fixtures, drawing 2-2 at Lazio and 0-0 in Athens with Olympiacos before going down 3-2 at Werder Bremen. They have not won in their last five UEFA Champions League away games and have managed only one win in their last nine. • Last season Los Merengues' European campaign ended in the first knockout round in Germany with defeat by FC Bayern München. At one stage they led 3-1 in the home leg with goals from Raúl (2) and Ruud van Nistelrooy but Mark van Bommel struck in the 88th minute and that helped Bayern to turn round the deficit at home and qualify on away goals. Van Nistelrooy scored a late penalty in Munich but it was all to no avail. • Although Madrid have enjoyed success in Rome, their record against all Italian sides in that country is not so commendable. In a total of 24 fixtures their record reads won four, drawn five, lost 15. • Madrid have a 75 per cent success rate against Italian foes in finals, beating Juventus in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League showpiece in Amsterdam and ACF Fiorentina and AC Milan as part of their outstanding run of five successive victories at the start of the European Champion Clubs' Cup. They lost out to FC Internazionale Milano in the 1964 final in Vienna. Match facts ROMA UEFA milestones • Ludovic Giuly made his 75th appearance in UEFA club competition against Manchester United FC on Matchday 6. 2007/08 UEFA Champions League statistics • Three Roma players have featured in all six UEFA Champions League games this season: David Pizarro, Daniele De Rossi and Giuly. Nobody has played all 540 minutes to date. Disciplinary information • Marco Cassetti is available again after being suspended on Matchday 6 while Mirko Vučinić is within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 16 February: Juventus 1-0 AS Roma (Alessandro Del Piero 45) Juan is nearing full fitness following a foot injury but was not risked as Matteo Ferrari started alongside Philippe Mexes in defence, with Cassetti preferred to Cicinho at right-back. In a tight match the visitors were ultimately undone by a Del Piero free-kick, though they almost levelled in first-half injury time when Juve defender Nicola Legrottaglie struck his own post. Luciano Spalletti brought on Giuly, Alberto Aquilani and Mauro Esposito as the second half wore on but to no avail. • "We underperformed today, and some of our players are not at the top of their game," Spalletti said. "We could not muster enough possession in the first half and Juventus deserved their lead. In the second half we played better but Juventus defended well and in numbers so everything became much more difficult. Obviously we are a bit preoccupied with the Real Madrid game; these two matches are decisive and there's a long way to go in Serie A." • Despite the loss, Roma remain second in Serie A thanks to five wins in their eight league matches since the UEFA Champions League group stage concluded. However, the Juve loss and a 3-0 defeat at AC Siena on 3 February have left them eleven points behind leaders FC Internazionale Milano, while Juventus are just a point behind in third. • Roma have not conceded at home in Serie A since the 2-1 win against Udinese Calcio on 2 December. The Giallorossi have since played five Serie A games at the Stadio Olimpico without conceding. Roma have won their last seven home games in the domestic league. Last updated 18.02.2008 19:10:52CET Match facts 2 AS Roma - Real Madrid CF Tuesday 19 February 2008 - 20.45 CET MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome • Fourteen different Roma players have scored in Serie A this season, though Francesco Totti (ten) is the only player to have reached double figures. • Holders Roma reached the Coppa Italia semi-finals, first beating Torino FC 5-3 on aggregate in the Round of 16 despite a 3-1 defeat in the first leg, and then defeating US Sampdoria 2-1 on aggregate. The Giallorossi will face Calcio Catania in the last four on 16 April and 7 May. The final will be played as a one-off match at the Stadio Olimpico. Roma have reached the final in four of the past five seasons – although only last year's campaign ended in victory. Injury news • Juan – out since 14 January (foot) • Alberto Aquilani – out since 2 October (thigh) – returned on 13 January • Mirko Vučinić – out since 9 February • Vučinić has a minor thigh problem and Spalletti opted not to risk him against Juventus. Miscellaneous • When Totti scored against Torino FC in Roma's 4-0 win in the Coppa Italia on 16 January, it was his 200th goal for the club. • Totti was voted Best Italian Player of the Year for 2007 by his fellow professionals at Italy's Oscar del Calcio. • On 20 January, Antunes made his Serie A debut as a substitute in the 2-0 win against Calcio Catania. The left-back had already played in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester United FC on Matchday 6. January transfers • In: None • Out: Marco Andreolli (Vicenza Calcio) Samuel Kuffour (AFC Ajax) Ahmed Apimah Barusso (Galatasaray AS) • Roma have registered Carlo Zotti and Daniel Unal for the remainder of the UEFA Champions League season, with Barusso and Andreolli making way. International news • On 6 February, three Roma players were in the Italy squad that defeated Portugal in a friendly in Zurich, with De Rossi starting and Simone Perrotta and Cassetti coming on as second-half substitutes. Mexes featured in France's 0-0 draw against DR Congo in an unofficial friendly international. REAL MADRID UEFA milestones • Fabio Cannavaro's next match in UEFA club competition will be his 100th. The Italian international made his 50th UEFA Champions League appearance against Werder Bremen on Matchday 6. • Mahamadou Diarra's next European match will be his 50th appearance in UEFA club competition. 2007/08 UEFA Champions League statistics • Five Madrid players have featured in all six UEFA Champions League games this season: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl González and Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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