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Sunday May 18, 2008 Finished Angelo Massimino

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Catania

  • Martinez 85’

Roma

  • Vucinic 8’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Catania
    • Roma
    • 90'+2 There goes the final whistle! Roma end the season with disappointment while it's celebration time for Catania, who stay in Serie A thanks to Martinez's equaliser!
    • 89' Into the last minute and it looks like that goal is going to keep Catania in the big time.
    • 85' GOAL! CATANIA SCORE AND THIS TIME IT WILL COUNT! Martinez latches onto a deflected cross to slot home! Cue mental scenes in the sunshine! That goal may see them stay in Serie A!
    • 82' GOAL! CATANIA SCORE! NO! DISALLOWED! Mascara's in an offside position! And that pitch invasion will have to be cut short! Controversy on Sicily!
    • 80' It looks all over for Roma... Inter have scored a second and surely they won't let it slip.
    • 75' Off the bar again! Roma have lost the plot here! Morimoto again! He stabs it goalwards from close range, only to see his effort rebound off the bar!
    • 74' Another chance for Morimoto! Again he's got a free header, but this time Doni sticks out a hand to keep it out!
    • 72' Oooh! Martinez launches a brilliant bicycle kick! But it bounces just wide of Doni's post! Catania on the up!
    • 71' Biagianti off the bar! Great strike from the Catania man! Doni is well beaten, but the woodwork comes to his rescue!
    • 67' Morimoto with another chance to get on the scoresheet! This time Doni comes to Roma's rescue!
    • 64' Giuly and Tonetto link up well to fashion a chance for Roma! But Tonetto's final shot is scuffed and Bizzarri saves.
    • 62' Morimoto! He's in on goal... all he has to do is direct a header past the keeper! But he sends it over the bar! Awful miss!
    • 61' Morimoto brings Doni into action... but in truth, his shot was weak and it's easy for the Brazilian keeper.
    • 60' Here comes another Catania change... Mascara comes on to replace Colucci...
    • 58' Brilliant approach play from Roma! Vucinic takes the final shot, which is well wide, but that really was super play... perhaps even befitting of champions?
    • 57' Roma make a change... Mancini is hauled off and replaced by Giuly...
    • 55' Martinez whips in a great ball from a free kick... but Doni does well to hang on to the ball... and still no break through for the Sicilians.
    • 53' The ball falls to Baiocco on the edge of the box! But he drags his shot wide! Great chance gone begging for Catania to equalise!
    • 50' De Rossi goes down under a challenge from Baiocco... there's a bit of a kerfuffle in the aftermath, but nothing to write home about.
    • 46' Parma have made one change.... Morimoto on for Sabato.
    • 46' Back underway in Catania!
    • 45' Half time in Catania! And Roma have the advantage!
    • 44' Baiocco is booked for a trip from behind on the advancing Pizarro... surely the ref should have played on there? The ball and advantage was with Roma.
    • 41' Perrotta lets fly from outside the box! Well struck, but without any precision and the ball flies well over the bar.
    • 39' Roma on the attack... but Vucinic's cross into the danger area is a little too close to Bizzarri and the keeper claims without any problems!
    • 36' What a save from Doni! Incredible stop from the Brazilian to keep out Tedesco's point blank effort from a free kick! That could prove to be a crucial moment!
    • 32' Mancini! He breaks free of the last man, but his shot is dragged wide of the mark and ends up in the side netting!
    • 28' Yellow for Panucci for standing in the way of Martinez as he threatened to break through...
    • 26' The difference in conditions between Catania and Parma could not be more marked... while it's tipping down in Parma, there's bright sunshine on Sicily.
    • 24' Tonetto bursts forward... there could be danger here... stamped out quickly by Stovini!
    • 20' 20 minutes gone on Sicily, and Roma are upholding their end of the bargain... they're doing everything that has been asked of them so far.
    • 14' Vucinic and Terlizzi have a little tete-a-tete off the ball... and they both go into the book for their troubles.
    • 12' Vargas brings Doni into action with a sharp turn and snap shot... straight at the Roma keeper in the end, but a decent effort nonetheless.
    • 10' Perhaps we didn't dwell long enough on that goal from Vucinic... it really was a super solo effort. He took the ball past two defenders before finding the inside of the far post.
    • 9' As it stands, Roma will win the Scudetto! Inter have to score over in Parma!
    • 8' GOAL! VUCINIC BREAKS THE DEADLOCK IN CATANIA! It's a great finish from the Montenegrin striker, back across the face of keeper Bizzarri! Roma are ahead!
    • 5' Pizarro lets fly from distance! He strikes it well, but it's well wide in the end!
    • 4' Baiocco wins a free kick off Zanetti in the middle of the park... and there's a little bit of afters too... Catania are well up for this one!
    • 3' Corner to Catania early on after good work from Tedesco! No! The ref hasn't given it...
    • 2' Roma take possession early on... welcome to Catania! The crowd make sure the Giallorossi know where they are with a barrage of whistles and jeers!
    • 1' Underway in Sicily!
    • - Roma are out there on their own today - their fans have been banned from travelling to Sicily as the match was considered a potential flashpoint.
    • - Rome need to win to stand any chance of winning the title - a point won't do, even if Inter lose due to Inter's better head-to-head record.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Roma's final game of the season - away at Catania!

  • Team Stats

    Catania Stats Roma
    46% Possession 53%
    21 Shots 10
    8 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 4
    8 Corners 0
    15 Fouls 21
    4 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 18
    220 Accurate passes 265
    65 Bad passes 54

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Catania
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Albano Bizarri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      23 Christian Terlizzi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 1 1
      3 Rocco Sabato 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 12 1
      21 Cristian Silvestri 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 14 0 3
      7 Juan Vargas 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 30 16 3
      6 Lorenzo Stovini 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 5 1
      9 Giuseppe Colucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 4 0
      27 Marco Biagianti 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 23 9 1
      19 Giacomo Tedesco 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 31 13 2
      17 Davide Baiocco 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 20 2 4
      25 Jorge Andres Martinez 1 3 1 6 3 3 0 16 2 1
      8 Mark Edusei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Andrea Sottil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      11 João Inacío Pià 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Ciro Polito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Gennaro Sardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Takayuki Morimoto 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      10 Giuseppe Mascara 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1
    • Roma
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Alexander Doni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      5 Philippe Mexes 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 25 2 0
      22 Max Tonetto 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 25 10 1
      77 Marco Cassetti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 5
      2 Christian Panucci 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 15 6 0
      8 Alberto Aquilani 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 41 4 2
      16 Daniele De Rossi 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 25 6 2
      7 David Pizarro 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 33 4 3
      30 Alessandro Mancini 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 9 1
      20 Simone Perrotta 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 19 2 2
      9 Mirko Vucinic 1 4 1 2 3 0 0 27 4 1
      4 Silveira dos Santos Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Matteo Brighi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      3 Cicero João de Cézare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Mauro Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Gianluca Curci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Vitorino Antunes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Ludovic Giuly 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 4 1

  • Summary

    • 85' GOAL! CATANIA SCORE AND THIS TIME IT WILL COUNT! Martinez latches onto a deflected cross to slot home! Cue mental scenes in the sunshine! That goal may see them stay in Serie A!
    • 82' GOAL! CATANIA SCORE! NO! DISALLOWED! Mascara's in an offside position! And that pitch invasion will have to be cut short! Controversy on Sicily!
    • 75' Off the bar again! Roma have lost the plot here! Morimoto again! He stabs it goalwards from close range, only to see his effort rebound off the bar!
    • 74' Another chance for Morimoto! Again he's got a free header, but this time Doni sticks out a hand to keep it out!
    • 72' Oooh! Martinez launches a brilliant bicycle kick! But it bounces just wide of Doni's post! Catania on the up!
    • 71' Biagianti off the bar! Great strike from the Catania man! Doni is well beaten, but the woodwork comes to his rescue!
    • 67' Morimoto with another chance to get on the scoresheet! This time Doni comes to Roma's rescue!
    • 64' Giuly and Tonetto link up well to fashion a chance for Roma! But Tonetto's final shot is scuffed and Bizzarri saves.
    • 62' Morimoto! He's in on goal... all he has to do is direct a header past the keeper! But he sends it over the bar! Awful miss!
    • 53' The ball falls to Baiocco on the edge of the box! But he drags his shot wide! Great chance gone begging for Catania to equalise!
    • 36' What a save from Doni! Incredible stop from the Brazilian to keep out Tedesco's point blank effort from a free kick! That could prove to be a crucial moment!
    • 32' Mancini! He breaks free of the last man, but his shot is dragged wide of the mark and ends up in the side netting!
    • 8' GOAL! VUCINIC BREAKS THE DEADLOCK IN CATANIA! It's a great finish from the Montenegrin striker, back across the face of keeper Bizzarri! Roma are ahead!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Sig. Saccani

  • Catania

    Manager: Walter Zenga

    Captain: 10. Giuseppe Mascara

    On the Field

    • Bizzarri
    • Silvestri
    • Terlizzi Yellow Card
    • Stovini
    • Sabato Substitution Out (45′)
    • Biagianti
    • Baiocco Yellow Card
    • Tedesco
    • Vargas
    • Martinez Goal
    • Colucci

    Subs

    • 4. Sottil
    • 8. Edusei
    • 10. Mascara
    • 11. Pià
    • 2. Sardo
    • 16. Polito
    • 15. Morimoto Substitution In46′

    Injured

    • 24. Spinesi

    Suspended

    • 13. Izco

  • Roma

    Manager: Luciano Spalletti

    Captain: 2. Christian Panucci

    On the Field

    • Doni
    • Cassetti
    • Mexès
    • Panucci Yellow Card
    • Tonetto
    • Pizarro
    • De Rossi
    • Aquilani Substitution Out (76′)
    • Perrotta
    • Mancini Substitution Out (57′)
    • Vucinic Goal Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 14. Giuly Substitution In57′
    • 33. Brighi Substitution In76′
    • 18. Esposito
    • 4. Juan
    • 1. Curci
    • 3. Cicinho
    • 15. Antunes

    Injured

    • 10. Totti
    • 21. Ferrari
    • 11. Taddei

    Suspended

    None