The good thing is that the 3 injured Portuguese players, Ricardo Carvalho, Deco and Bosingwa, are fit again. They were injured infor the last Portugal game on October 15, 2008. Paolo Ferreira was a substitute but had a cameo role entering in the 90+3 minute.
Roma did a good job by conceding only one goal in the second half. After the Middlesbrough 0-5 Chelsea result, I would have preferred 2 goals in this important game with a bigger club, one of the best in the Serie A.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Roma
-77' Terry
Stamford Bridge, England
---Substitutions:
46' Belletti in, Malouda out -- 61' Perrotta in, Aquilani out
77' Di Santo in, Kalou out -- 81' Menez in, Taddei out
90+3 Ferreira in, Anelka out -- 82' Tonetto in, Riise out
Stamford Bridge, Oct 22, 2008- Bosingwa, Deco, Roma captain Francesco Totti in Chelsea 1-0 Roma. Photo: asroma.it
Starting lineups:
CHELSEA
1 Cech, 6 Ricardo Carvalho, 17 Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, 26 Terry, 18 Bridge, 12 Mikel, 21 Kalou, 20 Deco, 8 Lampard, 15 Malouda, 39 Anelka.
Substitutes: 23 Cudicini, 2 Branislav Ivanovic, 9 Franco Di Santo, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 33 Alex, 35 Belletti, 43 Stoch.
AS ROMA
32 Doni, 3 Cicinho, 5 Mexes, 2 Panucci, 17 Riise, 16 De Rossi, 11 taddei, 33 Brighi, 8 Aquilani, 9 Vucinic, 10 Totti.
Substitutes: 25 Artur, 15 Simone Loria, 24 Jérémy Menez, 20 Simone Perrotta, 22 Max Tonetto, 23 Vincenzo Montella, 89 Stefano Okaka.
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)
Assistant referee: Dimitris Bozatzidis (GRE) Dimitris Saraidaris (GRE)
Fourth official: Georgios Daloukas (GRE)
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Stamford Bridge, Oct 22, 2008- Mikel, Deco, Ricardo Carvalho in Chelsea 1-0 Roma. Photo: asroma.it
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