THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi I

[RomaShield27]

Juventus-Roma: c'è Pizarro
Al termine dell'allenamento odierno Luciano Spalletti, tecnico giallorosso, ha diramato la lista dei calciatori convocati per Juventus-Roma, gara valevole per la ventitreesima giornata del campionato di Serie A. C'è David Pizarro che si era bloccato durante la partitella

9 MIRKO VUCINIC
10 FRANCESCO TOTTI
18 MAURO ESPOSITO
30 MANCINI ALESSANDRO FAIOLHE AMANTINO
7 DAVID MARCELO CORTES PIZARRO
8 ALBERTO AQUILANI
11 RODRIGO FERRANTE TADDEI
14 LUDOVIC GIULY
16 DANIELE DE ROSSI
20 SIMONE PERROTTA
33 MATTEO BRIGHI
2 CHRISTIAN PANUCCI
3 CICERO JOAO DE CEZARE (CICINHO)
4 JUAN SILVEIRA DOS SANTOS
5 PHILIPPE MEXES
15 VITORINO GABRIEL PACHECO ANTUNES
21 MATTEO FERRARI
22 MAX TONETTO
77 MARCO CASSETTI
25 CARLO ZOTTI
27 JULIO SERGIO BERTAGNOLI
32 DONIEBER ALEXANDER MARANGON (DONI)

I'd go with:

--------------------- Doni --------------------

Cassetti ---- Mexes ---- Juan ----- Panucci

------------- DDR ------ Aquilani ------------

Giuly ----------- Perrotta ----------- Mancini

-------------------- Totti ----------------------

[RomaShield27]

Ranieri leaves no room for emotion
Friday 15 February 2008 –

Claudio Ranieri was born in Rome and began his playing career with AS Roma, but there will be no sentiment when his Juventus side take on the Giallorossi on Saturday night. Juventus are third in Serie A and, though 12 points behind leaders FC Internazionale Milano, they trail second-placed Roma by only four.

'Important'
Victory would cut that gap to a point and Ranieri considers the match a test of Juve's ambition. "It will be a very important game," he said, "and not just because of the three points at stake and the chance to move closer to second spot. It is also important for what we want to become, for what we are trying to build."

Aiming high
The 56-year-old former Valencia CF and Chelsea FC coach has done a fine job since taking over the newly promoted club in the summer. The aim is clear: to restore Juventus to former glories as quickly as possible. According to Ranieri, though, there is a long way to go. "Roma have something more than us because their coach, Luciano Spalletti, started to build his team three years ago. He has had time to make changes, to add the couple of players he needed for his way of playing. I started six months ago so we are quite a few steps behind."

'Mental energy'
Roma visit Turin three days before hosting Real Madrid CF in the UEFA Champions League. The Bianconeri have no such European commitments this season, which Ranieri says may help them on the domestic front. "Obviously, playing in the UEFA Champions League expends some mental energy and we will have to make the most of this slight advantage," he said.

'Roma are ready'
Roma winger Mancini, however, brushes off suggestions that involvement in the UEFA Champions League could harm the Giallorossi's Serie A campaign. "Real Madrid will be a great game and we're sure we have a good chance of progressing, but before then we have Juventus. They are our main rivals for second place and it will not be easy in Turin. They are playing well and are continuing to improve. It will be a very difficult game in a very busy period, but Roma are ready."

[Jamoldo]

Actually Lomba, I disagree. I think this group does quite nicely when there is lots of pressure and the match is against a major opponent. The main weakness is not only depth, but with regards to pressure, when it's a must win game against a smaller side, like a Siena or Reggina. That's what the basis of Scudettos are made of and that's where we see our boys stumble again and again.

[Lombardiamia]

[oily]

[Italiamia]

[Lombardiamia]

[vtec]

[oily]

[aba_bab]

[romawi]

Where is Pizarro?

[aba_bab]

I'm with lomba... our nerves and inexperaince worry me for big european games. ALthough we do bring our A-game against the good sides, it can quickly go away. Man Utd - Roma was basically a match whever everything bad that I said could happen, happened. Oh well... lets thump the next couple of fuckers shall we?

[stefano]

[aba_bab]

[oily]

[stefano]

[maro]

[RomaShield27]

[g.smiley]

Look, we can beat anyone. We beat Man U fair and square. Sure Scholes got sent off but so what? 2-1. I was there. I think the world forgets that far too often. I know i wont. That was the most exciting football match I have ever attended. However, since we let in 7 at Old Trafford...

Ruud is out. Sneider out. Robinho out. We gotta take advantage of this. Unfortunately, getting past Sergio Ramos, Canna and finally Casillas aint gonna be easy, but like i said, anything is possible with Roma. That's the problem. No consistency when it counts. Either it's a miraculous win or a horrendous defeat in the big games. That's what needs to be changed.

[cg916]

I'm just going to drop this off and run towards shelter before Italiamia gets here.

http://italiansoccerseriea.com/2008/02/ ... totti.aspx