THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[maro]

Fonz, do you think Schlongie could be the prima punta di peso we've been crying out for to give us some presence in the box?

[Carlo Romano]

[RomaShield27]

I watched the first half hour or so and then gave up on it cos my stream was so shite, and ended up watching Inter-Fiorentina and other Serie A gols. May look to watch the full match if its available for download. Regardless of performance or individual displays, its good that we held out in the end and not crumbled as we have done in the past. Its all about getting the three points in these shitty little away games against these shitty little teams like Atalanta, and we did that, so happy days.

Carlo, mirrors those sentiments of Vucinic being decisive, anyway:

Vucinic 7,5: Assolutamente decisivo. Gol, assist che volete di più? Dopo pochi minuti sbaglia un gol solo davanti a Consigli. Si riscatta ampiamente durante la partita, entrando in modo preopotente e decisivo nella vittoria giallorossa. Bravissimo su calcio d'angolo quando ruba il tempo a Bellini trovando il gol del pareggio. E' una delizia invece l'assist per Perrotta per la rete della vittoria. Anche per lui ,stesso discorso di Mexes, giocatore assolutamente ritrovato.

[Frenchesco]

[maro]

[Carlo Romano]

Ed, I'm always pleased to see Vuci do well, believe me. With one goal and his assist to Perrotta, today was his turn rather than Totti's, though in fairness I thought on this occasion our gallant Capitan' showed his true class with those two delightful backheel passes taking us out of defence into attack, later in the match! Yes, these seemingly less important "bread and butter" games need to be made to count, especially when "on the road!"

Frenchy, I think we know Tom just enjoys a play on words. It's his interest, probably at times his passion, not forgetting it's also his means of earning his living! Get him on a bad day and his patience goes...then "Mr Vinegar" appears but that's just human nature and applies to us all! A few days later and we're all friends again.

To my sorrow, I've only had one French girlfriend in my life, a charming woman. Quite rightly she wouldn't teach me the vulgarities of Marseilles dialect French, saying if she couldn't teach me something nice she wouldn't teach me anything at all...

but it's a handy weapon to have in your arsenal!

[Lupa]

[RomaShield27]

ROMA RALLY FOR ROAD WIN


Roma came from behind to see off Atalanta 2-1 and extend their unbeaten run to five matches. The struggling hosts, who were beaten by lowly Lumezzane in the Coppa Italia in midweek, took a shock lead through Fabio Ceravolo but Mirko Vucinic equalised just before half-time and Simone Perrotta grabbed the winner 19 minutes into the second period. It was a deserved win for the Giallorossi and gave further weight to the theory that Claudio Ranieri is starting to have an impact in the Italian capital.

The visitors improved as the game went on after starting sluggishly, Ceravolo nodding wide after just two minutes. Roma's opening opportunity arrived in the 10th minute. A swift counter-attack culminated in shot by Vucinic which drew a fine save from home keeper Andrea Consigli. The rebound bobbled dangerously across the goal but Paolo Bianco got there first to clear.

Having survived that scare, Atalanta went ahead from their next foray forward. The ball was moved down the left to Ceravolo, who controlled it well before cutting inside, skipping past the challenge of Juan and cracking a right-footed shot past Julio Sergio. It took Roma 15 minutes to conjure up a response but it almost resulted in the leveller.

David Pizarro whipped in a free-kick which Juan somehow headed over the bar from close range, although, had he hit the target, it would have been ruled out by the assistant referee's flag. Pizarro was also the supplier when the visitors did hit back. His corner was met by Vucinic and he nodded home.

Atalanta's fragile confidence was evident after the equaliser with Roma gaining midfield supremacy. It almost led to a second goal for Ranieri's men with Vucinic spotting Consigli off his line and attempting a clever lob which drifted just wide.

Atalanta did concede again after 64 minutes, however. Vucinic found space out wide and he delayed his cross until Perrotta had got into the area. The centre was inch-perfect and the Italy midfielder made no mistake with a clinical header.

Going behind finally spurred Atalanta on to greater heights and they dominated the rest of the game without finding an equaliser. Simone Tiribocchi came close after 79 minutes when he got on the end of a Simone Padoin cross but his faint touch was not enough to see the ball end up inside the far post.

Cristiano Doni was next to try his luck from 25 yards with a shot which Julio Sergio could only gather at the second attempt. Still the home side came forward and they missed another chance when Tiberio Guarente flashed a diving header inches wide of the upright.

The final chance fell to Roma although it would have been hard on Atalanta had they grabbed a third. The impressive Vucinic played in Francesco Totti but his effort was superbly saved by Consigli. Defeat means Atalanta remain on the fringes of the relegation zone while Roma move up to ninth.

[maro]

You like a handy weapon in your arsenal don't you, Carlo.

[maro]

Zut. Too slow.

[Carlo Romano]

Tommaso, zut alors, sacre bleu, and all the other niceties...but how much credit can you get for having a big red arsehole in your sig?


Lupa, Ha! With that kind of humor you will have to visit us in the "Humour Ring" thread... As if you haven't already!

But next time contribute, don't just browse...

Anyway, Arsenal sure had Chelsea's weapon in their arse today! Kudos to Carlo (Ancelotti) for stuffing Arse N Wenger...

[ASR1927]

[RomaShield27]

TRIGORIA, ROMA AL LAVORO SOTTO FORTI RAFFICHE DI VENTO DE ROSSI E CASSETTI COL GRUPPO
– pubblicata lunedì 30 novembre 2009

Il vento spazza via la crisi. Forti raffiche quelle che stamattina hanno accolto il rientro in campo della Roma dopo il successo con l'Atalanta a Bergamo. Primo allenamento in vista della gara di giovedì con il Basilea e del derby di domenica prossima. Giornata grigia su Trigoria ma temperatura mite, intorno ai 18 gradi.

Squadra al completo, unico assente Tonetto. Solo lavoro defaticante per chi è sceso in campo ieri. Regolarmente in campo con il resto del gruppo De Rossi, che si avvia verso il completo recupero, e il rientrante Cassetti.

La squadra si divide in due gruppi per il lavoro tattico ad una sola porta. Rossi: Guberti, Burdisso, Baptista, Okaka, Taddei, Cassetti, Greco. Bianchi: De Rossi, Cerci, Cicinho, Esposito, Faty, Andreolli. Doni difende i pali.

A seguire, lavoro sulla circolazione di palla e sul pressing.
Quattro tifosi attandono la squadra davanti ai cancelli .

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PROSSIMA PARTITA: Roma-Basilea (Serie A, giovedì 3 dicembre ore 21.00 - Stadio Olimpico)
INDISPONIBILI: Tonetto
IN DUBBIO: Cassetti
SQUALIFICATI: -
DIFFIDATI: -

PROBABILE FORMAZIONE (4-2-3-1): Julio Sergio; Motta, Mexes, Burdisso, Riise; Brighi, Pizarro; Perrotta, Menez,Vucinic; Totti.
BALLOTTAGGI: Juan/Burdisso; Menez/Taddei

De Rossi and Cassetti returned to training today, and the only absentee was Cornetto.

[stefano]

[marco]

[vtec]

[maro]

No. I think over-wrought is a very useful word to have in one's vocabulary. Precious would also do, I suppose, but I think over-wrought serves a pretty precise function which other words find hard to cover. It's the Pippo Inzaghi (today's Pippo) of words - often offside; rarely of use; but when the right situation arises, perfect for a particular purpose.

[RomaShield27]

[marco]

[Carlo Romano]