Roma .v. juve

Half Time
Roma 1 juve 2

The atmosphere seems really nasty! Capello, Zebina and Emerson getting a lot of verbal abuse from the home fans.

juve went 1-0 up after 15 minutes through an offside Cannavaro goal from a freekick. To be fair to the referee and linesman, it was a very difficult decision to make, but the replays show it was clearly offside.

Roma were very quiet after that, but scored when Totti put Cassano through who slid it under Buffon.

Then a minute later juve were given a disgraceful penalty. I think it was Zalayeta who fell over like he'd been shot, with no contact from the Roma defender. Plus the challenge was clearly outside the box, but referee Racalbuto pointed to the spot! The Roma players were incensed and lucky not to have someone sent off! The referee spoke to his linesman, but didn't change his decision, and Del Piero blasted it into the top corner.

Roma will need to play better in the second half, but if the referee carries on like this juve will probably get another 3 penalties and Roma will be lucky to have 11 men on the pitch!

i wonder how much money these refs get!!!

OMG I CANT BELIEVE THE PENALTY THEY GOT! typical Juve!

71 fouls in that match... lol

wow this ref was crap man...every few seconds he would blow the whistle.

the whole game was just sloppy and i just couldn't get into it.

good try roma!

As I watched the Roma-Juve game I could believe the lack of discipline Del Neri had on his players..they were all over the place and spending too much time complaining rather than playing...if they did actually play and swallow their hatred for Capello, Zebina and Emerson they could have actually won this match.
That said, the PK awarded was sheer BULLSH*T .. a classic example of the why Juve is either LOVED or HATED. Dellas never moved...there was no foul and even if there some sort of foul existed it was outside the box....
This is the worse call of the year..by far. Cannot believe how a REF can make a call like that in game of this calibre and on a foul like that.

Roma played very dirty but players like Zebina only understand that type of language...

FORZA ROMA....give us our lead atop Serie A as we deserve!!!!!!!

(re-posted)

new development: Papers claim Juve's first goal was also off-side....

shocking.

we have been very lucky of late but at least we've made our own luck.

juve just buy theirs, drugs, dodgey decisions. I wonder if there's any mirrors at all in the delli alpi because I don't know how they can look at themselves.

71 fouls in the match????

thats a disgrace

Juve players are overrated and overpaid! I can't see how Juve fans can actually be proud of their wins.

Not just that, they should be stripped of their titles because of the drugging scandal in the 90's. that being said, i hope they DON'T get stripped of their titles because if they do, then Inter would win one scudetto haha. we can't have that happening now can we?

well, when all is said and done, i don't care how juve win these games - milan play better of the two and the better team will win the title that is milan

honestly, was Cannavaro's goal offside?

yes, it was from an off-side position but it was a difficult call to make - even the Roma players didn't protest for they thought Canavaro's goal was a regular one.
As for the penalty, now that's a dif story - all the blame for it goes to Racalbuto and his assistant.

Plus there was the penalty that Montella wasn't given in the 2nd half. He pushed the ball past Thuram, who stuck out a leg. I think Montella had lost control of the ball and was probably looking for a penalty, but there was definatly contact from Thuram (who didn't get anywhere near the ball) and this was certainly as much of a penalty as the one that juve got given.

I noticed Thuram was laughing at Montella as well. He was probably thinking something along the lines of "A penalty given against us? You must be joking!"

Originally Posted by Mey

Juve players are overrated and overpaid! I can't see how Juve fans can actually be proud of their wins.

WOW an ex juve fan!! You where wrong but something opened your mind and you moved to the right direction GOOD CHOICE DEAR.

BTW juve win only in italy cause they are helped, this story goes from the 1920's and continues till today.

Juve has 27 leagues but ONLY 2 championsd cups, there must be a reason for this.

Originally Posted by Nadir

Not just that, they should be stripped of their titles because of the drugging scandal in the 90's. that being said, i hope they DON'T get stripped of their titles because if they do, then Inter would win one scudetto haha. we can't have that happening now can we?

the only way inter can win a scudetto is by
1) dreaming about it
2) going back in time.
HAHAH