Giornata 9: Roma vs Sampdoria

Yeah, a lot will depend on Roma. If they decide to vent their fury on us and play like they did last year we're in trouble, but at the same time they'll be very fragile and nervous, so if we frustrate them and then ideally score a goal they might completely lose it.

As for us, Lucchini will return alongside Gastaldello and Accardi, and then I'd expect there to be a mild turn-over in midfield, e.g. Dessena might start, possibly Stanke.

Players called up:


Portieri. Castellazzi, Fiorillo, Mirante.

Difensori. Accardi, Bottinelli, Gastaldello, Lucchini.

Centrocampisti. Delvecchio, Dessena, Franceschini, Krsticic, Padalino, Pieri, Sammarco, Stankevicius, Ziegler.

Attaccanti. Bellucci, Bonazzoli, Cassano, Fornaroli.

No surprises there, luckily Gastaldello makes it after missing yesterday's training because of a knock.

http://ilsecoloxix.ilsole24ore.com/...4708-mazzarri-cambia-bonazzoli-titolare.shtml

Bellucci rested, and the UEFA Cup top scorer Bonazzoli to play.

Expected formation:
Castellazzi; Lucchini, Gastaldello , Accardi; Stankevicius, Delvecchio, Sammarco, Franceschini, Pieri; Bonazzoli, Cassano.

I hope we can pull an upset in olimpico.

Lombardo said:

I hope we can pull an upset in olimpico.

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With this lineup it will be a bit harder.

ToniSamp said:

With this lineup it will be a bit harder.

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u usually play win approx the same formation, then you don`t trust your team to beat Roma with any lineup, do you?

Kopite said:

u usually play win approx the same formation, then you don`t trust your team to beat Roma with any lineup, do you?

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It's that approximation which makes the difference: Bonazzoli for Bellucci and Stankevicius for Padalino.

ouch, i would agree about bonazzoli a few weeks ago, but with his massive game against partizan. i think that not a big gap although that i`m a fan of bellucci as you know.

ragarding to stanke and padalino, has padalino played 2 games in row or proved himself as a better choice on the right side.

Kopite said:

ouch, i would agree about bonazzoli a few weeks ago, but with his massive game against partizan. i think that not a big gap although that i`m a fan of bellucci as you know.

ragarding to stanke and padalino, has padalino played 2 games in row or proved himself as a better choice on the right side.

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Massive is the gap between Bonazzoli and Bellucci. p

Serie A Week 9 - 29/10/08 (19.30 UK)
Roma - Sampdoria
Stadio Olimpico

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sa0809/rom-sam.html

ToniSamp said:

Massive is the gap between Bonazzoli and Bellucci. p

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oh, you can`t neglect his show in that game. simply you don`t like him and it`s as your opinion at caracciolo last season too.

then,don`t forget that bellucci may need some weeks to show his best. :hopeful:

Kopite said:

oh, you can`t neglect his show in that game. simply you don`t like him and it`s as your opinion at caracciolo last season too.

then,don`t forget that bellucci may need some weeks to show his best. :hopeful:

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which show?

Bonazzoli scored one important goal but so did Dessena. Truth is that in serie A we have hardly faced a team playing so open as Partizan, infact the score of Bonazzoli in serie A is 0.
Sampdoria not ToniSamp got rid of Caracciolo after a few months, proving me right, while Bonazzoli has not been sold cause no one offered enough money and Sampdoria invested 6 million euros on him.

ToniSamp said:

which show?

Bonazzoli scored one important goal but so did Dessena. Truth is that in serie A we have hardly faced a team playing so open as Partizan, infact the score of Bonazzoli in serie A is 0.
Sampdoria not ToniSamp got rid of Caracciolo after a few months, proving me right, while Bonazzoli has not been sold cause no one offered enough money and Sampdoria invested 6 million euros on him.

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well said and respect that. then you mean that bonzzoli did well vs partizan because the serbian team did open the game while he doesn`t find the same chance against serie a teams. i agree with that but us don`t forget he also isn`t supported well by samp midfielder while bona is a box player. i`m not trying to find out an excuse for him but that`s a real. cassano is coming from behind, creating his dangerous or score with a bit lower control on him.

bfor his injury i usd 2 realy like bonazzoli .........he and flachi wer duin pretty gud imo .......... he den got injurd ........r season deterioratd .......flachi got hi ......... and nw he is not da same ..........


remembr his gol .......... dat volley .......... dat was great ............was it against chievo?

anyway bonazoli is startin against roma and not bellucci i believ altho dis game is not on tv .............was hopin it wud b :moan:

Why the game is suspended
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Susp. AS Roma 0 - 0 Sampdoria

Heavy rain,match abandoned or delayed ?

Match abandoned after just 5 minutes and 20 seconds due to water-logged pitch. Not sure when it'll get played seeing as both teams have a lot of commitments (serie A + Europe).

On the one hand I was very worried about playing Roma when they're so desperately in need of results, but then again the chances are they'll have discovered some form by the time we do play them, and are unlikely to be in such bad shape.

In the immediate future I guess it means we'll be fresh for Torino on Sunday - another must-win game given our precarious league position.

hello, I'm back in time for the postponed match. Great!

The password system of xtratime seriously sucks.

emm it was so interesting game, wasn`t it?

bogliaschino said:

Match abandoned after just 5 minutes and 20 seconds due to water-logged pitch. Not sure when it'll get played seeing as both teams have a lot of commitments (serie A + Europe).

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an important point. the new date for this game should be in appropriate for both sides.. at least in any week where there will be no european or cup games.