- Date:19 Oct 2010
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Stadio Olimpico
Live Commentary
The final whistle is blown by the referee.
- 92mins
Adilson Cabral finds the back of the net with a goal from inside the penalty area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Roma 1-3 Basle.
- 90mins
Foul by Frederico Almerares on Marco Cassetti, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Marco Cassetti.
- 87mins
Foul by Benjamin Huggel on Francesco Totti, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by David Pizarro. Effort from 20 yards by Francesco Totti. Franco Costanzo makes a brilliant save. Alexander Frei goes off and Frederico Almerares comes on. Corner taken by Francesco Totti, Beg Ferati manages to make a clearance.
- 85mins
Scott Chipperfield produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty area which goes wide of the left-hand post. Alexander Frei takes the inswinging corner, save by Bogdan Lobont.
- 84mins
Cross/shot by Philippe Mexes.
- 79mins
Unfair challenge on Alexander Frei by Marco Cassetti results in a free kick. Marco Streller goes off and Adilson Cabral comes on. Alexander Frei has an effort direct from the free kick, Bogdan Lobont makes a save.
- 77mins
Cesar Julio Baptista sends in a cross, Headed effort from deep inside the penalty area by Marco Borriello goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
- 75mins
Paolo Castellini challenges Alexander Frei unfairly and gives away a free kick. The ball is delivered by Alexander Frei, Headed effort from inside the area by Benjamin Huggel misses to the right of the target.
- 74mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Alexander Frei by David Pizarro. Alexander Frei takes the free kick.
- 73mins
Cesar Julio Baptista replaces Simone Perrotta.
- 72mins
Scott Chipperfield receives a yellow card for dissent.
- 69mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Alexander Frei by Nicolas Burdisso. Alexander Frei restarts play with the free kick. Scott Chipperfield on for Valentin Stocker.
- 66mins
Matteo Brighi concedes a free kick for a foul on Gilles Yapi Yapo. Gilles Yapi Yapo takes the free kick.
- 65mins
Francesco Totti takes a outswinging corner.
- 65mins
Francesco Totti has an effort at goal. Blocked by Beg Ferati.
- 65mins
Marco Borriello takes a shot. Comfortable save by Franco Costanzo.
- 62mins
Marco Cassetti crosses the ball.
- 60mins
Rodrigo Taddei takes a shot. Save by Franco Costanzo.
- 59mins
Paolo Castellini replaces John Arne Riise.
- 58mins
Corner taken right-footed by Francesco Totti.
- 57mins
Rodrigo Taddei has an effort at goal from inside the penalty box hitting the post. Effort from deep inside the area by David Pizarro clears the bar.
- 56mins
Foul by David Abraham on Simone Perrotta, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Simone Perrotta.
- 55mins
Effort from just outside the box by Marco Borriello goes over the bar.
- 54mins
Alexander Frei is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Bogdan Lobont takes the free kick.
- 52mins
Unfair challenge on Marco Streller by Marco Cassetti results in a free kick. Marco Cassetti booked for unsporting behaviour. Berang Safari restarts play with the free kick.
- 51mins
The official flags Marco Streller offside. Bogdan Lobont restarts play with the free kick.
- 51mins
The ball is delivered by Marco Cassetti, save by Franco Costanzo.
- 49mins
Francesco Totti has an effort at goal from just outside the box which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 49mins
Xherdan Shaqiri gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on David Pizarro. Free kick crossed right-footed by Francesco Totti.
- 48mins
Marco Streller fouled by Nicolas Burdisso, the ref awards a free kick. Marco Streller takes the free kick.
The referee blows his whistle to start the second half.
The referee blows for half time.
- 43mins
Samuel Inkoom scores a goal from deep inside the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Roma 1-2 Basle.Assist by Xherdan Shaqiri. Samuel Inkoom shown a yellow card.
- 41mins
Effort on goal by David Pizarro from long range goes harmlessly over the bar.
- 39mins
Valentin Stocker concedes a free kick for a foul on Marco Cassetti. Free kick crossed right-footed by Francesco Totti.
- 38mins
The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Bogdan Lobont.
- 38mins
Marco Streller is ruled offside. Bogdan Lobont takes the direct free kick.
- 36mins
Effort from the edge of the box by Francesco Totti goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 35mins
Corner taken by Francesco Totti.
- 35mins
Corner taken short by Francesco Totti.
- 34mins
Corner taken by Alexander Frei from the right by-line.
- 32mins
The ball is sent over by Francesco Totti, Beg Ferati makes a clearance. Francesco Totti decides to take the corner short, The ball is crossed by Rodrigo Taddei, Franco Costanzo makes a comfortable save.
- 30mins
Inswinging corner taken by Alexander Frei from the left by-line, Benjamin Huggel takes a shot.
- 29mins
John Arne Riise challenges Xherdan Shaqiri unfairly and gives away a free kick. Samuel Inkoom restarts play with the free kick.
- 29mins
Philippe Mexes concedes a free kick for a foul on Benjamin Huggel. Free kick taken by Benjamin Huggel.
- 20mins
Marco Borriello fires in a goal from the edge of the area low into the middle of the goal. Roma 1-1 Basle.Assist on the goal came from Francesco Totti.
- 27mins
Corner taken short by Alexander Frei.
- 27mins
Corner taken by Alexander Frei from the right by-line, Nicolas Burdisso makes a clearance.
- 26mins
Valentin Stocker crosses the ball.
- 26mins
Marco Streller is ruled offside. Direct free kick taken by Marco Cassetti.
- 24mins
The referee blows for offside. Direct free kick taken by Franco Costanzo.
- 23mins
A cross is delivered by Marco Cassetti, clearance made by Beg Ferati.
- 20mins
Marco Borriello scores a goal from the edge of the area low into the middle of the goal. Roma 1-1 Basle.
- 20mins
Foul by Marco Streller on Matteo Brighi, free kick awarded. Bogdan Lobont takes the direct free kick.
- 17mins
Centre by Valentin Stocker, Marco Borriello gets a block in. Alexander Frei takes a short corner.
- 16mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Marco Borriello by Berang Safari. Marco Cassetti restarts play with the free kick. The referee blows for offside. Franco Costanzo restarts play with the free kick.
- 15mins
Francesco Totti is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Franco Costanzo takes the free kick.
- 15mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on John Arne Riise by Gilles Yapi Yapo. Free kick taken by John Arne Riise.
- 14mins
Rodrigo Taddei produces a cross.
- 12mins
Marco Borriello is caught offside. Free kick taken by David Abraham.
- 11mins
Alexander Frei scores a goal from just inside the penalty area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Roma 0-1 Basle.Marco Streller provided the assist for the goal.
- 8mins
Foul by David Pizarro on Beg Ferati, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Benjamin Huggel.
- 8mins
Benjamin Huggel concedes a free kick for a foul on Rodrigo Taddei. Free kick taken by Rodrigo Taddei.
- 5mins
Alexander Frei takes a shot. Nicolas Burdisso gets a block in.
- 5mins
The ball is delivered by Marco Streller.
- 4mins
Effort from deep inside the area by Marco Borriello misses to the left of the goal.
- 3mins
Outswinging corner taken by Xherdan Shaqiri from the right by-line, Philippe Mexes makes a clearance.
- 2mins
Rodrigo Taddei produces a cross, save made by Franco Costanzo.
- 2mins
The ball is swung over by Rodrigo Taddei.
The match has kicked off.
Match Preview
Roma coach Claudio Prandelli has backed Francesco Totti to end his goalscoring drought when they host Basle in a Champions League Group E clash.
Totti has not found the back of the net in 10 competitive games for Roma this season.
The Roma captain came close to scoring on several occasions in Saturday's 2-1 win over Genoa, and had a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside before setting up Marco Borriello for Roma's opener.
"Against Genoa, Totti was out of this world," said Ranieri.
"He is training really well and he is in great form.
"I'm sure sooner or later he will score."
Saturday's win lifted Roma out of the relegation zone and the Giallorossi will now look to build on that momentum.
With midfielder Daniele De Rossi and attacking pair Jeremy Menez and Mirko Vucinic all sidelined through injury, Roma fans will be hoping that Totti can provide the inspiration and the finishing touch tomorrow.
Totti knows his team will make a mistake if they take Basle lightly.
"Each game in this competition is important," said Totti, who will partner Borriello in Roma's attack.
"We lost our opening game in Germany (a 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich).
"Fortunately, we beat Cluj in the second game and that result was a big boost in confidence for us.
"Now we have to continue on this path with calmness and determination.
"The game against Cluj was a challenge just as the game against Basle will be.
"We cannot forget that Basle made life difficult for Bayern.
"In order to go far in the Champions League, we have to play 100%."
Basle travel to the Eternal City hoping to get their European adventure up and running.
The Swiss outfit lost their opening two games, including a 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich.
Despite those losses, Basle coach Thorsten Fink believes his team can still point for a second-place finish in the pool.
"We are not totally without a chance of second place and a spot in the Europa League is also realistic," he said.
Basle, who are third in the Swiss Super League, have never won in four previous visits to Italy.
Roma
Basle
- Bogdan Lobont
- Marco Cassetti
- Philippe Mexes
- Nicolas Burdisso
- John Arne Riise
- Rodrigo Taddei
- David Pizarro
- Matteo Brighi
- Simone Perrotta
- Francesco Totti
- Marco Borriello
- SUBS
- Alexander Doni
- Joao Cicinho
- Paolo Castellini
- Silveira Juan
- Cesar Julio Baptista
- Fabio Henrique Simplicio
- Stefano Okaka
Home
Away
- Franco Costanzo
- Samuel Inkoom
- Beg Ferati
- Berang Safari
- Xherdan Shaqiri
- Benjamin Huggel
- David Abraham
- Gilles Yapi Yapo
- Valentin Stocker
- Alexander Frei
- Marco Streller
- SUBS
- Yann Sommer
- Cagdas Atan
- Scott Chipperfield
- Frederico Almerares
- Genseric Kusunga
- Adilson Cabral
- Fwayo Tembo
Match Report
Super Swiss sink sorry Romans Basle stunned Roma at the Stadio Olimpico claiming an impressive 3-1 victory to get their Champions League challenge up and running. The Swiss outfit took a 12th-minute lead through Alexander Frei before Marco Borriello restored parity nine minutes later. Samuel Inkoom edged the visitors back in front before half-time while Roma midfielder Rodrigo Taddei was unlucky not to equalise in the 58th minute when his effort rebounded off a post. But deep in stoppage time, substitute Adilson Cabral put the game beyond Roma's reach to cap a wonderful night for the visitors. The result saw the Swiss club climb to third place, level on three points with Cluj and Roma after three games played. Bayern Munich beat Cluj 3-2 in the other group game to maintain their 100% record. Basle had suffered consecutive defeats so far in the group stage but they took an early lead with Frey finding Marco Streller's pass and striking the ball with his left foot from the edge of the area past Roma goalkeeper Bogdan Lobont. It was not long before Roma had pulled level. Francesco Totti fed Borriello inside the area and he fired past goalkeeper Francesco Costanzo. In the 37th minute, Totti, looking for his first goal of the season, struck just wide of the far post. Two minutes later, Frei had a goal disallowed for offside as Basle threatened and the visitors eventually went back in front when Xherdan Shaquiri's pass found Inkoom inside the area and his diagonal effort beat Lobont. Roma twice had the chance to equalise after the re-start but Totti and Borriello's efforts from long range went wide. Taddei struck the post before the hour and Borriello then forced Costanzo to make a fine save from eight yards. Benjamin Huggel should have increased his team's advantage in the 76th minute but his powerful header from Frei's cross went wide. Roma pressed forward in search of the equaliser and they almost succeeded with five minutes remaining when Philippe Mexes latched onto Totti's cross only for his effort to go over the bar. Basle had the last say with Cabral latching on to Scott Chipperfield's pass before driving the ball past Lobont.
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