Roma, who have been fairly ordinary so far this season, produced a ripper this morning. I couldnt beleive it watching this game, after seeing them stumble and trip through this season so far. Totti was simply inspired, Roma dominated the first half an hour before finally scoring, Aldair's starting role raised eyebrows, but he had a fantastic game.
Perhaps with this win they will turn the corner, 5 days after being extremely lucky to escape with one point in the Rome derby.
Real Merda tried to get on back the rest of the game, but Roma showed a fantastic defense with some excellent counter attacks and really, always looked like winning this game. The unfashionable Roma looked very complete against one of Europes true giants. The more I see of Real, the more I think they are very Zidane dependant. He is the heart of this team, Raul and Figo somewhat overrated IMO, and Ronaldo needs more time to get right. Roma seemed to concentrate heavily on Zidane, and Real struggled throughout.
Group A
DORTMUND 2-1 ARSENAL
Rosicky 38, 63 Pen Henry 18
PSV 3-0 AUXERRE
Bruggink 34
Rommedahl 48
Robben 64
GROUP A P W D L F A PTS
Dortmund 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 *
Arsenal 5 3 0 2 9 4 9 *
PSV 5 1 2 2 5 8 5
Auxerre 5 1 1 3 3 7 4
Arsenal lose yet again, but go through with Auxerre getting rolled by PSV.
Group B
LIVERPOOL 0-1 VALENCIA
Rufete 34
P W D L F A PTS
Valencia 5 4 1 0 14 4 13 *
Liverpool 5 2 1 2 9 5 7
Basle 4 1 2 1 7 9 5
Spartak 4 0 0 4 1 13 0
Liverpool will be praying Spartak beat Basle in their moved fixture next week. Either way, Liverpool are going to have to grab at least a draw away in the final round in two weeks.
Group C
AEK 1-1 GENK
Sonck 22 Lakis 30
REAL MADRID 0-1 ROMA
Totti 28
GROUP C P W D L F A PTS
Real Merda 5 2 2 1 14 6 8 *
Roma 5 2 2 1 2 3 8
AEK 5 0 5 0 6 6 5
Genk 5 0 3 2 1 8 3
Real through but havnt been convincing this season (both CL and La Liga), and the Greeks have a tough task in beating a rejuvinated Roma away to qualify.
Group D
INTER 3-0 ROSENBORG
Recoba 31
Sarrinen 52 og
Crespo 72
LYON 0-2 AJAX
Pienaar 7
Van der Vaart 93
GROUP D P W D L F A PTS
Inter 5 2 2 1 10 7 8
Ajax 5 2 2 1 5 3 8
Lyon 5 2 2 1 11 8 7
Rosenborg 5 0 3 2 3 11 3
This groups as tight as a nuns ****, with Inter, Ajax and Lyon all needing wins to guarantee qualifcation, and draws are going to make things messy.
Perhaps with this win they will turn the corner, 5 days after being extremely lucky to escape with one point in the Rome derby.
Real Merda tried to get on back the rest of the game, but Roma showed a fantastic defense with some excellent counter attacks and really, always looked like winning this game. The unfashionable Roma looked very complete against one of Europes true giants. The more I see of Real, the more I think they are very Zidane dependant. He is the heart of this team, Raul and Figo somewhat overrated IMO, and Ronaldo needs more time to get right. Roma seemed to concentrate heavily on Zidane, and Real struggled throughout.
Group A
DORTMUND 2-1 ARSENAL
Rosicky 38, 63 Pen Henry 18
PSV 3-0 AUXERRE
Bruggink 34
Rommedahl 48
Robben 64
GROUP A P W D L F A PTS
Dortmund 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 *
Arsenal 5 3 0 2 9 4 9 *
PSV 5 1 2 2 5 8 5
Auxerre 5 1 1 3 3 7 4
Arsenal lose yet again, but go through with Auxerre getting rolled by PSV.
Group B
LIVERPOOL 0-1 VALENCIA
Rufete 34
P W D L F A PTS
Valencia 5 4 1 0 14 4 13 *
Liverpool 5 2 1 2 9 5 7
Basle 4 1 2 1 7 9 5
Spartak 4 0 0 4 1 13 0
Liverpool will be praying Spartak beat Basle in their moved fixture next week. Either way, Liverpool are going to have to grab at least a draw away in the final round in two weeks.
Group C
AEK 1-1 GENK
Sonck 22 Lakis 30
REAL MADRID 0-1 ROMA
Totti 28
GROUP C P W D L F A PTS
Real Merda 5 2 2 1 14 6 8 *
Roma 5 2 2 1 2 3 8
AEK 5 0 5 0 6 6 5
Genk 5 0 3 2 1 8 3
Real through but havnt been convincing this season (both CL and La Liga), and the Greeks have a tough task in beating a rejuvinated Roma away to qualify.
Group D
INTER 3-0 ROSENBORG
Recoba 31
Sarrinen 52 og
Crespo 72
LYON 0-2 AJAX
Pienaar 7
Van der Vaart 93
GROUP D P W D L F A PTS
Inter 5 2 2 1 10 7 8
Ajax 5 2 2 1 5 3 8
Lyon 5 2 2 1 11 8 7
Rosenborg 5 0 3 2 3 11 3
This groups as tight as a nuns ****, with Inter, Ajax and Lyon all needing wins to guarantee qualifcation, and draws are going to make things messy.
