Tag: Roma
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Roma midfielder warns Man City of threat
Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic has warned their Champions League rivals Manchester City and Bayern Munich that the Italian side are growing in confidence. After beating CSKA Moscow 5-1 on the opening match-day, Roma visited the Etihad stadium on Tuesday night and held Man City to a 1-1 draw, a game which saw Francesco Totti become…
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Man City held at home by record breaking Totti
A sublime and record breaking goal from Francesco Totti ensured Manchester City are still without a win after two games in this years Champions League. After being given a dream start by Sergio Aguero’s fourth minute spot-kick, City were pegged back by Roma’s talisman who found the back of the net, for his first goal…
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Former Chelsea defender wants to face Lampard
Roma defender Ashley Cole is hoping to line up against his former Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard on Wednesday night when his side face Manchester City. Cole, who like Lampard – left Chelsea this summer when his contract expired is currently enjoying life in the Serie A with Roma and will face Lampard’s new club –…
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Ashley Cole enjoying life in Italy
Former Chelsea defender had dismissed reports that he could be set to leave Roma and insists that he is enjoying life in Italy. Cole, who joined the Serie A giants this summer after seeing his contract at Chelsea come to an end has settled in well with Roma, but conflicting reports have led to the…
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Roma warn Man United off midfielder move
Italian league leaders Roma have warned Manchester United that midfielder Kevin Strootman is ‘not for sale’. United boss Louis van Gaal is a huge admirer of the Dutch international and has been heavily linked with a move, prompting some reports to call on United to make a substantial bid in the January 2015 transfer window.…
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Serie A round-up: Tevez upsets the San Siro, Roma win again
Football Express News reviews the weekend’s Serie A action, which saw Carlos Tevez score the only goal as Juventus beat AC Milan. Cesena and Empoli got another goals galore weekend of Italian football under way with a 2-2 draw which saw the latter come from behind thanks to an own goal from Francesco Tavano and…
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Former Arsenal winger not worried by Man City
Former Arsenal winger Gervinho is confident his Roma side can beat off the likes of Bayern Munich and Manchester City after thumping CSKA Moscow 5-1 on Wednesday. Roma have been under somewhat of a resurgence of late, testing Juventus for the Serie A title last season and started the season with two wins in two…
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Roma and Porto score big, Barca beat APOEL
It was goals galore in the Champions League as Roma and Porto both scored big, whilst Barcelona beat a resilient APOEL. We start in Amsterdam as Ajax and Paris Saint Germain battled it out for three points and it looked as though the latter would be the winning side after Edinson Cavani put them ahead…
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Benatia lifts lid on Bayern move
Bayern Munich’s new defender Mehdi Benatia has revealed he is suffering a case of sour grapes towards his former club AS Roma, and said he snubbed approaches by Chelsea and Manchester City in favour of a move to the “cold” city of Munich. Morocco international star Benatia had been subject to speculation of a…
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Wenger considers back-four as Greek defender snubs Arsenal for Roma
Arsenal’s defensive target Kostas Manolas has opted to join Serie A side AS Roma, leaving Arsene Wenger’s club in a bit of a quandary over who to put in place of centre-back Thomas Vermaelen – who moved to Barcelona this summer. Gunners first team coach Arsene Wenger had been very keen to acquire the signature…
