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Roma beat ten-man Manchester United
Roma beat Manchester United 2-1 in their Champions League quarter final first leg after a goal from sub Mirko Vucinic. A deflected Rodrigo Taddei goal put the hosts in front before United - who played for 58 minutes with ten men after Paul Scholes was sent-off - equalised through Wayne Rooney.
Scholes received his marching orders in the 34th minute after picking up two quick bookings for poor and needless fouls on Christian Wilhelmsson and Francesco Totti in an opening period that saw the hosts get into United from the kick-off. There was a sour note for Roma too when Ashton-Under-Lyme born Italy midfielder Simone Perrotta picked up a yellow card for diving that rules him out of the second leg and a trip to the region of his birth.
Roma should have taken the lead as early as the second minute, Christian Panucci the wrong man in the right place when a corner ricocheted into his path in the six yard box, taking a poor touch that should really have been a first-time finish.
United were missing three of their first-choice defenders - Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra - and it showed. Free-kicks given away on the edge of the box with worrying regularity given the quality that Francesco Totti, Cristian Chivu and Amantino Mancini all possess.
One of the aforementioned free-kicks saw Edwin Van der Sar left static as Chivu's strike flew inches over the top right on five minutes, while Totti sent a low effort into the wall midway through the half. The same man made Van der Sar work on the half hour but United looked to have weathered the early storm until Scholes' dismissal which immediately put them up against it.
And Roma took the lead ten minutes later when a swift counter-attacking move saw Van der Sar tip a Rodrigo Taddei effort around the post, the subsequent corner taken quickly and catching United off-guard, Taddei's shot deflected in for 1-0 just before the break.
There were violent scenes between United and Roma fans following the goal which the Police quelled swiftly, and the second half saw Roma continue to attack United, who withdrew Rooney to a more defensive role and looked to hit the Italians on the break.
The first opportunity of the second period saw Totti fire just over after a counter following a Ronaldo chance, but United drew blood on the hour when - themselves defending on their own box - the Portugal wing wizard ran past a succession of challenges before freeing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer down the right, his inch-perfect cross allowing Rooney to control on his chest and fire a sweet volley past the helpless Doni.
But an inspired substitution by Roma boss Luciano Spalletti put the second-placed side in Serie A back in front, Vucinic coming on for Wilhelmsson and scoring four minutes later when Van der Sar poorly parried a long-range Mancini shot into his path.
After a hairy moment immediately after the goal when Vucinic fired straight at Van der Sar, Roma continued to push for more goals but United kept their discipline, restricting the Giallorossi to long-range efforts, the best of which came from Totti with seven minutes remaining.
The second leg has everything to play for and will be held at Old Trafford on April 10th
this video recorded from art sport channel with arabic commentary
the commentator is mr: hazem el kadiki
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