Serie A match report: Parma 0-1 A.S Roma- Osvaldo strike hands Luis Enrique his first win: Part 2
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Roma made a change during the break as Burdisso replaced Kjaer, who was extremely lucky not to have been sent off before the half-time whistle.
Minutes after the resumption, Rosi and Heinze clashed heads after going for a clearance and the game was stopped as the full-back needed some treatment. Rosi looked in extreme pain with a neck injury and the stretcher was on to
take him, but he showed great courage to stay on.
Immediately after the resumption from his injury, Rossi made a huge impact to assist Osvaldo to give Roma the lead in the 50th minute. The full-back whipped in a perfect cross from the right flank and Osvaldo clinically
headed into the bottom right corner to make it 1-0 for the visitors.
Roma oozed with confidence after the goal and had a decent opportunity to double their advantage almost immediately. Borini found himself in a lovely position to meet the cross from the left but made a mess with his finishing and
the ball sailed to into the stands for a goal-kick.
The Giallorossi had another chance to double their advantage just before the hour mark but Heinze nodded his header over the bar from Totti’s corner-kick. Minutes later, the goal-scorer, Osvaldo whisked past two defenders and saw
himself in a great scoring position but drifted his shot away from the far post.
The hosts made their first change in the 62nd minute, as Jadid replaced Galloppo in the midfield.
Parma defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristian-c9491 Zaccardo, picked up a yellow card in the 65th minute for a lunge on Borini and Roma were awarded a free-kick from 25-yards. The hosts decided to use their second substitution during the break
in play as their record goal-scorer, Hernan Crespo replaced Floccari.
Roma also made a change moments later, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 replaced Borini in the 70th minute.
The Crociati had a lovely opportunity to take the lead in the 73rd minute, as Biabiany skipped past Heinze with ease but selfishly smacked his shot wide off the target leaving Giovinco fuming in the middle as he was
in clear position to score had the midfielder passed the ball to him.
A minute later, Roma skipper, Totti did a wonderful http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 to skip past a defender and unleashed a ferocious strike from close range but it narrowly missed the far post. Lobont was booked for time wasting in the 75th minute.
The hosts had another lovely opportunity to equalise, as Crespo flicked Giovinco’s corner for Jadid, who could not connect a shot from a lovely attacking position.
Both teams used their last substitutions during the dying minutes of the game, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 and Ze Eduardo replaced Crespo. The hosts could not threaten the Roma goal in the dying minutes and slumped
to their third defeat of the campaign.
Parma: Mirante; Zaccardo, Paletta, A Lucarelli, Gobbi; Biabiany, Morrone, Galloppa (Jadid 60), Modesto; Giovinco, Floccari (Crespo 65) (Ze http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eduardo-c12034 81)
Roma: Lobont; Rosi, Kjaer (Burdisso 46), Heinze, Jose Angel; Pjanic (Simplicio 77), De Rossi, Perrotta; Borini (Bojan 68), Totti, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Osvaldo-c28821
Roma will host Atalanta in their next game on Saturday, October 1st, 2011, while Parma will host Genoa the next day.
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