Roma vs Chelsea

[BlueLion. 21,491]

AS Roma vs. Chelsea Football Club


Chelsea crushed Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in 2003.

Chelsea travel to Italy with the possibility of guaranteeing progression into the knock-out rounds of the Champions League.

5 years to the day of a famous Chelsea victory in Italy, Luiz Felipe Scolari takes his side to Rome to face Italian giants AS Roma. Despite a faltering start to their league campaign, players such as Francesco Totti, Mirko Vucinic, Rodrigo Taddei and Daniele de Rossi will be looking to get their season kick-started in the right direction.

Chelsea, on the other hand, are flying high in Europe and in their own domestic league, and are top of Group A and the Premier League thanks to their superior goal difference in both competitions.

Five years to the day of this fixture, Chelsea went to Italy searching for a much-needed win in the Champions League in a game against Lazio. In the Olimpic Stadium, the Blues won 4-0 - the biggest winning margin by a foreign team on Italian soil that has since been equalled by Arsenal. Can the Blues emulate the score line under Claudio Ranieri to ensure qualification for the next round with two games remaining?

Match chat here!

Predict the result here!

Edited November 2, 2008 by BlueLion

[Laylabelle 9,348]

Good luck to anyone going.Hope their fans are nicer to us then Man you

Anyho erm 1-0..on their ground so not gana be easy hopfully though that make them more adverntous and not litrally put the whole team behind the ball again

And hopfully Riiise wont score against us

Edited November 2, 2008 by Laylabelle

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I feel quite confident about this game, to be honest, Roma can't sit back and defend because they're at home, and Italian fans are quite happy to vent their frustration at sides when they lose. I think it was in 2006 in a match between Siena and Udinese, that Siena didn't have one shot on goal and at full-time they were met by a volley of coins and bottles. They're going to have to attack us and the pace and quality we have up front will make them pay. If they score first they will shut up shot and play for the 1-0 win, but if we score first then they have no choice but to come at us and we will play them off the park for that reason. Either way, they've been shit, so far this season, and we should win.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

They'll be wary of our abilty to hit on the break, but they have to go for it.

I still wouldnt write them off as having no hope. Anything can happen, we are the better and stronger team and should win. It doesnt mean we will.

2-0 Chelsea me thinks

[Drogba11CFC 108]

3-1. Lampard, DD, and Riise at both ends.

[True_Blue 469]

I reckon we will draw,Roma will put up their defence and play dirty as usual.

:thumbsdown:

[BlueLion. 21,491]

A draw would actually not be the worst result, in my opinion.

[Elliott 7]

Away from home in Europe to a side like Roma, a draw isn't so bad. However, it'd be nice to make up for the draw at Cluj where we should be winning,

[Joe Cool 388]

Rome are in shite form and I wouldn't be surprised if they raised their game against us and parked the bus in front of goal. A draw would be very acceptable imo.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

The home crowd would be very unforgiving if they defended for 90 minutes at the SO.

[Para6iT 2]

Well it's better draw than lose..i think

[bombayblue™ 55]

We always win away from home...

it's gonna be a chant soon enough...

[trueman1 0]

We shall win with difference in one goal 1-2 or 0-1

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Roma

32 Doni

03 Cicinho

05 Mexes

04 Juan

02 Panucci

20 Perrotta

16 De Rossi

33 Brighi

07 Pizarro

10 Totti

09 Vucinic

Substitutes

25 Artur, 11 Taddei, 15 Loria, 17 Riise, 19 Julio Baptista, 22 Tonetto, 24 Menez

Chelsea

01 Cech

17 Bosingwa

26 Terry

33 Alex

18 Bridge

20 Deco

12 Mikel

08 Lampard

10 J Cole

39 Anelka

15 Malouda

Substitutes

23 Cudicini, 02 Ivanovic, 09 Di Santo, 11 Drogba, 19 Ferreira, 21 Kalou, 35 Belletti

Edited November 4, 2008 by BlueLion

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Roma

32 Doni

03 Cicinho

05 Mexes

04 Juan

02 Panucci

20 Perrotta

16 De Rossi

33 Brighi

07 Pizarro

10 Totti

09 Vucinic

Substitutes

25 Artur, 11 Taddei, 15 Loria, 17 Riise, 19 Julio Baptista, 22 Tonetto, 24 Menez

Hopefully Riise will come on in the 2nd half and score for us. Exactly like he did as a Liverpool player.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

They have some excellent players on the bench. Watch out for 'Rigo Taddei.

Enjoy the game, people, I'm going to watch it at the pub down the road, couple of Blues in there

Edited November 4, 2008 by BlueLion

[.Cee 50]

Match's starting.

Come on, Chelsea!!

[.Cee 50]

Deco shot blocked by Doni... Corner...