| Champions League: Inter and Roma draw at home (English/Italian) |
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| Thursday, 22 February 2007 | |
 It finished honours even at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday as Roma were held to a goalless stalemate by Lyon in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 encounter.Both teams struggled to find their rhythm in a tense affair which was interrupted by a series of free-kicks and 11 yellow cards from English referee Mike Riley. Set pieces continued to provide the best opportunities for both sides as the clock ticked down, and seven minutes from time an inswinging corner from Juninho was swept off the line by defender Christian Panucci. In Milan, David Silva cracked home a late equaliser to deny Internazionale and hand Valencia a draw from their trip to the San Siro. Silva volleyed home with just four minutes remaining to give the Primera Liga side a psychological edge ahead of the Champions League last-16 second leg at the Mestalla in two weeks' time. It was a better result than performance for Los Che, who were second best for much of the contest against an Inter side which failed to capitalise on their superiority. Esteban Cambiasso headed the hosts in front after 29 minutes only for David Villa to fire home a spectacular equaliser with a 30-yard free-kick 19 minutes into the second half. Brazilian full-back Maicon looked to have won it for Inter when his marauding run and composed finish put the Nerazzurri back in front, but Valencia displayed the stubbornness which has seen them surge up the Primera Liga table recently by finding a second equaliser. Inter dominated the opening half and the only surprise was the fact they did not score more than the one goal. Reuters In Italian: La Roma senza gol resta in corsaAll'Olimpico giallorossi bloccati sullo 0-0 dal Lione. Dopo il palo di Juninho in avvio, i giallorossi mettono in difficoltà la difesa dei campioni di Francia, dimostrando di poter ambire alla qualificazione Ci sono molti più cartellini gialli (11) che azioni da gol in Roma-Lione, ma i giallorossi tengono in piedi il discorso qualificazione chiudendo l'andata sullo 0-0. ROMA-LIONE 0-0 ROMA (4-2-3-1): Doni; Mexes, Panucci, Ferrari, Tonetto; De Rossi, Pizarro; Taddei (dal 40' s.t. Vucinic), Perrotta, Mancini (dal 31' s.t. Wilhelmsson); Totti. A disp. Curci, Cassetti, Defendi, Faty, Rosi. All. Spalletti LIONE (4-3-3): Coupet; Clerc, Squillaci, Cris, Abidal; Tiago, Toulalan, Juninho; Govou, Fred (dal 28' s.t. Baros), Malouda. A disp. Vercoutre, Reveillere, Cacapa, Kallstroem, Santos, Ben Arfa. All. Houllier L’Europa riporta l’Inter sulla terraInter sprecona nel 1° tempo in cui va in gol con Cambiasso. Nella ripresa pareggia Villa su punizione. Entra Cruz in tempo per l'assist vincente a Maicon, ma Silva rovina la festa: col Valencia finisce 2-2. L’Europa riporta l’Inter sulla terra. La squadra dei record, capace di vincere 16 volte di fila in campionato, non va oltre il pericolosissimo 2-2 interno nell’andata degli ottavi di Champions con il Valenica. Tra due settimana al Mestalla servirà un’impresa. Gazzetta |
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