2008-2009 sezonu şampiyonlar ligi a, b, c ve d gruplarındaki açılış maçlarının oynadığı bu gecede, gecenin en süpriz sonucunun imza atılan maç. romanya temsilcisi cfr cluj arjantinli orta saha oyuncusu juan culio'nun her iki devrede de attığı gollerle italya'da roma'yı 1-0 yenik duruma düştükten sonra 2-1 mağlup etmeyi başardı.
maç bilgileri şöyle;
hakemler: iouri baskakov, tikhon kalugin, anton averianov
as roma: alexandre doni, christian panucci (dk. 47 simone loria), cicinho, john arne riise (dk. 52 francesco totti), marco cassetti, max tonetto, alberto aquilani, daniele de rossi, julio baptista, rodrigo taddei (dk. 77 vincenzo montella), mirko vucinic
teknik direktör: luciano spalleti
cfr cluj: eduard stancioiu, alvaro pereira, de sousa galiassi, gabriel muresan, ricardo cadu, tony, eugen trica (dk. 67 sixto peralta), juan culio, ricardo dani, sebastian dubarbier (dk. 88 cristian panin), yssouf kone
romanya birinci futbol ligi'nde (liga 1) geçen sezonun şampiyonu cfr cluj'un arjantinli oyuncusu juan culio'nun as roma'ya attığı 2 golden çok etkilenen romanya futbol federasyonu, oyuncuyu romanya vatandaşlığına geçirme kararı aldı.
cfr cluj'un, avrupa şampiyonlar ligi (a) grubu'nda as roma'ya 2-1 üstünlüğüyle biten maçta, rakip takımın ağlarını 2 kez havalandıran culio, romanya vatandaşlığına geçirilecek.
romanya futbol federasyonu başkanı mircea sandu, işlemler için gerekli belgelerin teminine başlandığını belirterek, “culio mükemmel oynadı” dedi.
culio da maçın ardından yaptığı açıklamada, romanya milli takımında oynamaktan duyacağı memnuniyeti dile getirmiş, “elbette milli takım çalıştırıcısı victor piturca'nın teklifini kabul edeceğim” demişti.
kulüpte forma giyen yabancı oyuncuları öven cfr cluj'un başkanı ıuliu muresan da bu futbolcuların takıma “kazanma mantalitesi”ni getirdiklerini söyledi.
geçen sezon romanya takımında 23 yabancı, 6 rumen oyuncu yer alıyordu.
yardımcı hakemler: tikhon kalugin (rus), anton averianov (rus)
4. hakem: aleksandr gvardis (rus)
roma: doni (gk), christian panucci (c) (dk. 47 simone loria), cicinho, alberto aquilani, mirko vučinić, rodrigo taddei (dk. 77 vincenzo montella), daniele de rossi, john arne riise (dk. 52 francesco totti), júlio baptista, max tonetto, marco cassetti
yedekler: artur (gk), jérémy ménez, matteo brighi, stefano okaka
teknik direktör: luciano spalletti (ita)
cfr cluj: eduard stăncioiu (gk), tony, gabriel mureşan, sebastián dubarbier (dk. 89 cristian panin), eugen trică (dk. 67 sixto peralta), yssouf koné, juan culio, cadú (c), de sousa, dani, álvaro pereira
yedekler: nuno claro (gk), hugo alcântara, ciprian deac, didi, diego ruiz
teknik direktör: maurizio trombetta (ita)
goller: 1-0 christian panucci (c) dk. 17 1-1 juan culio dk. 27 1-2 juan culio dk. 49
newcomers cfr catch roma cold published: wednesday 17 september 2008, 0.40cet
as roma 1-2 cfr 1907 cluj
a goal in either half from argentinian midfielder juan culio earned the debutants the perfect start to their group a challenge and shocked roma.
by paul saffer from stadio olimpico
juan culio wrote a little piece of uefa champions league history as his two goals gave cfr 1907 cluj victory at as roma on their competition debut.
cfr delight the romanian side had only a uefa intertoto cup final and uefa cup second qualifying round run to their name in europe before tonight, but they are now major contenders in group a after recovering from conceding an early christian panucci goal to take the points. argentinian midfielder juan culio combined brilliantly with eugen trică to equalise on 27 minutes and volleyed the winner early in the second half, a stunning result for italian coach maurizio trombetta in only his second game in charge of cfr.
early test although juan, philippe mexès and simone perrotta were out injured, roma began like a team who had reached the last two quarter-finals rather than a side who are still searching for their first serie a win of 2008/09. striker mirko vučinić, only recently over a back problem, tested visiting goalkeeper eduard stăncioiu with a strong free-kick and was then unfortunate to turn the ball on to the post from close range.
roma ahead within seconds roma were ahead. daniele de rossi, having been declared fit after hurting his neck in saturday's 3-1 loss to us città di palermo, showed determination to win the ball by the corner flag on the right and whipped in a perfect cross right that captain panucci glanced past stăncioiu. now the romanian champions were learning all about this competition, but it was a lesson they were taking in, and when sebastián dubarbier looped a shot on to the roof of the roma net it was clear cfr were not intimidated by uefa champions league football.
swift equaliser so it was not out of the blue that they conjured up a superb equaliser ten minutes after falling behind. juan culio advanced at speed and fed eugen trică, who returned the ball with a calm back-heel flick. the argentinian muscled past rodrigo taddei before sending a fizzing low shot past a helpless doni. the visitors did not stop there, yssouf koné combining excellently with dani but this time doni was equal to the portuguese striker's shot.
second goal within four minutes of the restart, though, the roma goalkeeper was picking the ball out of his net again when trică looped in a cross from the right. marco cassetti beat koné in the air but the ball fell neatly for juan culio to volley in with his left foot. roma coach luciano spalletti promptly introduced francesco totti, still not quite match-fit after a long-term knee injury, although it was nearly 3-1 when alin minteuan curled a free-kick just wide. a totti header was deflected just off target, rallying the roma fans, and de rossi let fly from distance but cfr were back in numbers and conceding little space.
peralta hits bar sixto peralta came on for trică, and nearly settled matters as his effort bounced away off the bar before de rossi again had a long-range strike that stăncioiu was equali to once more. vincenzo montella also came on, but cfr were not about to let go of the points and will welcome chelsea fc in a fortnight with high hopes.
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