Roma Salvage Season 5/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
The Giallorossi defeated Udinese to reach the Coppa Italia final and guarantee themselves a place in next year's Uefa Cup. The Italian cup was the last chance Roma had to save a disastrous season and Bruno Conti's players did not disappoint their fans as they beat the Bianconeri 2-1 at the Friuli stadium of Udine to book a ticket for the Coppa Italia final against Inter. Roma went through thanks to a 3-2 aggregate after the first leg at the Olimpico ended in a 1-1 result which seemed to favour Udinese over the Giallorossi. Roma surprisingly took the lead against the run of play when in the only shot on goal of the whole first half, Mancini put the Giallorossi ahead. Cufre crossed towards the penalty area and the Brazilian midfielder headed past Handanovic to put the Capital city side 1-0 up after 21 minutes. Udinese reacted well but Curci denied Spalletti's side from equalizing before half time. In the second half the Bianconeri's pressure paid off as Di Natale finally levelled the score in the 57th minute following a scramble in the penalty area. The Roma players did not lose their heads and went close to taking the lead again with Cassano and Montella, but when the game was heading towards extra time, Mancini was brought down inside the penalty area with 10 minutes to go and Francesco Totti converted the resulting penalty to help Roma beat Udinese 2-1. This will be Roma's 12th Coppa Italia final as the Giallorossi will meet Inter who defeated Cagliari on Wednesday. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/0xaSZB/UOnJAA/Y3ZIAA/2_TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. Kirim Mail kosong (tanpa subject) ke alamat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
