Roma 0-2 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 1 April 2008
Result
Roma 0-2 Manchester United
Champions League · Tuesday 1 April 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Roma 0-2 Manchester United: match report
Roma lost to Manchester United 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 1 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Roma did not score. Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (39') and Wayne Rooney (66').
Discipline: Roma received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Roma were 8th on 17 points from 8 and Manchester United 6th on 20 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Roma win, 1 draw and 2 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Manchester United's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 45+2'Yellow card · Anderson
- 45+3'Yellow card · David Pizarro
- 53'Yellow card · Philippe Mexes
- 66'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Doni, Philippe Mexès, Max Tonetto, Marco Cassetti, David Pizarro, Alberto Aquilani, Taddei, Daniele De Rossi, Mancini, Mirko Vučinić, Christian Panucci
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha