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PRECAMPIONATO 2004/05
Champions World Soccer Series II 2004
31 luglio 2004, ore 20.00
(ora italiana: 02.00 del 1 agosto 2004)
Toronto, Skydome
ROMA / CELTIC 1-0

Celtic (4-4-2):-
Marshall, Agathe, Varga, Balde, McNamara (Valgaeren 61), McGeady, Lennon (Laursen 79), Petrov (Pearson 61), Wallace, Sutton (Beattie 61), Hartson (Sylla 63).

Booked:- Sutton.

A.S. Roma (4-4-2):-
Zotti, Pannuci, Mexas, Dellas, Curfe, Di Martino, Dacourt, D'Agostino (Lanzaro 64), Totti, Delvecchio (Montella 64), Candela.
Subs: Simonetta, Cerci, Curci, Grillo, Virga, Scurto, Pipolo, Rossi

Goal:- Totti 24.

Booked:- Dacourt, Delvecchio, Totti.

Att:- 50,168

Ref:- Steve DiPierro(USA).

	Gli allenamenti





	Cristian Panucci e John Harston



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GAZZETTA.IT
TORONTO (Canada), 1 agosto 2004 - Una rete di Francesco Totti ha consentito alla Roma di battere il Celtic nell'amichevole che si è giocata la scorsa notte allo SkyDome di Toronto di fronte a 50.168 spettatori: si tratta dell'affluenza più alta mai registrata nell'impianto canadese per una partita di calcio. Il gol del capitano giallorosso è arrivato al 24' del primo tempo con un un colpo di testa su cross di D'Agostino.
Rispetto a Pittsburgh e allo 0-3 con il Chelsea, altra Roma, altro avversario, altro risultato. I giallorossi fanno poco di più, ma ottengono molto di più. Nella seconda amichevole nordamericana, non brillano ma sbagliano molto meno rispetto alla sconfitta con il Chelsea e portano a casa la vittoria. Dopo la serataccia di Pittsburgh, la squadra di Prandelli (ancora in Italia per problemi familiari) s'è mossa con più disciplina, ma ha anche incontrato un avversario decisamente più abbordabile e non così avanti nella preparazione come i londinesi. Pin schiera la migliore formazione possibile del momento, eccezion fatta per De Martino e D'Agostino, che comunque superano l'esame, il secondo anche a pieni voti.
I 55.000 posti dello Skydome versione soccer e col tetto aperto sono quasi tutti occupati nonostante i prezzi non proprio popolari. Lieve maggioranza di tifosi scozzesi e atmosfera da festa. Ritmo e marcature da amichevole. Totti inizia cercando (e meritando) l'applauso con un paio di colpi di tacco e aperture di prima a metà campo. Il capitano giallorosso si gode appieno lo spazio concessogli dagli scozzesi. Al 13' Totti fa volare il portiere scozzese con un destro dal limite. Al 24' la Roma va in vantaggio: Vargas sbaglia malamente l'anticipo su un lancio di Dacourt per D'Agostino, il laterale arriva sul fondo e serve splendidamente Totti che, di testa in controtempo, manda alle spalle di Marshall. Il vantaggio scioglie i giallorossi, che iniziano a servire con continuità Delvecchio, sul quale Balde ha più di un problema. Proprio su una punizione per un fallo del centrale scozzese su Delvecchio, D'Agostino di sinistro scheggia il palo esterno alla destra di Marshall.
Celtic pericoloso due volte nei minuti finali. Al 41' con Sutton che anticipa Mexes su cross dalla destra: la palla è alta. Nel recupero bel riflesso di Zotti su colpo di testa ravvicinato di Hartson, sulla respinta Balde mette fuori praticamente a porta vuota. Nel secondo tempo emerge la diversità di preparazione e la Roma arretra il baricentro di almeno 20 metri. Pin sembra volere testare la condizione fisica dei suoi: nella prima mezz'ora, infatti, entrano solo Montella e Lanzaro. Però il Celtic non produce più di una punizione di Vargas sulla barriera e un paio di cross sui quali Mexes e Dellas (in netta crescita rispetto a due giorni fa) fanno buona guardia. Nel finale un pò di gloria per Montella (sinistro sull'esterno della rete da posizione molto angolata) e per un tifoso scozzese, che invade il campo fra gli applausi del pubblico e il grazie dei giocatori, che non attendevano altro che una scusa per rifiatare. Nel recupero Pearson evita i rigori sparando alla stelle da pochi passi un cross di Sylla dalla destra, nella migliore azione biancoverde del match.

Roma beat Celtic at SkyDome
Tough times for Celtic
TORONTO (CP) - Francesco Totti looks ready to put a difficult summer behind him. Totti's first-half goal proved to be the winner as AS Roma blanked Celtic 1-0 at SkyDome on Saturday.
"He played great," Roma manager Cesare Prandelli said through a translator. "He's about 50 per cent right now but he keeps improving all the time and he's one of the better players that there is.
"Physically he's about 50 per cent, but his heart is big and he plays with 100 per cent."
Totti received a mixture of cheers and boos in the pre-game introductions, no doubt because of the three-match suspension he received at the 2004 European
Championships after spitting in the face of Denmark's Christian Poulsen.
Without the 27-year-old striker, the Italians crashed out of the tournament in the group stage, winning just once in three matches.
After 40,078 showed up to watch FC Porto beat Liverpool on Friday night, attendance swelled to 50,168 at an open SkyDome on Saturday. It's the largest crowd to see a soccer game at SkyDome.
Even if the large crowd wasn't entirely behind him, Totti was clearly the most entertaining player on the field in the first half, showing off his fancy footwork and clever
passing skills at every touch of the ball, a performance that earned him Man of the Match honours.
"Totti has a fantastic reputation," said Celtic manager Martin O'Neill.
Indeed, it was Totti who scored the game's only goal in the 25th minute. The play began with a run down the right side by Gaetano D'Agostino. His cross to the far side of
the penalty area found Totti, who headed over a leaping David Marshall to give Roma a 1-0 lead.
Celtic's 19-year-old goalkeeper was nearly beaten by the same duo just two minutes later, but Totti's first touch was too strong, allowing a sprawling Marshall to gather up
the loose ball.
In addition to Totti, Roma's starting 11 included Italian defender Cristian Panucci, French midfielder Olivier Dacourt and Greek fullback Traianos Dellas.
As for Celtic, the defending Scottish champions presented a quality line-up that included Northern Ireland international Neil Lennon, top defender Bobo Balde and former
England international Chris Sutton.
Roma came close to scoring again in the 32nd minute, when D'Agostino's curling free kick from 25 metres out glanced off the left post.
Meanwhile, Celtic struggled to get a sniff of goal at the other end as Roma's back four of Panucci, Dellas, Philippe Mexes and Leandro Curfe kept the 18-yard box clear.
The Hoops finally threatened in the closing minutes of the first half. Aiden McGeady's found Sutton with a cross in the 42nd minute, but Roma goalkeeper Carlo Zotti tipped the ball over the crossbar.
In the 45th minute, Zotti was in the right place again when John Hartson got his head on a McGeady free kick. The ball fell to a wide open Balde, who shot wide despite
having an open goal in front of him.
"Balde is not exactly noted for finishing off two-yard chances," O'Neill remarked dryly. "When I saw that it had fallen to him, I wasn't actually sure that he'd put it in and he
proved me right. If he can keep them out at the other end for us during the season I'll be incredibly pleased."
Celtic, who saw Swedish international striker Henrik Larsson leave for Barcelona over the summer, scored just four times in the four matches. O'Neill has been looking for
extra firepower and recently acquired Senegalese striker Henri Camara on a season-long loan from Wolves.
"Obviously every team would miss a player of Henrik's calibre and it will be hard to replace him but I think we've got really good strikers," said Celtic defender Ulrik
Laursen.
Neither team made any halftime substitutions, but O'Neill made three changes in the 62nd minute, replacing Sutton with up-and-coming striker Craig Beattie, who had
scored four goals in Celtic's first three games on the tour.
Prandelli also made a pair of second half changes, removing D'Agostino and Marco Del Vecchio in the 64th minute in favour of Maurizio Lanzaro and Vincenzo Montella.
Despite Beattie's best efforts, it was fellow substitute Mohamed Sylla who provided Celtic's best chances to equalize, heading a McGeady free kick over the bar.
Celtic were awarded a late free kick on the edge of the Roma box after Lanzaro's foul on Stanislav Varga, but the shot was blasted directly into the wall.
With just seconds to go in injury time, Sylla sent in near-perfect cross in to Stephen Pearson, whose shot sailed over the crossbar.
Celtic supporters seemed to be in the majority, but fans of both teams were in full voice throughout the evening.
A Celtic supporter and two Roma fans ran onto the field from opposite corners in the 89th minute. The Celtic fan was tackled by security, while the Roma fans jumped back into the seats, where they were chased down by stadium officials.
Saturday's victory was the second of three ChampionsWorld matches for Roma, who lost 3-0 to Chelsea on Wednesday. The Serie A side will conclude their tour against
Liverpool at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Tuesday.
It was Celtic's final game in the ChampionsWorld series, a hectic schedule that saw them play four times in eight days. They lost 4-2 to Chelsea in the series opener and
suffered a 5-1 defeat to Liverpool before rebounding with a 2-1 victory over Manchester United.
O'Neill declared himself happy with what he had seen from his younger players on the tour.
"Despite the travelling that we had to Seattle and the heavy fixtures that we had, overall I'm very pleased," he said. "We've played the games now, we're pretty tired and
we're going home."
Notes: The officiating crew included female linesman Denise Robinson. . . . Combined attendance for the two games at SkyDome was 90,246. . . . Workers began tearing
up the temporary grass surface after the game to get SkyDome ready for Monday's Toronto Blue Jays game at 1:05 p.m. against the Cleveland Indians.
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