15 Things about Real Madrid vs AS Roma Match

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Within few hours Real Madrid vs AS Roma second leg match of Champions league kicks off. The match is now the center of all attention. The match will be held at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. So, Real Madrid will have home advantage tonight against the visiting Roma. However, with the first leg victory at home, Roma has an advantage over Real Madrid tonight. The Italian giants need only a draw today to book their quarter final place of Champions League.

I know that many of you are eagerly waiting for the match as the match has everything to be an exciting one. It is a must-win match for Real Madrid. So, the home team seems to be in attacking form from the very beginning of the match that hints a mouth watering clash tonight. Now, here I am giving some information regarding the match which you may find useful for you.

1. The match will take place at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium of Real Madrid on 5 March 2008.
2. The kick off time is 19:45 GMT.
3. The match will be telecast live on Sky Sports 3 television channel.
4. AS Roma won the first leg match 2-1. So, they have slight advantage tonight.
5. For Real Madrid, it is a must-win match, while a draw is enough for Roma to get the ticket of quarter final.
6. Real Madrid will miss Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy tonight as he is out with ankle injury. Players like Christoph Metzelder (foot), Wesley Sneijder (rib) Javier Saviola (ankle) and Arjen Robben (ankle) are missing the match due to injury.
7. Sergio Juande Ramos is missing the match against Roma as he has been handed a two-match ban for abusing referee.
8. Compared to Real Madrid, the list of injured players is very short for Roma. Roma will miss Marco Cassetti who is out with shoulder injury.
9. If injury is the major concern for both sides, there are some hopes as well. Real Madrid will get Guti, Robinho and Pepe back in the squad, while Juan, Philippe Mexes and Simone Perrotta are going to be back in the final team contention of Roma.
10. Real Madrid won four out of their last seven meetings with Roma along with two defeats and a draw.
11. Real Madrid is currently leading the Spanish La Liga with five points clear of Barcelona. Roma is in the second place of Serie A point table with six points behind the leaders Inter Milan.
12. Real Madrid’s recent performance is not impressive at all. The Spanish giants won only three out of their last seven matches with four defeats. However, Roma has better performance than Real Madrid in their last seven matches in all competitions. Roma won four, lost two and drew one out of their last seven matches.
13. Real Madrid projected a 3-2 victory in their recent league match against Recreativo Huelva.
14. Roma got an inspirational 4-0 victory at home against FC Parma in their last league match. The victory must have given a huge boost in the confidence level of Roma players ahead of the match against Real Madrid.
15. Roma manager Spalletti insisted his players to maintain the characteristics which had taken Roma this level.