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De Rossi devastated after missed chance
Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi admitted his first-half penalty miss was the pivotal moment in the Italian club's 1-0 UEFA Champions League quarter-final defeat at Manchester United FC.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, Roma were handed a potential lifeline when referee Tom Henning Øvrebø adjudged Wes Brown to have fouled Mancini on the half-hour. However, De Rossi, who had scored the Giallorossi's winner from the penalty spot against Genoa CFC last weekend, sent the ball high over the crossbar.
"It was not a penalty to make it 2-0 in the last minute, but still I think the game would have changed if I had scored," said the Italian international. "I'm very disappointed and I think it hurts twice as much because I'm from Rome and a Roma supporter. We came to Manchester confident and ready to fight. The first goal was there, eleven metres away from me, but we all know what happened. It would have been a different match if we had taken the lead in the first half.
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Goals
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C. Tévez 70'
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1 - 0 |
Lineups
| Player | Bookings |
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| E. van der Sar | |
| R. Ferdinand | |
| M. Silvestre | |
| W. Brown | |
| Gerard Piqué | |
M. Carrick
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| O. Hargreaves | |
| Ji-Sung Park | |
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R. Giggs
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Anderson
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| C. Tévez |
Substitutions
| Player | Bookings |
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for R. Giggs 74' |
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for M. Carrick 74' |
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for Anderson 81' |
| Player | Bookings |
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| Doni | |
| Juan | |
| C. Panucci | |
| P. Mexès | |
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M. Cassetti
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| D. De Rossi | |
| S. Perrotta |
 73'
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D. Pizarro
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R. Taddei
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| Mancini | |
| M. Vucinic |
Substitutions
| Player | Bookings |
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for M. Cassetti 57' |
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for D. Pizarro 70' |
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for R. Taddei 82' |
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