2007/08 UEFA Champions League: Manchester United vs. AS Roma
{{date|October 2, 2007}}

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date=October 2, 2007<br>20:45 ([[w:Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]) |
team1=[[w:Manchester United|Manchester United]]|
score=1–0|
team2=[[w:AS Roma|AS Roma]]|
report=|
goals1=Saha {{suboff|66}}<BR>Tevez {{subon|66}}<BR>Rooney {{Goal|70}}<BR>Giggs {{Suboff|80}}<BR>Nani {{Subon|80}}<BR>Rooney {{Suboff|85}}<BR>Anderson {{Subon|85}}|
goals2={{Booked|39}} Mexès<BR>{{Suboff|62}} Aquilani<BR>{{Subon|62}} Pizzaro<BR>{{Suboff|74}} Mancini<BR>{{Subon|74}} Vučinić<BR>{{Suboff|80}} Giuly<BR>{{Subon|80}} Esposito|
stadium=[[w:Old Trafford (football ground)|Old Trafford]], [[w:Manchester|Manchester]] |
Attendance=73,652|
referee= Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)}}

Manchester United defeated AS Roma 1-0 in [[w:UEFA Champions League 2007-08 group stage|Group F]] of the [[w:UEFA Champions League 2007-08|UEFA Champions League 2007-08]] at [[w:Old Trafford|Old Trafford]], [[w:Manchester|Manchester]], [[England]].

[[w:Wayne Rooney|Wayne Rooney]] scored the only goal of the match, his first goal of the season for Manchester United, in the 70th minute. 

Manchester United currently lead Group F with two wins from two matches. AS Roma are second on goal difference ahead of [[w:Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]], who defeated [[w:FC Dynamo Kyiv|FC Dynamo Kyiv]] 2-1.

==Starting Lineups, Substitutes' Benches & Statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"|Starting lineup
|-
!colspan="2"|Manchester United
!colspan="2"|AS Roma
|-
!#!!Player!!#!!Player
|- 
|3||[[w:Patrice Evra|Patrice Evra]]||1||[[w:Gianluca Curci|Gianluca Curci]] (GK)
|- 
|5||[[w:Rio Ferdinand|Rio Ferdinand]]||3||[[w:Cicinho|Cicinho]]
|- 
|7||[[w:Cristiano Ronaldo|Cristiano Ronaldo]]||5||[[w:Philippe Mexès|Philippe Mexès]]
|- 
|9||[[w:Louis Saha|Louis Saha]]||4||[[w:Juan Silveira dos Santos|Juan Silveira dos Santos]]
|- 
|10||[[w:Wayne Rooney|Wayne Rooney]]||22||[[w:Max Tonetto|Max Tonetto]]
|- 
|15||[[w:Nemanja Vidić|Nemanja Vidić]]||16||[[w:Daniele De Rossi|Daniele De Rossi]]
|- 
|16||[[w:Michael Carrick|Michael Carrick]]||8||[[w:Alberto Aquilani|Alberto Aquilani]]
|- 
|17||[[w:Nani|Nani]]||14||[[w:Ludovic Giuly|Ludovic Giuly]]
|- 
|18||[[w:Paul Scholes|Paul Scholes]]||20||[[w:Simone Perrotta|Simone Perrotta]]
|- 
|22||[[w:John O'Shea|John O'Shea]]||30||[[w:Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino Mancini|Mancini]]
|- 
|29||[[w:Tomasz Kuszczak|Tomasz Kuszczak]]||10||[[w:Francesco Totti|Francesco Totti]]
|-
!colspan="4"|Substitutes' Bench
|- 
|8||[[w:Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira|Anderson]]||7||[[w:David Pizarro|David Pizarro]]
|- 
|11||[[w:Ryan Giggs|Ryan Giggs]]||9||[[w:Mirko Vučinić|Mirko Vučinić]]
|- 
|19||[[w:Gerard Piqué|Gerard Piqué]]||15||[[w:Vitorino Antunes|Vitorino Antunes]]
|- 
|25||[[w:Danny Simpson|Danny Simpson]]||18||[[w:Mauro Esposito|Mauro Esposito]]
|- 
|32||[[w:Carlos Tévez|Carlos Tévez]]||27||[[w:Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli|Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli]] (GK)
|- 
|33||[[w:Chris Eagles|Chris Eagles]]||29||[[w:Ahmed Barusso|Ahmed Barusso]]
|- 
|38||[[w:Tom Heaton|Tom Heaton]] (GK)||33||[[w:Matteo Brighi|Matteo Brighi]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"|Statistics
|-
!colspan="1"|Statistic
!colspan="1"|Man United
!colspan="1"|AS Roma
|- 
|Total Shots:||10||13
|- 
|Shots on Goal:||4||5
|-
|Fouls:||16||12
|-
|Offsides:||3||3
|-
|Corner Kicks:||6||2
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301185/report=rp.html|title=Rooney ends Roma resistance|author=|pub=UEFA|date=October 2, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7019594.stm|title=Man Utd 1-0 Roma|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=October 2, 2007}}
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Manchester United defeated AS Roma 1-0 in Group F of the UEFA Champions League 2007-08 at Old Trafford, Manchester, England.

Wayne Rooney scored the only goal of the match, his first goal of the season for Manchester United, in the 70th minute. 

Manchester United currently lead Group F with two wins from two matches. AS Roma are second on goal difference ahead of Sporting CP, who defeated FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-1.


Statistics

Statistic

Man United

AS Roma

Total Shots:

10

13

Shots on Goal:

4

5

Fouls:

16

12

Offsides:

3

3

Corner Kicks:

6

2
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