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Friendlies: Roma fall flat in Mexico Sunday 3 August, 2003
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The experimental trident attack did not work wonders as Roma emerged with a 2-1 defeat at the start of their Mexican tour.
Fabio Capello’s men were beaten by club side Santos Laguna, their first pre-season slip-up so far.
Francesco Totti started the game alongside Vincenzo Montella and Antonio Cassano, but the fireworks failed to ignite.
Reyes’ angled drive opened the scoring before a Borgetti penalty for Christian Chivu’s shirt tug.
Roma were only able to net a consolation goal in the final minutes thanks to a generous penalty for Davide Bombardini.
Despite giving away a spot-kick, former Ajax hero Chivu (pictured) was cheered on by the crowd and almost scored with a spectacular scissor-kick from 60 metres.
It’s reported this Mexican tour is not going according to plan.
The team had already checked its luggage into the airport for a flight to Necaxa, where they will play tomorrow, when it emerged the plane was not ready.
The hotel rooms in Torreon had to be re-booked late at night and the players will travel later today.
Santos Laguna 2-1 Roma
Scorers: Reyes 34 (S), Borgetti pen 53 (S), Bombardini pen 86 (R)
Roma: Pelizzoli; Panucci (Zebina 88), Samuel (Guigou 77), Chivu (Dellas 58), Candela (Cufré 67); Mancini (Sartor 46), Emerson (De Rossi 58), Dacourt (Tommasi 46); Cassano (Bombardini 61), Totti (D'Agostino 46), Montella (Delvecchio 65)
Santos Laguna: Lucchetti (Alvarez 65); Altamirano, Garcia Arias, Lòpez (J Campos 66), Caniza, Reyes (Palmeros 66); Carino (Noriega 61), Estay (Peralta 61), Rangel (Rodriguez 61); Borgetti (Vuoso 61), Ruiz
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