Roma striker Mirko Vucinic has told his team-mates to get nasty when they take to the pitch against Bari on Sunday as Serie A resumes this weekend after the international break. "Our problem? We are too nice - we need to be nastier competitors," he told Il Romanista.
It seems Roma striker Julio Baptista will not be leaving the club anytime soon. That's what his agent Herminio Mendez revealed, in response to rumours of a possible swap deal involving the Brazilian and Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
After warming the bench for most of the current season with Inter, it seems Amantino Mancini could find himself retracing his steps with a move back to Roma. According to reports, the Giallorossi are hoping to complete a loan swoop similar to the deal used to bring Nicolas Burdisso.
Roma doctor Antonio Spataro has confirmed that midfielder Daniele De Rossi will be out for at least two weeks after undergoing surgery to his fractured cheekbone.
Inter have set a high pace at the top of the league thus far, but Roma held them to a 1-1 draw at the San Siro, stopping their five match winning streak in Serie A. Now the gap at the top of the table to second place Juve is five points. Mirko Vucinic and Samuel Eto'o were on the scoresheet.
Roma kept their hopes of progressing from the Europa League group stages alive, with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Fulham at the Stadio Olimpico. Despite the result though, Julio Baptista has urged his team-mates to continue their run of form against Inter in Serie A this weekend.
Roma snatched a late draw against Fulham two weeks ago and they once again had to comeback today, after Kamara opened the scoring. The Giallorossi found two goals through Riise and Okaka to jump ahead of ten-man Fulham in the Group E standings.
| 1 Bogdan Lobonţ | G | 14 Ricardo Faty | M | |
| 12 Pietro Pipolo | G | 16 Daniele De Rossi | M | |
| 25 Artur | G | 18 Mauro Esposito | M | |
| 27 Julio Sergio | G | 20 Simone Perrotta | M | |
| 32 Doni | G | 21 Stefano Guberti | M | |
| 3 Cicinho | D | 23 Leandro Greco | M | |
| 3 Marco Andreolli | D | 26 Adrian Florin Pit | M | |
| 4 Juan | D | 33 Matteo Brighi | M | |
| 5 Philippe Mexes | D | - Fabio Zamblera | F | |
| 13 Marco Motta | D | 9 Mirko Vučinić | F | |
| 15 Antunes | D | 10 Francesco Totti | F | |
| 17 John Arne Riise | D | 19 Julio Baptista | F | |
| 22 Max Tonetto | D | 24 Alessio Cerci | F | |
| 29 Nicolas Andres Burdisso | D | 89 Chuka Stefano Okaka | F | |
| 77 Marco Cassetti | D | 93 Jérémy Menez | F | |
| 7 David Pizarro | M | - Claudio Ranieri | C | |
| 11 Taddei | M |
| Player | Goals | Penalties | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | F. Totti AS Roma | A | 15 | 5 |
 | D. De Rossi AS Roma | C | 6 | 0 |
 | J. Riise AS Roma | D | 4 | 0 |
 | J. Menez AS Roma | A | 4 | 0 |
 | C. Okaka AS Roma | A | 3 | 0 |
| Player |
To |
From |
|---|
| AS Roma - Bari | 22/11/09 |
| Atalanta - AS Roma | 29/11/09 |
| AS Roma - Basel | 03/12/09 |
| AS Roma - Lazio | 06/12/09 |
| Sampdoria - AS Roma | 13/12/09 |
| CSKA Sofia - AS Roma | 16/12/09 |
| AS Roma - Parma | 20/12/09 |
| Cagliari - AS Roma | 06/01/10 |
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