Player Ratings: Roma 1-0 Fiorentina

ROMA

Doni: 8.0- Made a world class stop from Mutu’s free kick in the second minute and then saved the day with a beautiful diving save right at the death. Superb.

Riise: 6.0- Starting to settle into the Italian capital and earned his paycheque with a decent performance today.  

Juan: 7.0- Almost opened the scoring in the first minute of the match but might have gotten away with one when he took Gilardino down inside of the penalty area in the 66th minute.  

Mexes: 7.0- The Frenchman was solid as a rock at the back tonight until a neck injury ended his afternoon.  

Cassetti: 5.5- Gave the ball away much too often and gifted Mutu a scoring opportunity in the first half.  

Brighi: 6.0- Has been a revelation in recent matches but was merely adequate this afternoon.  

Taddei: 6.0- His poor passing almost led to a Montolivo goal in the first half but he atoned for his gaffe with the cross that set up Totti’s goal.

De Rossi: 7.0- Did a valiant job protecting the back four and neutralized Montolivo and Kuzmanovic today.

Baptista: 7.0- The Beast almost found the first goal of the match but was robbed by Frey who made an excellent one handed save. He then blasted a shot off the crossbar that would have killed the match off in the 81st minute.

Vucinic: 6.0- Was a real threat whenever he touched the ball in the first 45 minutes but lost steam in the second half.

Totti: 8.0- Hit the post in the 40th minute with a nice flick off De Rossi’s free kick and then finally found his deserved goal in the 59th with a blast from the top of the penalty area.  

SUBS: Cicinho (65”) 6.0, Loria (75”) 6.0, Menez (89”) NA  

FIORENTINA  

Frey: 8.0- One of the best shot stoppers on the planet was on display tonight as he made one breathtaking save after another in a lost cause. 

Vargas: 7.0- Did well coming forward and gave Cassetti more than he could handle on the left flank.  

Kroldrup: 6.0- Made some vital blocks at the back but was caught out of position more than once this afternoon.  

Gamberini: 7.0- Had to help out his partner in central defence on a couple of occasions and timed his tackles to perfection this afternoon.  

Zauri: 5.5- The ex-Lazio man had trouble controlling the runs of Vucinic and will not be happy with his overall performance  

Kuzmanovic: 5.5- Was invisible for long stretches of the match and was eventually substituted off in the second half. 

Felipe Melo: 7.0- The Brazilian hard-man committed countless fouls and was a thorn in Roma’s side this afternoon and almost found the equaliser deep into injury time.

Montolivo: 6.5- The silky smooth midfielder took a while to get going today but grew stronger as the match wore on.

Santana: 6.0- Failed to create any scoring chances and was taken off early in the second half.  

Mutu: 7.5- Great free kick in the second minute forced Doni into making a wonderful save and was the most dangerous Fiorentina player on the day.  

Gilardino: 5.5- Not one of his best games today and was a non-factor, albeit one starved of service. 

SUBS: Jovetic (61”) 6.5, Almiron (73”) 6.0, Pazzini (76”) 6.0