Roma leads the first leg

In the initial half of the game, Real Madrid had the ball with them most of the time. Raul took the opportunity to score the first goal of the game. Real Madrid took a deserving lead in the eighth minute of the first half.

But Roma instead of holding on to their defense took the charge of the game. David Pizzaro came along in the 24th minute and brought Roma and Real Madrid at the same level. It was in the 58th minute that Mancini scored another goal and took Roma on to the top of the game. This is the first time Roma had a home win over Real Madrid.

With their first leg win against the Real Madrid, Roma will now be hoping to take care of the Spanish champions in Madrid. But the Spanish champions will be concentrating on the quarter finals. This is for the first time that an away goal was claimed by them.

What surprised every body was the way Roma came back into the game after Raul had scored for Real Madrid. However, both the teams looked cautious after conceding early goals in the game. But one factor that really scared Roma was when Doni (goalkeeper) trembled with the ball while Van Nistelrooy was in front of him. Nistelrooy also missed a great opportunity to settle the scores by thumping the ball against the goal post. That could have been a turning point for Roma. Ludivic Guily displayed some excellent footwork.

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