Mancini misses out for Roma
Monday, November 21, 2005
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AS Roma forward Mancini will be sidelined for around three weeks with a calf injury, ruling the Brazilian out of their final three UEFA Cup Group E games.
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Warm-up injury
The 25-year-old injured his right leg warming up for Saturday's Serie A match against Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico. Roma went on to lose 4-1, a result which left the capital club in eighth place in Italy's top flight. Mancini will miss Thursday's visit of RC Strasbourg in addition to the trip to FK Crvena Zvezda on 1 December and the concluding home game against FC Basel 1893 13 days later. Roma lie second in Group E having defeated Tromsø IL 2-1 in Norway on Matchday 1.
