Manchester City are being linked with Roma goalkeeper Alessandro Doni.

The Brazil international has attracted a £12 million offer from City, says Corriere dello Sport.
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Manchester City seem absolutely intended to set a strike on the Italian market and seem ready to offer 14 million euros for Roma goalkeeper Alexandre Doni. The Brazilian player is having…

The Brazilian shot-stopper is ready to be called into action once again…by Adam Scime

Roma goalkeeper Alexander Doni believes 2008 was a year of missed opportunities.
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The Brazilian goalkeeper feels that the Giallorossi’s new tactics and change in approach have been key in their resurgence…by Vince Masiello

Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni has been awarded the freedom of Bergamo.
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Roma goalkeeper Doni believes that the derby win against Lazio will prove to be the turning-point of the season for his team as they try to climb up the standings back into the top positions.by Glenn DeBattista

Roma goalkeeper Doni admits he may wear a Petr Cech-style helmet for their derby clash with Lazio.
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Along the Fulham Broadway touts pitched for scraps and spares only to be met with shrugs and blank faces. The stench of vinegary ketchup hung in the air. The atmosphere cackled with chants that went back and forth and back again. In short we had something at Stamford Bridge tonight that you rarely get in Champions League matches in October: a properly feisty atmosphere. Sadly the game never lived up to it.For the most part Chelsea plodded and probed, while Roma stuck 10 behind the ball. Having haemorrhaged four goals against Inter at the weekend, it was perhaps unsurprising that they wanted to stop the bleeding. However, Chelsea made it too easy for them. They rarely pushed their full-backs on or forced Doni into anything other than pantomime saves. But 13 minutes from time John Terry – aided by Juliano Beletti’s crafty block on Philippe Mexes – headed home Frank Lampard’s corner to give Chelsea the goal their pressure probably deserved. Neutrals, however, were mostly left looking for vignettes; good performances from the leading actors in a humdrum film.For the first half, at least, Francesco Totti – perhaps football’s ultimate Marmite test – caught this observer’s eye. You might say that he cheats, he spits, he tumbles at the slightest opportunity and he can choke in the big games. And you might well have a point. But having watched him in the flesh nearly a dozen or so times, I’m a believer. His goals record, better than one every other game, is impressive enough. But what really catches the eye is his movement off the ball: how often he drops and drifts to find space, presents himself, and then – with one touch – finds a team-mate. With a moment of genius he created Roma’s only real chance of the game, turning his marker, before nutmegging Mikel John Obi and rolling it to Matteo Brighi, whose shot was deflected wide.But while Roma sat back, Chelsea weren’t in any hurry to force the issue. It was a mystery that Jose Bosingwa didn’t charge down the flanks more often, or that Nicolas Anelka looked even more isolated and forlorn than usual. However, Mikel John Obi, who now gives the ball away far less than he used to certainly impressed, along with Frank Lampard, as always better in the blue of Chelsea than the red and white of England.But my abiding memory is of those forlorn-looking touts without a ticket to sell. The global economy has been given the kiss of life so many times in recent weeks, that it sometimes feels that we are all blind men on top of a rollercoaster: watching, waiting, expecting an almighty plunge into the abyss. There was no sense of that tonight at Stamford Bridge as the richest club in world football closed in on a place in the knockout stages.ChelseaRomaChampions Leagueguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Out-of-sorts Roma visit Stamford Bridge tonight to take on Chelsea in the Champions League, but Brazilian ‘keeper Doni looks poised to sit out the crucial encounter. by Vince Masiello