11.   The Newcastle defender also was sent home from a club trip to Spain on Wednesday for misbehavior.

12.   Two minutes later, the striker earned the foul that sent Roma defender Fabio Petruzzi off with a second yellow card.

13.   English referee David Elleray sent defender Torben Boye off for a rash though not overly violent challenge on Nantes playmaker Benoit Cauet.

14.   Three minutes from time after another ugly tackle the referee had had enough and sent the defender off.

15.   Juventus suffered another setback five minutes from the break, when defender Moreno Torricelli was sent off for a second bookable offence.

16.   Red Diamonds piled on the pressure late in the second half, sending German defender Guido Buchwald to the front.