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Roma substitutions mix-up: Club make too many changes after being reduced to nine men

AS Roma manager Paulo Fonseca said he was unaware of a substitutions mix-up in Tuesday's Coppa Italia defeat by Spezia after making six changes when only five were allowed.

The sixth change came in extra time when Fonseca introduced defender Ibanez for former Chelsea winger Pedro, having already made five substitutions in the round-of-16 match at the Olympic Stadium.

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Roma, who also received two red cards in the space of two minutes, were beaten 4-2 after extra time.