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The game was even for the first half-hour, then Manfredini scored a shot on the turn to give Roma the lead.<ref name=MirrorLeg1/> They doubled their lead a quarter of an hour into the second half, "thanks once more to the brilliant opportunism of Manfredini",<ref name=MirrorLeg1/> whom the ''Birmingham Mail'' described as "a splendid centre-forward who acted as a one-man attack for most of the match".<ref name=MailLeg1/> Despite most of the attacking play coming from the home side, they found Cudicini in excellent form, and it was not until the last ten minutes of the match that [[Mike Hellawell]]'s snap-shot surprised the goalkeeper to make it 2-1.<ref name=StampaLeg1/> With just two minutes left of normal time, Harris hit the bar, and in a goalmouth scramble, the ball was forced home by [[Bryan Orritt]] – who had fallen out of favour and been on the transfer list for several months – to give Birmingham a late equaliser.<ref name=BIE3/><ref name=Orritt/>
The potentially explosive "mixture of Blues' uncompromising tackling and the blocking and pushing of the Italians"<ref name=MailLeg1/> was highlighted when Roma's manager reacted to full-back [[Brian Farmer]] pulling Menichelli down by running onto the pitch to protest. Under a weaker referee than the Scotsman [[Bobby Davidson]], the
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