AS Roma's Francesco Totti (R) kicks the ball past CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev during their Champions League Group E soccer match at Olympic Stadium in Rome September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
ROME (Reuters) - Forward Gervinho and 37-year-old captain Francesco Totti produced virtuoso performances to help AS Roma maul a shambolic CSKA Moscow 5-1 against an ugly backdrop of crowd violence in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Gervinho scored twice and set up another goal for new signing Juan Iturbe as Roma raced to a four-goal lead in just over half an hour against the Russians, who were well out of their depth at the Stadio Olimpico.
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