"It's not a bad draw, but Roma are one of the better sides in Italy, " said Pontypridd coach Lynn Howells.
Their draw was considered bad luck, especially because Shen and Zhao currently rank 29th in the world after being away from competition.
From the Round of 16 onwards, it's a straight, two-legged knockout affair, which means poor refereeing performances, a tough draw or simply a bad day can skew the results.
That is why the 1-1 home draw wasn't a bad result for Mourinho and Real Madrid.
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Zenit will now play FC Basel after the Swiss side bettered Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in bad tempered 1-1 draw in Ukraine.
"We haven't been in a series before where we have to go into a final match needing to win to draw the series - but that might not be a bad thing for us right now, " said Ponting.
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Citigroup, a financial-services giant, said earlier this month it would reopen its credit lines to Brazil, but if a long war caused a renewed economic downturn in America, rising bad debt might prompt its big banks to draw in their horns further.
In contrast the other side of the draw followed the expected outcomes, with Audley Harrison and Danny 'Bad News' Hughes meeting in the semis.
This is bad news for NGO leaders hoping to use Ms Mai's case to draw attention to the gender imbalance that they say pervades every aspect of Pakistani life.
This is bad news for the auditors, who had been hoping that Parmalat's banks would continue to draw most of Mr Bondi's fire.
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