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Result LAZIO 3 – 1 REAL SOCIEDAD, Thursday 23 January 2025, UEFA Europa League, Matchday 7

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Result LAZIO 3 – 1 REAL SOCIEDAD, Thursday 23 January 2025, UEFA Europa League, Matchday 7


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   Lazio 3 – 1 Real Sociedad 
5′ Mario Gila                                               82′ Ander Barrenetxea
32′ Mattia Zaccagni                              🟥 30′ Aihen Muñoz
34′ Valentín Castellanos
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🏆👉  Lazio triumphed over Real Sociedad in the UEFA Europa League Matchday 7 on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. It was nearly a flawless performance for Lazio, who effectively put the Real Sociedad challenge behind them in the first half, securing their spot in the Europa League round of 16 with a game to spare. Baroni’s squad came out strong, taking the lead with Gila, who skillfully found the ball in the box and scored past Remiro. Just half an hour in, the Spaniards were reduced to ten men after Munoz received a second yellow card. In quick succession, the Biancocelesti added two more goals in the 32nd and 34th minutes, courtesy of Zaccagni and Castellanos.

The second half was largely dominated by Lazio, although a momentary lapse in concentration allowed Real Sociedad to score, with Barrenechea netting a diving header. Throughout the match, there were three shots that struck the woodwork, including a post for each team and a crossbar hit by Pedro from Lazio.

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Lazio struck first in the 5th minute with a quick goal from Mario Gila, who fired a right-footed shot into the top right corner. Valentín Castellanos provided the assist, heading the ball after a free kick from Tavares, allowing Gila to unleash a powerful shot that went under the crossbar, leaving Remiro with no chance!

Captain Mattia Zaccagni scores in the 32nd minute, extending the lead to 2-0. He strikes with a right-footed shot aimed at the center. Gustav Isaksen provides the assist. The hosts make a strong push down the left flank with Tavares, who works well with Isaksen. Isaksen then delivers a great pass into the area for the captain, who finishes it off flawlessly!

Lazio is really enjoying themselves! In the 34th minute, they make it 3-0!  Valentín Castellanos finds the net with a header into the bottom right corner, thanks to an assist from Nuno Tavares.

In the 82nd minute, Real Sociedad closed the gap as Ander Barrenetxea found the back of the net with a close-range header, beating Lazio’s goalkeeper Christos Mandas right in the middle.

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This will mark the first encounter between Lazio and Real Sociedad. The Biancocelesti have managed to secure only one victory in their last 13 matches against Spanish teams across all competitions (D4 L8), with six losses in their last seven outings (D1). On the other hand, Real Sociedad has not won any of their last eight matches against Italian clubs (D5 L3) and has yet to achieve an away victory against a Serie A side (D2 L3). Lazio has been impressive in the UEFA Europa League, winning five out of six matches (D1) and aiming to achieve more than five wins in Europe for the first time since the 2017-18 season, when they won seven. However, Lazio is currently struggling at home, remaining winless in their last three matches (D2 L1) and could face a longer streak without a home win for the first time since February-March 2018, when they went four games without a victory (D3 L1) across the Coppa Italia, Serie A, and Europa League.

Lazio has drawn their last two matches at the Olimpico across all competitions and could face the possibility of three consecutive home draws for the first time since 2007, when they had four in a row. Real Sociedad, on the other hand, has secured victories in eight of their last 14 UEFA Europa League matches (with 2 draws and 4 losses), including their last two games, where they outscored their opponents 5-0 (2-0 against Ajax and 3-0 against Dynamo Kiev).

Lazio remains unbeaten in their last six matches in major European competitions (5 wins and 1 draw) and hasn’t gone seven or more games without a loss since the period from September 2015 to March 2016, when they achieved nine consecutive unbeaten matches, all in the Europa League.

In this Europa League season, Real Sociedad has achieved 79 open play sequences with at least 10 passes, ranking just behind Manchester United (95) and Roma (102) in the current tournament. Lazio boasts five players who have scored at least five goals this season across all competitions: Tijjani Noslin (5), Mattia Zaccagni (6), Boulaye Dia (7), Pedro (7), and Valentín Castellanos (9). Only Chelsea (six) and Arsenal (seven) have more players with five or more goals in the top five European leagues for the 2024/25 season.

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Result Lazio 3 – 1 Real Sociedad
Thursday 23 January 2025
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy

21:00

Referee: Lawrence Visser BEL
Assistant Referee 1: Rien Vanyzere BEL
Assistant Referee 2: Thibaud Nijssen BEL
Fourth Official: Simon Bourdeaud’hui BEL
VAR: Rob Dieperink NED
AVAR: Dennis Higler NED
Referee Observer: Alan Mario Sant MLT

⚽️ Goals: 5′ Mario Gila (L), 32′ Mattia Zaccagni (L), 34′ Valentín Castellanos (L), 82′ Ander Barrenetxea (RS)

🟨 Booked: 7′ Nicolò Rovella (L), 12′ Aihen Muñoz (RS), 39′ Martín Zubimendi (RS), 53′ Mattia Zaccagni (L)

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

⚪️🔵 LAZIO (4-2-3-1):  Mandas; Marusic, Gila, Romagnoli, Tavares (43` Dele-Bashiru); Guendouzi, Rovella; Isaksen (55` Noslin), Dia (76ì Balde), Zaccagni (55` Tchaouna); Castellanos (46` Pedro).

Subs.: Provedel, Furlanetto, Zazza.

Coach: Baroni.

REAL SOCIEDAD (4-3-3): Remiro; Aramburu, Zubimendi (46` Elustondo), Aguerd (70` Pacheco), Munoz; Kubo (46` Barrenetxa), Zubimendi, Mendez (35` Lopez); Oyarzabal (46` Marin), Sucic, Becker.

Subs.: Marrero, Odriozola, Oskarsson, Olasagasti, Gomez, Turrientes, Martin.

Coach: Alguacil.

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Result AZ ALKMAAR 1 – 0 AS ROMA, Thursday 23 January 2025, UEFA Europa League, Matchday 7

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Result AZ ALKMAAR 1 – 0 AS ROMA, Thursday 23 January 2025, UEFA Europa League, Matchday 7

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36% Ball Possession AZ ALKMAAR and 64% Ball Possession AS ROMA
     AZ Alkmaar 1 – 0 AS Roma
80′ Troy Parrott
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🏆👉 In a tightly contested UEFA Europa League Matchday 7 on January 23, 2025, Roma fell to Az Alkmaar at the AZ Stadion in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The Dutch team secured a narrow win with a decisive goal from Parrot in the closing moments. Roma had their moments of dominance, particularly at the start of the second half, but ultimately had to accept defeat. Now, they must focus on their upcoming match to prevent elimination and strive for a place in the playoffs.

What a challenging moment for Roma! AZ Alkmaar struck first in the 80th minute when Troy Parrott found the back of the net with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist came from David Møller Wolfe. It was a fantastic display of offensive skill by the home team, as Wolfe set up Parrott perfectly in the box, allowing him to skillfully push the ball past an unsuspecting Svilar.


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Stats before the game

AZ has remained unbeaten in all four of their home matches (3 wins, 1 draw) against Italian teams across various competitions, facing different opponents each time (Inter, Udinese, Napoli, Lazio). Roma, on the other hand, has lost just one of their last 12 encounters with Dutch teams in all competitions (5 wins, 6 draws), which was a 1-0 defeat to Feyenoord in April 2023.

This will mark their first-ever meeting with AZ. After suffering four losses in six matches (2 draws), Roma has bounced back, losing only one of their last eight games across all competitions, securing five victories (2 draws) during this stretch, matching the total number of wins they had in their previous 26 matches (10 draws, 11 losses). However, Roma has not won in their last 17 away games (10 draws, 7 losses) in all competitions, with their last away victory dating back to April 25, 2024, when they triumphed 2-1 against Udinese.

They could face the possibility of going without an away win for more consecutive matches than ever before, with the last time being a streak of 30 matches from 1950 to 1951. Including qualifying rounds, AZ has lost only two of their last 34 European home matches (22 wins, 10 draws), both against English teams in 2023 during the Conference League (1-2 to West Ham in May and 1-4 to Aston Villa in October). In their 3-0 victory over Braga on matchday six, Roma took 34 shots and had 17 on target; only three teams have attempted more shots in a single Europa League match. The 17 shots on target is only surpassed once, by Salzburg against Astra Giurgiu in December 2014, when they had 19.

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Result AZ Alkmaar 1 – 0 AS Roma
Thursday 23 January 2025
AZ Stadion
Alkmaar, Netherlands

18:45

Referee: Irfan Peljto BIH
Assistant Referee 1: Senad Ibrišimbegović BIH
Assistant Referee 2: Davor Beljo BIH
Fourth Official: Antoni Bandić BIH
VAR: Christian Dingert GER
AVAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL
Referee Observer: Helmut Fleischer GER

⚽️ Goals: 80′ Troy Parrott (AZ)

🟨 Booked: 19′ Artem Dovbyk (R), 35′ Mats Hummels (R), 53′ Mexx Meerdink (AZ), 63′ Wouter Goes (AZ), 71′ Alexis Saelemaekers (R), 92′ Kristijan Belic (AZ)

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

Lineup AZ ALKMAAR (4-3-3): Owusu-Oduro – Maikuma, Goes, Penetra, Moller Wolfe – Clasie, Mijnans, Koopmeiners – Poku, Lahdo, Meerdink.

Subs: Addai, Belic, Buurmeester, Daal, Dekker, de Wit, Martins Indi, Parrott, Smit, Verhuist, Zoet.

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🟡🔴 Lineup AS ROMA (3-5-2): Svilar – Celik, Hummels, Ndicka – Saelemaekers, Paredes, Pisilli, Koné, Angelino – Dybala, Dovbyk.

Subs: Panchina Roma: Abdulhamid, Baldanzi, De Marzi, El Shaarawy, Hermoso, Mancini, Marcaccini, Pellegrini, Shomurodov, Soulé; Zalewski.

Coach: Claudio Ranieri

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✅   Greetings, my friends!  I present to you the latest front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, dated Thursday 23 January 2025.

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Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 23 January 2025

👉Champions League, Inter and Milan win, eighth-finals one step away
Europe here we are

Against Sparta (0-1) Lautaro decides again.
Now with Monaco just one point is enough
Inzaghi: “It wasn’t a given.”

Leao scores a heavy goal, Girona is knocked out (1-0)
Walker arrives today
Gimenez is ready (and scores 2 goals against Bayern)

👉Juve’s moves
Kolo Muani is ready
Veiga’s move

👉Vlasic exclusive
“My Torino is a team with a heart of steel”

👉Europa League: the Romans attack
Roma, Dutch test, Lazio for the top spot
Ranieri with AZ Alkmaar (18:45), Real Sociedad at the Olimpico (21)

👉In Australia he overwhelms De Minaur and goes to the semifinals
Cyclone Sinner
Tomorrow with Shelton who eliminated Sonego

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Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Thursday 23 January 2025

👉Inzaghi wins 1-0 in Prague, Conceição beats Girona 1-0
There’s room for three
Inter and Milan in the eighth-finals like Gasp

Champions League, three Italian clubs in the top eight in one round of the maxi-group. Juve, difficult to avoid the playoffs. Lautaro knocks out Sparta. Leao goals. Walker from Ibra. Real’s manita. PSG overturns City: from 0-2 to 4-2. Now Pep would be out.

👉At home to AZ (18:45)
Roma, the right time with Dovbyk-Dybala

Away from home, success has been missing for 9 months. Ranieri: “We want to stay in the Europa League.”

👉At 21 Real Sociedad
Lazio, pass and close
Tatty plus Dia for the top

A point is enough to guarantee the eighth-finals. Baroni: “No calculations.” All the big on the pitch

👉Negotiations with United continue
Manna also reopens the track with Borussia
Garnacho and Adeyemi, Napoli sprint

👉Juve unblocks the attack, Chelsea’s center back for defense
Kolo Muani green light
Veiga is coming

👉PSG’s jewel advances, closes ranks with Parma for the striker
Fiorentina, also Ndour with Man

👉Semifinal in Australia
Sinner overwhelms de Minaur
Now Shelton

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Front Page Tutto Sport, Thursday 23 January 2025

👉Sinner in the semifinals finds Shelton who bends a great Sonego
“I saw a monster”

👉Juve: Muani to Napoli. And there’s Veiga
Kolo, are you thinking about it?

Green light from PSG: in a goal crisis and with Vlahovic increasingly on the sidelines, Motta finally has a new striker. Defense: here’s Chelsea’s Portuguese, also on loan. City’s money for Cambiaso could also bring Hancko.

👉Inter suffers but passes in Prague: 4th
Lautaro = eighth-finals

Against Sparta, fourth 1-0 victory in Europe Qualification is one step away: against Monaco at San Siro, one point is enough

👉Milan beats Girona and is 6th
In the G8 with Leao

Fifth consecutive victory in the Champions League: in a week in Zagreb to confirm themselves among the top 8. The club is still contested.

👉Endless push and pull: Toro risks big
Casadei and Beto, Cairo-style deals

If the offer to Chelsea is not raised, the midfielder goes to Lazio. Distances always considerable with Everton: and the striker looks around. Kouamé: yes to the Granata, but not on loan.

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