Braga vs Lazio, 2024-25 UEFA Europa League, League Phase
· UEFA Europa LeagueLazio top Europa League group stage despite defeat at Braga
Lazio finished top of the Europa League group stage despite a 1-0 defeat at Sporting Braga on Thursday as the Portuguese side failed to secure a playoff spot.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Tijjani Noslin.
- 3': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Luca Pellegrini.
- 4': Attempt missed. Víctor Gómez (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Horta following a corner.
- 4': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Adam Marusic.
- 6': Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Lazio 0. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Víctor Gómez with a cross.
- 13': Attempt saved. Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roger Fernandes.
- 13': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (Lazio).
- 13': Paulo Oliveira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Delay in match because of an injury Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio).
- 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 18': Foul by Samuel Gigot (Lazio).
- 18': Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Loum Tchaouna (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christos Mandas.
- 19': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Paulo Oliveira.
- 20': Foul by Jean-Baptiste Gorby (Sporting Braga).
- 20': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Attempt missed. Pedro (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 22': Foul by Loum Tchaouna (Lazio).
- 22': Jean-Baptiste Gorby (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 25': Foul by Luca Pellegrini (Lazio).
- 25': Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Delay in match because of an injury Sikou Niakaté (Sporting Braga).
- 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 27': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Bright Arrey-Mbi replaces Sikou Niakaté because of an injury.
- 28': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Francisco Chissumba.
- 28': Attempt missed. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Loum Tchaouna with a cross following a corner.
- 30': Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by João Moutinho (Sporting Braga).
- 31': Foul by Amine El Ouazzani (Sporting Braga).
- 31': Samuel Gigot (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (Lazio).
- 32': Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Offside, Lazio. Pedro is caught offside.
- 40': Foul by João Moutinho (Sporting Braga).
- 40': Mario Gila (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by João Moutinho (Sporting Braga).
- 43': Loum Tchaouna (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Offside, Lazio. Adam Marusic is caught offside.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Noslin (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro.
- 45': Foul by Francisco Chissumba (Sporting Braga).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45': Loum Tchaouna (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Adam Marusic (Lazio).
- 45'+2': Francisco Chissumba (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sporting Braga 1, Lazio 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Braga 1, Lazio 0.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Gila.
- 48': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Ismaël Gharbi.
- 48': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Lukás Hornícek.
- 48': Offside, Lazio. Valentín Castellanos is caught offside.
- 52': Foul by Samuel Gigot (Lazio).
- 52': Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 54': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
- 55': Attempt missed. Bright Arrey-Mbi (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roger Fernandes with a cross following a corner.
- 56': Foul by Pedro (Lazio).
- 56': Jean-Baptiste Gorby (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Adam Marusic (Lazio).
- 58': Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Amine El Ouazzani (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 59': Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio).
- 60': Foul by Pedro (Lazio).
- 60': João Moutinho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Foul by Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga).
- 66': Mario Gila (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Substitution, Lazio. Gustav Isaksen replaces Loum Tchaouna.
- 67': Attempt saved. Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 67': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Lukás Hornícek.
- 67': Foul by Mario Gila (Lazio).
- 67': Francisco Chissumba (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Amine El Ouazzani (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Foul by Mario Gila (Lazio).
- 69': Mario Gila (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 71': Substitution, Lazio. Boulaye Dia replaces Mario Gila.
- 72': Boulaye Dia (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by João Moutinho (Sporting Braga).
- 73': Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 73': Foul by Víctor Gómez (Sporting Braga).
- 75': Attempt missed. Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gustav Isaksen with a cross.
- 76': Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio).
- 76': Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio).
- 77': Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 78': Attempt saved. Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by João Moutinho.
- 78': Foul by Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga).
- 78': Pedro (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabri Martínez replaces Roger Fernandes.
- 82': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Jean-Baptiste Gorby.
- 82': Attempt saved. Tijjani Noslin (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gustav Isaksen with a cross.
- 82': Attempt missed. Boulaye Dia (Lazio) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 84': Attempt saved. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Noslin.
- 84': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Lukás Hornícek.
- 85': Foul by Francisco Chissumba (Sporting Braga).
- 85': Valentín Castellanos (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 86': Offside, Lazio. Boulaye Dia is caught offside.
- 87': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Víctor Gómez with a through ball.
- 87': Offside, Lazio. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is caught offside.
- 88': Substitution, Lazio. Matteo Zazza replaces Luca Pellegrini.
- 88': Substitution, Lazio. Mahamadou Balde replaces Valentín Castellanos.
- 89': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Adrián Marín replaces Francisco Chissumba.
- 89': Substitution, Sporting Braga. João Ferreira replaces Víctor Gómez.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Adam Marusic (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mahamadou Balde.
- 90'+2': Adam Marusic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga).
- 90'+2': Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by João Moutinho (Sporting Braga).
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Mahamadou Balde (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boulaye Dia.
- 90'+4': Offside, Sporting Braga. Gabri Martínez is caught offside.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sporting Braga 1, Lazio 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Braga 1, Lazio 0.
Statistics
LAZ | BRAG | |
---|---|---|
15 | Fouls | 13 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
5 | Offsides | 1 |
7 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
3 | Saves | 4 |
50 | Possession | 50 |
12 | SHOTS | 8 |
4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
435 | Accurate Passes | 446 |
500 | Passes | 510 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
7 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
24 | Crosses | 18 |
0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
41 | Long Balls | 52 |
22 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
7 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
17 | Tackles | 21 |
0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
12 | Interceptions | 10 |
29 | Effective Clearances | 27 |
29 | Clearances | 27 |
Game Information
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Location: Braga, Portugal
Attendance: 10,438
UEFA Europa League Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lazio | 8 | +12 | 19 |
2 | Athletic Club | 8 | +8 | 19 |
3 | Manchester United | 8 | +7 | 18 |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | +8 | 17 |
Line-Ups
Braga (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
91 | Lukas Hornicek (GK) |
4 | Sikou Niakate |
15 | Paulo Oliveira |
55 | Francisco Chissumba |
2 | Víctor Perea |
21 | Ricardo Horta |
29 | Jean-Baptiste Gorby |
8 | João Moutinho |
9 | Amine El Ouazzani |
20 | Ismaël Gharbi |
11 | Roger Fernandes |
Lazio (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
35 | Christos Mandas (GK) |
13 | Alessio Romagnoli |
2 | Samuel Gigot |
3 | Luca Pellegrini |
77 | Adam Marusic |
9 | Pedro |
7 | Fisayo Dele-Bashiru |
34 | Mario Gila |
11 | Valentín Castellanos |
14 | Tijjani Noslin |
20 | Loum Tchaouna |
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