Highlights and goals: Lazio 2-1 Midtjylland in Europa League

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10/30 - Lazio vs Salernitana

10/31 - Midtjylland vs Odense BK.

With the victory, Lazio reached eight points and momentarily took the lead in the group. The Midtjylland continues with five and in 3rd place.

Lazio 2-1 Midtjylland.

Milinkovic-Savic found Pedro inside the area on the left, who dominated, took the first marker, got in the face of goalkeeper Lossl and finished, but defender Sviatchenko blocked at the right time.

Sviatchenko was fouled hard and received a card.

Midtjylland tries to attack in the last minutes.

Juninho got a rebound at the entrance of the area and released the bomb. The Lazio goalkeeper accepted, but the referee had already stopped the bid before.

Let's go to 96 minutes.

Juninho received a card.

Vecino received card.

Felipe Anderson received a pass inside the area and fixed it for Vecino, who was blocked. The flag had already scored an irregular move.

Evander finished, the ball deflected on the Midtjylland player himself and left for Juninho, who headed it for the goal, but the flag got offside.

Joined: Dyhr and Juninho

Out: Paulinho and Martínez.

Entered: Casale

Out: Fuentes.

Felipe Anderson gave Pedro the first pass, who came out in front of the defender and hit the left corner to score the third. After a VAR review, the goal was disallowed.

Pedro made a move on the left and found Milinkovic-Savic inside the area. The Serb arrived hitting at first, but far away.

Entered: Romero

Out: Zaccagni.

Milinkovic-Savic took a free-kick from the edge of the area, but the ball went too high and went out without danger.

Fuentes fouled Felipe Anderson and received a card.

Felipe Anderson went down the middle on a counterattack, free from marking, entered the area and finished. Goalkeeper Lossl made a great save with just one arm.

Entered: Kaba

Out: Charles.

Zaccagni went down the left, crossed in the area and the ball went through everyone, until it reached Pedro, on the second post, who finished with his left foot and scored the second goal for Lazio.

Zaccagni finished from a long distance, the ball was heading towards the goal, but Lossl sent it to a corner.

Enter: Cataldi, Vecino and Pedro

Out: Marcos Antonio, Basic and Cancelleri.

Entered: Sixtus and Thychosen

Out: Chilunfya and Andersson.

Zaccagni went down the left, took it to the middle and let loose a rocket. The ball exploded in the crossbar of Lossl. Almost the second for Lazio.

After a cross in the area, Charles headed and the ball exploded on Lazio's crossbar. On the rebound, Chilufya dropped the bomb, but in the net from the outside.

The game remains tied 1-1.

Lazio 1-1 Midtjylland.

Let's go to 47 minutes.

Milinkovic-Savic took a risk from the edge of the area, the ball went into the left corner and goalkeeper Lossl made a great save.

Andersson missed and received a card.

Felipe Anderson is impossible. The Brazilian pulled the counterattack from the defense, left three markers along the way and triggered Hysaj, who freed from marking, engaged the second gear, but when he got close to the area, he lost his balance, tried to cut and lost the ball. What a chance.

Felipe Anderson went down the left, left the defender on the ground and crossed. The Danish defense got away badly and the ball fell to Milinkovic-Savic, who hit the right corner and defender Sviatchenko took it almost over the line.

Felipe Anderson received a pass inside the area, made the pivot and found Milinkovic-Savic, who arrived with a first strike in the left corner and tied the game in Italy.

Felipe Anderson faced the marking from the left and dropped the bomb. Lossl defended with one hand. In the sequence, the Brazilian received a pass, took it to the middle and finished again, but the ball went too high and went out.

Martínez finished from outside the area, but without force and without danger to Lazio's goal.

Midtjylland exchanges passes in defense.

Milinkovic-Savic kicked and Lossl saved.

Midtjylland continues on the attack after the goal.

Dreyer finished for goal, but without danger.

Romagnoli received a card.

After initial pressure from Lazio, Isaksen kept the ball in the attack and scored a goal for Midtylland.

Lazio starts on the offensive field.

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"The game against Atalanta can give us or take something away. If we are mature, it will give us, otherwise it will take us away, because this challenge can lead to satisfaction and lack of concentration.

 Performance in the Europa League depends on a bad match. For the rest we did what we had to do, against Sturm Graz on the return we played most of the time with ten men. In the Europa League we completely failed in a game and that is putting us in difficulties.

 Teams with a good mentality always have a motivation. I don't give much weight to the game against Atalanta, the motivation against a strong team and in a similar environment is obvious. Vecino is giving us what we expected, we were convinced that he could give us something that we might lack and he is providing it.

 We must first become big in Italy, in Europe we are still behind other teams like Napoli and Milan. In the Europa League, however, apart from Sturm Graz, we are the team that has run the most.

 Cancellieri has the leg like Felipe Anderson, but he doesn't have his order. It must be evaluated game by game, at the moment there is nothing predetermined. Romero can also enter the rotations. Against Sturm Graz the referee compromised a good game, difficult but correct.

 The fun also infects the public. I think this is an important aspect, I think it can help to achieve results. We hope to continue on this path, without enthusiasm turning into euphoria.

 Lazzari only suffered an injury, but has nothing structurally. Milinkovic on alert? We'll go straight on our way.

 Everyone's participation in not wanting to suffer is something important and growing. Thanks to this, scoring can become difficult, in addition to the tactical aspect.

 The Olympic terrain worries me because there is no difficult solution to solve in the short term. For the way we play, that's a big handicap.

 Luis Alberto has hip pain, mentally he has nothing. Yesterday he trained, today we will see how he is. He suffered only one illness.

 We will have to retreat somewhere during the World Cup break, hopefully not in Argentina for a speech related to weather conditions.”

Provided; Marusic, Patric, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Milinković-Savić, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Pedro, Cancellieri, Zaccagni.

Lazio is going through a good moment, with seven games without defeat, four wins and three draws. In that period, the team jumped to partnership placement in the Italian Championship, with 24 points.

"Every game is different - even if you play the same opponents. A lot has happened since we played Herning. I don't expect the same game and we have to be smart in terms of reading how things develop on the pitch."

 "Tomorrow is a very important game for us. Football moves fast and the last game against Lazio offered different moments and situations, just as there may not be all the same players on the pitch tomorrow. But of course we will always look to the last game and we will analyze what we did well and what we struggled with."

 "People think the match at the MCH Arena was easy for us, but it wasn't. We had to defend a lot and scored some good goals, but when we were leading 2-0, they had great opportunities to get back in the game."

 "Sometimes it's the margins that determine whether you win or lose. In decisive moments we were very good and we never relaxed, no matter how the game progressed."

"We're not looking for a draw. When you do that, you're more likely to lose. We don't have the idea that a draw is enough. Lazio are too good to settle for defending. So we're going to try to win the game and we'll have to see what happens from there."

 "Sometimes you think that today is going to be difficult, and then it happens that your team has a great day, while the opponent is not so fit. If I've learned anything in football, it's that you shouldn't speculate too much: play your best as you can and face the game as best you can."

 "Nobody expected the group to be this close. At this point, all teams can advance, which means there could be surprises at the end of the group. Anything can happen, so it's going to be an intense, mental battle, and I think the most focused team have a better chance of getting a result."

 "It's going to be a good game. I'm a coach who always puts my focus on the next game, but in this particular case there is, of course, extra tension because it's such a big and important game."

"Immobile is an important player for Lazio with many qualities, and they can attack differently without him. However, that doesn't change the fact that they are a strong team. Immobile is good at making deep runs, but a player like Pedro it's also."

 "I coached Pedro when he was at Barcelona in his youth. He is a fantastic player and he had a phenomenal performance with Pep Guardiola in the club's first team, where he was an important player and won many trophies."

 "But I'm not a coach who likes to highlight individual profiles. Lazio have a good team with a lot of amazing players, so it's going to be tough no matter who they bring to the pitch."

Lossl; Paulinho, Sviatchenko, Dalsgaard, Thychosen; Evander, Martinez, Ohlsson; Isaksen, Kaba and Dreyer.

Midtjylland hasn't lost in 10 games, in duels valid for the Danish Championship and Europa League, with five draws and five wins.

1. Feynoord - 5 points

 2. Midtjylland - 5

 3. Lazio - 5

 4. Sturm - 5.

The Lazio vs Midtjylland  game will be played at Olímpico Rome with a capacity for 73,300 people.

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