Lazio-Bodo/Glimt 3-1 (2-3 dcr): feat just missed, the Eagles eliminated on penalties

Rome 17 April 2025 - For the Bodo / Glimt It's history, for the Lazio instead the European season it ends here. The white and sky blues They win 2-0 in regulation time, have the chance to close the qualification issue in extra time by finding the third goal, but they are overtaken by the Norwegians at 3-1 sending the match to penalties. From the spot, however, the Scandinavians are more cool-headed and give their country the first historic semi-final of a club team. For the Biancocelesti, the goals of Castilians, noslin e Day, because from the penalty spot the errors are precisely noslin, Tchaouna and finally Castilians, condemn the Capitoline citizens to elimination. 

First half

Baroni largely confirms the expectations of the eve for this do-or-die match out. In goal mandas is protected by the four-man defensive line with Crazy e Romagnoli in the center, while on the wing they run Lazzari e MarusicIn the middle the pair composed of Guendouzi e rovella, while the choice is to Pedro in the centre of the three-quarter line, with Isaac e Weather in Zaccagni on the lanes. In attack, trust in the Taty Castilians. On the other hand, the team seen in the first leg match for the Bodo / Glimt. In front of Haikin, the line is proposed again with Sjovold, Bjortft, Gundersen e Bjorkhan, lined up in front of him from right to left. In the middle Mountain the central lighthouse remains with The river e Saltnes at his side. Forward the trident sees High in the center supported by Blomberg e Height.

In the first minutes he doesn't seem to want to manage the Scandinavian team, on the contrary in the first five minutes there is a lot of effort on the part of the Lazio in managing the Norwegians' dynamism. In the 1st minute of play The river immediately gives the first ring, warming up the gloves mandas. In fifth place he is still good Evjan to sort the ball for insertion Bjorkhan, whose ball in tow into the area is however intercepted by Marusic. Lazio is a very confused team in the first quarter of an hour. However, the team from the capital is in no hurry to put their opponents under pressure and little by little begins to grow. 

The first Lazio ring is sent Weather in Zaccagni, always very present in the team's moments of difficulty, but his shot is out of measure. His attempt to Pedro in the 19th minute, with a poisonous shot from the edge, blocked by Haikin, on which then Weather in Zaccagni he fails to put the ball into the net. The Biancoceleste goal is however just around the corner and in the 21st minute here comes the goal that reopens the challenge. Gundersen he makes a mistake in the throw and is fooled by Lazzari. Launch for Isaac, who with an excellent turn creates space to serve into the area Castilians: heel touch of the Taty for the 1-0 goal for the Biancocelesti. Having halved the disadvantage of the first leg, the team from the capital is now one goal away from extra time. 

Il Bodo / Glimt he experiences a nervous reaction after conceding a goal, but the attempt to Blomberg with the head, on the free kick taken by Mountain, finds mandas attentive and well positioned. He is cautioned rovella, for having stopped a restart of Blomberg, while Castilians from the edge of the area he tries after another great play by Isaac, but his right-footed shot is high above the crossbar. The Biancocelesti insist and from the twenty-fifth minute onwards become total masters of the field. The team of Baroni he dribbles with quality and forces the ball into his last forty meters Bodo / Glimt. 

We enter the last ten minutes of the first half and the Lazio creates four gigantic opportunities to double the score. The first is Lazzari trying from the edge of the area, perhaps tempted by his high recovery, he kicks without finding the target when he also had the chance to touch it next to him Pedro e Castilians. The second is the sharp cross of Weather in Zaccagni, on which however neither MarusicNor Isaac, they manage to translate the captain's suggestion into the goal. The Lazio number 44 makes his own move in the 10th minute, with Castilians walled first, then the rebound of Weather in Zaccagni, but the ball is deflected into a corner by a Scandinavian wall. Two minutes later, the Lazio winger's header goes over the opposing defence, but the crossbar denies him the joy of a goal. On the last action of the first half, the Bodo / Glimt with a free kick from a tight angle, kicked very well towards the goal: it flies mandas to deflect into a corner. It is the last chance of the first half, a fraction that ends 1-0 in favour of Lazio. 

Second half

The match resumes without changes, with the same twenty-two protagonists of the first half confirmed, with forty-five minutes left for the Biancocelesti to overturn the defeat suffered in the first leg. A very high start for the Lazio, while the guests are immediately confined to their own half of the pitch. Isaac He is the first to knock on the Norwegian door, with his left-footed shot rejected by Saltnes, while at 52' it is Bjortft having to work overtime on the super insertion of Pedro. The first big chance is still for Weather in Zaccagni, who turns with his left foot in the penalty area: a sure-fire attempt from an excellent position, but his shot remains too central and is blocked by Haikin, lucky on this occasion. 

Knutsen he is not happy and tries to throw himself into the fray Feth, which he notes Saltnes. The change gives a bit of new life to the Norwegian team, who also comes close to scoring the equaliser in the 61st minute. A well-managed counterattack by the yellow and blacks, with High served only in front of mandas and the miracle of the Greek goalkeeper, who deflected the ball over the crossbar with his shoulder. Lazio but he insists and with Pedro before and Castilians then they force two excellent saves Haikin, who however saves himself on both occasions. Between the two Lazio chances, the second yellow card also arrives for the Bodo, to receive it is The river. 

Baroni he is not happy with his team and so he tries to give a new push with the changes: they come in like this Day e Nuno tavares, leave the playing field Pedro e Marusic. After these substitutions, three more great opportunities for the Biancocelesti. Isaac first he is blocked at the moment of the shot, after yet another escape on the right. Castilians instead he kicks on the fly from inside the area but it doesn't hit the target, just like he does two minutes later Lazzari, whose right-footed volley is controlled by Haikin. The Bodo / Glimt try to react with changes at the moment of difficulty: they come out like this Blomberg e High for Maatta e Helmersen, the latter cautioned a few seconds after entering the field. On the developments of the same free kick, from twenty-five meters, Weather in Zaccagni kicks at goal, but Haikin careful, fly to push it into the corner. 

Time is running out for the Lazio. Mountain he is booked for a foul Nuno tavares, then comes the moment before Vecino e Tchaouna, instead of rovella and Isaksen, finally also enters noslin, for Zaccagni. At home Bodo / Glimt come in instead Moe for The river. In the five minutes of injury time the Biancocelesti cling to their lucid desperation. The attempt to Vecino It is central and controlled by Haikin, but at 91' the Bodo has the chance to close the accounts once and for all. Mountain serves Height, which gets rid of Lazzari and the tap-in from a few steps away is very useful Helmersen. The Norwegian player however chews the ball and gives it away to mandas.

On the great missed chance by the Bodo it is the harsh law of the goal that regularly punishes the Scandinavian team too. On the subsequent turnaround the Lazio earns a corner kick, which leads to the 2-0, sending the match into extra time. Nuno tavares kicks into the box for Crazy, first touch of Spanish, second of Romagnoli and from two steps Noslin puts it in the net and pushes the Biancocelesti into extra time. In truth there would be another chance for the Bodo, but the right of Height ends a trifle wide after the detour of Guendouzi. 180 minutes were not enough to decide who will advance to the semi-finals, the challenge continues into extra time.

Extra time and penalty kicks

The first extra time begins without any new players entering the field on either side. For the Lazio but it's an overtime that doesn't start well, because after just three minutes it stops Nuno Tavares: the Portuguese touches his thigh and is forced to leave the field in tears, in his place comes on Hysaj. Despite the Portuguese's problems, however, the team does not lose its composure, on the contrary, it tries calmly and with organization to look for the third goal and at 100' it arrives. Beautiful play by Guendouzi on the left centre, where he slips along the bottom and puts a soft and precise ball into the heart of the penalty area, on which he dives Day, who heads the third Roman goalkeeper into the net. The Olimpico is a mess after the goal for 3-0 that could be worth the passage to the semi-final. At the end of the first half of extra time, two warnings arrive, first for Sjovold, then for Lazzari, in the middle the entrance into the field of Sorli for Bjorkhan. However, the substance does not change and the Biancocelesti are ahead by three goals at the end of the first 15 minutes of extra time.

Start of second extra time, entrance into the guest house with Jensen to detect Bjortft, for a team, the Bodo / Glimt, who tries to throw himself forward with the strength of desperation. A nastiness that pays off, because at the first big opportunity he scores the goal that brings the match back to parity. After the warning of Day in fact the Norwegians break through twice and on the second occasion, the cross into the area finds the header of Helmersen on which this time the miracle fails to happen mandas. It's 3-1 at the Olimpico, right now it would be penalties to decide who will advance to the semi-finals. The two teams are exhausted, but there are still some white and blue flashes: at 117' Day kicks hard at goal, but it's central and blocks HaikinIn the last minute of the match he was sent off for a second yellow card Helmersen, the author of the goal, giving the Capitoline team one last chance before the penalties. Lazio However, he fails to shoot on goal and the match goes to penalties.

The guests start kicking and Mandas immediately blocks the penalty Height, with Day then after to bring the white and sky blues forward. He realizes immediately after Feth, while Tchaouna He immediately squanders his lead, having his penalty saved by Haikin. Penalties are cruel though, because after the Frenchman he also misses noslin, while for Norwegians there is the network of Sorli. In Bodo / Glimt also marks Moe, while Guendouzi keeps alive the Lazio: a miracle is needed and the high penalty of Mountain gives a chance. On the decisive penalty it goes Castilians, but the Argentine's attempt is not angled enough and Haikin rejects, bringing the semi-finals Bodo / GlimtThe race of the ends in the quarter-finals Lazio, while for the first time in history a Norwegian team is in the semi-finals of a UEFA competition.