Lazio-Porto: Baroni looking for a European poker against the Dragoes, formations and TV times

Rome, 7 November 2024 – Marco Baroni wants to play the ninth, not symphony, but victory obtained in the last ten, potentially the fourth consecutive between the championship and Europa League, but to do so in front of him he sees a white and blue mountain. In the evening of tomorrow, Thursday 7 November 2024, in fact the Lazio will host the Harbour in the challenge valid for the fourth day of the championship phase of the second club competition of the UefaKick-off is set for 21pm at the Stadio Olimpico. 

As a good knight in white and blue, the Lazio coach will have to tame the "Dragoes", the dragons of Portugal, to maintain his perfect run in Europe and confirm an impressive state of form. The test will not only be the most challenging faced so far in the international adventure by the Tuscan coach, but perhaps one of the most difficult matches of this first part of continental competitions, together with the away match in Amsterdam againstAjax, or the match against the Real Sociedad. The Capitoline team has managed the double competition very well so far, even emerging in Europa League some lesser seen players in Serie A, but equally valid for what could be an interesting continuation of the season. This alternation should not be lacking in tomorrow's challenge, in fact the rotation is still ready in view of the championship challenge that precedes the third international break of this season.

It will be mandatory not to underestimate the Harbour, a team perhaps less renowned than in the past, but still very dangerous to face and already capable of tripping up Italian teams on several occasions in the past. If the Dragoes' hegemony has been broken a bit in their homeland, it is thanks to the great work done by Sporting Lisbon e Benfica in the last ten years at scouting and youth level, in Europe the white and blues are undoubtedly the best performing Portuguese team of the recent past. In the last seven seasons they have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League and this year is only the third time in the last 15 years that they have not taken part in the top competition Uefa. Mind-boggling numbers for a regular in top-level European football. Among the players to keep an eye on in the Harbour Today there is undoubtedly the 2004 class centre forward Samu Omorodion, who arrived in the summer for 15 million and has already scored 11 goals in as many games across all competitions. The other stars of the team are the goalkeeper of the club and the Portuguese national team Diogo Costa, together with the Argentine Varela and the two Brazilians Pepper e Galen.

The referee designation of the fourth day of UEFA Europa League assigned the direction of the race Lazio-Porto to the Bulgarian referee, Mr. Georgi Kabakov. The Plovdiv-born referee will be assisted by his compatriots, assistants Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov. Martin Zhivkov Velikov (BUL) will be the fourth official while Dragomir Draganov (BUL) and Christian Dingert (GER) have been appointed as VAR and AVAR. For the Eastern European referee, this will be his 14th refereeing of the season, the second in Europa League, fourth if we also consider the Qualifiers. To these matches it adds 1 of Champions League, 1 of Nations League, 7 in the Bulgarian championship and 1 also in Saudi Pro League (Saudi Arabia). It will be the first crossroads for Kabakov both with the Biancocelesti and with the Portuguese; however, it will not be his first management Rome in his career, but rather the third, having directed the yellow and red cousins ​​in two matches of Europa League in the past.  

Probable lineups

Just like it happened in all the matches played so far by the Capitoline team in the competition, tomorrow too Marco Baroni should bring about a significant turnover among the protagonists in the white and blue jersey. Between the posts mandas will take Provedel's place, while at the back he should return to the starting lineup Leg alongside Romagnoli, XNUMX Marusic right and Nuno tavares on the left. In the middle there is space for the very muscular couple composed of Vecino e Dele Bashiru. Pedro will lead the attacking midfield, with Tchaouna e Weather in Zaccagni to support him on the wings, while in attack Dia should rest to make room for taty castellanos.

Mirror diagram for the Harbour that in front of the untouchable Diogo Costa, deploys the duo composed of the former Juventus Djalo and Perez in the center, with martim e Moura on the lanes. Varela he is the certainty in midfield and next to him the favourite is Gonzalez, but watch out for Eustaquio's competition. In three-quarters Bruno could play the surprise card of the 2007 class Mora, but the favourite is James for the role, with Pepper e Galen complete the three-man line behind the lone striker Omorodion.

Lazio (4-2-3-1): Mandas; Marusic, Gigot, Romagnoli, Tavares; Vecino, Dele-Bashiru; Tchaouna, Pedro, Zaccagni; Castellanos. Coach Marco Baroni.

Porto (4-2-3-1): Coast; Martim, Djalò, Perez, Moura; Varela, Gonzalez; Pepe, Jaime, Galen; Omorodion. Coach Vitor Bruno.

Where to watch the match

The match between Lazio e Harbour of the Olympic Stadium, valid for the fourth day of the championship phase of Europa League, will start at 21pm on Thursday 7 November 2024. There will be several options available to watch the match. The match will be visible on satellite on the platform Sky, to the channels Sky Sports One (channel 201) e Sky Sports channel 252. The match will also be available in streaming on NOW for those who have subscribed to the platform and on Sky Go for those who have a season ticket Sky. You can follow the match by downloading the app on your smart TV or by connecting the TV to a PlayStation 4/5, Xbox console, or to a TIMVISION BOX, to an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Google Chromecast device. Viewing also possible via app or website NOW on tablets, PCs and smartphones. The commentary of the challenge will be entrusted to Maurizio Compagnoni and Nando Orsi.