SS Lazio vs Manchester City Tickets

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Given the rich history of the club, Lazio should really have achieved more in Europe’s premier club competition. They got their first taste of action in the UEFA Champions League in 1999/2000. They did qualify for the European Cup in the mid-1970s but were banned from competing due to previous crowd trouble issues.

Sven-Goran Eriksson was in charge for that first UEFA Champions League run, and they did very well to negotiate a path through two group stage phases, playing 12 games in the process, beating sides such as Chelsea, Marseille, and Dynamo Kyiv in the process.

However, when they came up against Valencia in the Quarter-Finals, they were beaten 5-3, and their Spanish opponents went on to feature in the final, which they lost to Real Madrid.

On only one other occasion did the Rome-based club make it to the knockout phase, and that came in 2020/21 when Bayern Munich defeated them in the Round of 16.

Manchester City’s first experience of the competition came way back in 1968/69 when they lost to Fenerbahce in the First Round. It would take over forty years to feature again, and their second campaign came in 2011/12 after Roberto Mancini had guided the team to a top-four finish, but they failed to get through the group stage.

In 2012/13, with Manchester City having ended their long wait for another domestic title, they once again flopped in the group phase, securing just three points from their six games.

In 2013/14, they made it through to the knockout phase for the first time, where they lost to FC Barcelona in the Round of 16. The Etihad Stadium side continued to pump in massive resources in their bid to become dominant both domestically and across Europe.

Once Pep Guardiola was installed as the club’s manager in 2016, they mounted stiffer campaigns, with Quarter-Final finishes coming in 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20 before they finally reached the final in 2020/21.

On this occasion, they were defeated by Chelsea in a tightly-fought clash, with Kai Havertz scoring the only goal of the game, leaving Pep Guardiola continuing his chase for another UEFA Champions League title, having previously won the competition with FC Barcelona.

2021/22 saw the Premier League side beaten by Real Madrid in the Semi-Final, but the following season, with Norwegian goal machine Erling Haaland on board, they beat the likes of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to set up a UEFA Champions League Final clash with Inter Milan.

Manchester City were the big favourites for the game but found it hard to break down the Italian side but managed to do so after Spanish midfielder Rodri fired home to secure the club’s first-ever UEFA Champions League title.

SS Lazio vs Manchester City Head-to-Head

These two teams have never met in competitive European action, and that makes attending this fixture all the more enticing a prospect.

SS Lazio vs Manchester City Connections

A few players have featured for both Lazio and Manchester City over the years, including Serbian international Aleksandar Kolarov, Felipe Caicedo, and defender Javier Garrido.

Swedish manager Sven-Goran Eriksson managed both sides over the course of his lengthy managerial career, but perhaps the most well-known individual to represent both teams is Roberto Mancini.

As a player, Mancini enjoyed a 15-year spell at Sampdoria before moving to Lazion in 1997, where he spent three seasons. At the Stadio Olimpico, he scored 24 goals in 136 games and won a Serie A title, two Coppa Italia crowns, and the UEFA European Cup Winners’ Cup.

He then managed Lazio for two years, winning another Coppa Italia before taking over at Inter Milan.

Mancini was then appointed as Manchester City manager in December 2009, and in 2012, he guided the club to their first domestic title in over forty years as well as an FA Cup success before he was fired in May 2013 after his side surprisingly lost to Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup Final that season.