SS Lazio vs Real Madrid Tickets

When it comes to European football royalty, they don’t get much grander than Real Madrid, the undisputed kings of the game. With 14 titles to their name, taking place in both the European Cup phase of the tournament and the latter UEFA Champions League era, the Santiago Bernabeu outfit has won the tournament twice more than any other side (as of 2023).

The Stadio Olimpico is, therefore, a suitable location for their arrival. The grand stadium is an iconic venue that has hosted many amazing European nights, not least the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final when FC Barcelona beat Manchester United, and 1984, when Lazio’s sworn enemies, AS Roma, lost the European Cup Final to Liverpool, on their own turf, no less.

SS Lazio, unlike the team they share their stadium with, have not managed to get through to a European Cup Final, or indeed the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League.

They were banned from the European Cup the season after their first Serie A title in the mid-1970s due to crowd trouble, but when they won their second crown in 1998/99, they made it to the UEFA Champions League under former England national team coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.

On that occasion, they did very well to force their way through two group stages, as this was in the era when the format was split in this manner. Over the course of their 12 games in these two group pools, they secured seven wins, four draws, and just one defeat. Those wins included victories over top teams like Chelsea and Marseille.

This secured them a Quarter-Final tie with Spanish side Valencia, where they were easily beaten 5-3.

They took part in the UEFA Champions League in each of the next two campaigns during a strong period for the Rome-based club; however, on both occasions, they failed to get through to the knockout phase.

Similar failures occurred on each of their campaigns in the competition until that trend was bucked in 2020/21 when they did well to finish second in their group to set up a Round of 16 tie with Bayern Munich, which they then lost 6-2 over the course of the two fixtures.

Lazio’s record in UEFA’s premier competition would look poor compared to most top European teams, and when judged side by side against Real Madrid, this is double the case.

Real Madrid won the European Cup in each of the first five editions of the competition. Stars such as Paco Gento, Alfredo Di Stefano, and Ferenc Puskas reigned supreme.

Those wins came between 1956 and 1960 against Reims (twice), Fiorentina, AC Milan, and Eintracht Frankfurt. They also reached the final in both 1962 and 1964 before winning a sixth title in 1966 against Partizan Belgrade.

It would take another 15 years to reach the same heights. They met an all-conquering Liverpool side in 1981 and lost in Paris before finally clinching their seventh title, some thirty years after their last, when they beat Juventus in 1998.

Countless titles have followed, and under Zinedine Zidane, with Cristiano Ronaldo in his pomp, Los Blancos won three titles in a row in 2016, 2017, and 2018, and Carlo Ancelotti took the Spanish capital side to their 14th success in 2022 when Vinicius Junior scored the only goal of the game against Liverpool, again in Paris.

SS Lazio vs Real Madrid Head-to-Head

These two teams have met in two European campaigns, the first of which came in 2000/01 in the second group stage.

Real Madrid won 3-2 at the Bernabeu, with Luis Figo’s 89th-minute penalty sealing the victory. The return match ended 2-2.

In 2007/08, again in the group stage, the two teams met for a second time. Again, the tie in Italy ended 2-2, and in Spain, goals from Julio Baptista, Raul, and Robinho gave Real Madrid a 3-1 win.

SS Lazio vs Real Madrid Connections

A number of stars have played for both Lazio and Real Madrid, including Danish superstar Michael Laudrup, who also managed to squeeze in stints at other giants, including Juventus and Real Madrid, across a glittering career.