- Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off
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It’s a big night for football lovers, but there may not be much in the way of romance in Rome this evening. In town tonight are Bayern Munich, the kind of merciless winning machine whose every blip brings gasps of excitement from neutrals. Those malfunctions are becoming more frequent these days, and the last decade has seen just one Champions League final appearance, when they beat PSG at an empty Estádio da Luz in 2020.
Still, that is more than their hosts tonight have ever managed, and a glance at the outright odds (Bayern are 5-1, Lazio 150-1) suggests that even a half-baked Bayern side should be hot favourites to progress. Lazio finished second to Napoli in Serie A last season but like the champions, have struggled to repeat those heroics this term. Currently eighth in the table, Maurizio Sarri’s side have been consistently inconsistent, and would have hoped for a more navigable last-16 tie than this.
Continue reading…Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard | And contact Niall by email or on XIt’s a big night for football lovers, but there may not be much in the way of romance in Rome this evening. In town tonight are Bayern Munich, the kind of merciless winning machine whose every blip brings gasps of excitement from neutrals. Those malfunctions are becoming more frequent these days, and the last decade has seen just one Champions League final appearance, when they beat PSG at an empty Estádio da Luz in 2020.Still, that is more than their hosts tonight have ever managed, and a glance at the outright odds (Bayern are 5-1, Lazio 150-1) suggests that even a half-baked Bayern side should be hot favourites to progress. Lazio finished second to Napoli in Serie A last season but like the champions, have struggled to repeat those heroics this term. Currently eighth in the table, Maurizio Sarri’s side have been consistently inconsistent, and would have hoped for a more navigable last-16 tie than this. Continue reading…
