Even with a 2-0 loss at Aspmyra, Lazio players, supporters and the Italian media were confident that the balance of power between the big club in one of the world’s best leagues and the mini-putt from the north of the Arctic circle would send Lazio on to where they deserved – in the semi-finals of Europe’s second best company. When even spring temperatures in Rome could not save Lazio after Bodø/Glimt’s end to a terrific match, a shocked Italian press aimed fire at their own.
The BBC gives a comprehensive match report where the English national media praises Bodø/Glimt’s historic achievement, In Italy there is little tribute to the Lazio players and coach Marco Baroni.
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“Lazio! That’s how you throw it away. Let Bodø/Glimt come back, concede a goal and miss three penalties,” fires the major newspaper Gazzetta dello sport.
“Lazio, what a nightmare!” writes Corriere dello Sport
“It’s a terrible bitterness for Lazio who were one step away from the feat,” Corriere continues .
“From comeback to a joke. Biancocelestis semi-final disappears on penalties“, writes Repubblica
Perhaps no wonder Italian journalists sat with wounded pride after watching one of Italy’s big clubs lose to what they see as a football mosquito from the north, Andy Mitten of The Athletic in England describes it with: “I can’t believe it’s happened. One of the greatest stories in modern football.”
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