‘Bitter taste in Lazio mouths’ over Champions League

Ivan Provedel explains why Lazio depart the Champions League ‘with a bitter style in our mouths’ after the 3-1 mixture defeat to Bayern Munich.

It was all the time going to be a tricky tie check for the Aquile to achieve the Champions League quarter-finals for the primary time since 2000, however the 1-0 first leg win due to a Ciro Motionless penalty had given them hope.

That very same hope appeared to empty out of the staff after Motionless missed a diving header on the Allianz Area and moments later Harry Kane put Bayern Munich in entrance as an alternative.

Thomas Muller redirected a Matthijs de Ligt volley on the stroke of half-time and Kane added a 3rd when assembly the rebound from Ivan Provedel’s save on Leroy Sane for a 3-0 consequence, 3-1 on mixture.

“It’s a pity, as a result of up till the primary purpose it was a balanced match, and that’s what leaves a bitter style in our mouths,” Provedel told Sport Mediaset.

“It’s additionally a disgrace that there have been 4 officers on the pitch and none of them observed it wasn’t a nook for the second purpose. Nonetheless, we can not cling to those incidents and should tip our hats to our opponents.

“If you play towards groups of such a excessive stage within the Champions League, particulars and incidents make the distinction. that there are in all probability going to be few probabilities and it’s important to take advantage of them. We didn’t try this they usually did.

“It was related within the first leg, as we might’ve scored extra objectives there too.”

At the very least Provedel made historical past on this Champions League marketing campaign by managing to attain a purpose from open play within the opening 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid.

“It isn’t a lot comfort proper now, I’m afraid.”