Dynamo expects third match against Lazio today and third appearance in 1/8 of Europa League final

08.03.2018 13:43

On the way to the quarterfinals of the Europa League, Oleksandr Hatskevich's team has players from Italian Lazio.

Today's match at the Stadio Olimpico, which will start at 22.05, will be the third face-to-face meeting for these rivals in European club competitions.

For the first time, the paths of Kyiv and Romans crossed in the 1999/2000 season, when in the group round of the Champions League, the Ukrainian team, unfortunately, lost twice to the opponent (1: 2, 0: 1).

Interestingly, the current coach of "Lazio" Simone Inzaghi played against the white and blues in the Kiev meeting. At the same time, today's head coach of Dynamo Oleksandr Khatskevich missed those two matches with the Italians due to injury.

We will add that both previous attempts of Kyiv to overcome the barrier of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League turned out to be successful. In the 2010/2011 season, Dynamo beat English Manchester City (2: 0, 0: 1) by two matches, but lost to Portuguese "Brazi" (1: 1, 0: 0) in the quarterfinals.

In the 2014/2015 season, the Ukrainian team beat English Everton (1: 2, 5: 2), but again in the 1/4 went down the distance. The offender of Dynamo was the Italian "Fiorentina" (1: 1, 0: 2).

All pairs of 1/8 finals of the Europa League

AC Milan (Italy) - Arsenal (England) - 20.00

Atletico (Spain) - Lokomotiv (Russia) - 20.00

Borussia D (Germany) - RB Salzburg (Austria) - 20.00

CSKA (Russia) - Lyon (France) - 20.00

Lazio (Italy) - Dynamo (Ukraine) - 22.05

Marseille (France) - Athletic (Spain) - 22.05

RB Leipzig (Germany) - Zenit (Russia) - 22.05

Sporting (Portugal) - Victoria (Czech Republic) - 22.05

The Kiev start time for the matches is given.