A win and a defeat for the two Roman teams involved in the last day of the Europa League championship phase, which will see the draw for the play-offs for the knockout phase at 13:00 tomorrow (Friday 31 January). Roma beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0, Lazio lost 1-0 in Braga but in an irrelevant way because they are still first.
At the Olimpico, tension is high due to the disturbances between the fans that took place last night in San Lorenzo and Campo de' Fiori . In addition, a few hours before kick-off, the police had to stop an attempted blitz by four Giallorossi fans who tried to attack the shuttles carrying the visiting fans. During the match, the two fan bases did not come into contact, but there was an exchange of smoke bombs and firecrackers between the curve where the Roma fans are and the sector dedicated to approximately 3,500 German supporters.
On the pitch, Angeliño unlocked the match in the 44th minute: on a cross from Mancini, the Spaniard struck on the fly with his left foot from a tight angle and beat Trapp. In the 69th minute, former Cagliari player Eldor Shomurodov doubled the lead, also in a dramatic way because on a pass from the right he headed past an opponent, exploited a rebound in the area with Tuta and managed to get ahead of Trapp enough to send the ball onto the post and then into the net. Roma finished fifteenth in the Europa League championship phase and will be among the top seeds in tomorrow's draw: they will face one between Ferencváros and Porto .
Lazio instead falls in Portugal, a conclusion by Ricardo Horta in the 6th minute on a low cross by Víctor Gómez decides . In injury time Braga would double, a goal disallowed for offside. But for the Biancocelesti there are no problems, because the qualification was already decided. And first place remains, tied on points with Athletic Club. For Lazio the Europa League will resume directly in the quarterfinals, in February they will know the opponent.
