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Champions League: A scoreless half without a shot from Bayern Munich against Lazio

A goalless draw decided the first half of the Lazio match against Bayern Munich, held at the Olimpico Stadium, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the 2023-2024 Champions League competition.

During the first 45 minutes, Bayern Munich did not shoot any ball between the goalposts and the crossbar against the owners of the stadium from 7 attempts, while the Lazio team threatened the visitors’ goal with a shot between the goalposts and the crossbar, which Manuel Neuer succeeded in blocking.

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Lazio vs Bayern

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel announced the lineup to face Italian Lazio, and it came as follows.

Bayern Munich lineup: Neuer; Mazraoui, Kim, Upamecano, Guerrero; Kimmich, Goretzka; Sane, Muller, Musiala; Ken.

Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri’s choices were as follows: Providel; Marošić, Gela, Romagnoli, Hessay; Guendouzi, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Isaksen, Immobile, Felipe Anderson

Lazio vs Bayern

The Bavarian team has a record in the round of sixteen of the Champions League during the last 11 seasons before facing the Italian team, as Bayern Munich did not lose in the last 11 seasons at the price of the Champions League final, achieving 7 victories in addition to 4 draws, and also qualified for the quarter-finals. 11 times out of the last 12 Champions League seasons.

Champions League

The Bavarian team scored 16 points at the top of the Champions League standings in Group A, from 5 wins and a draw, with an 8-point difference in front of its closest rivals, the Danish Copenhagen team, which finished runner-up in the group.

Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich won its promotion to the knockout stages of the Champions League early, and also secured its lead in Group A of the fourth round in the group stage.

Bayern Munich lost to Bayern Leverkusen against Bayern Munich, with a score of 3-0, during the match that brought together the two teams at the “BayArena” stadium, in the top of the German League matches, within the twenty-first week’s competitions.

Bayern Munich comes in second place in the German League table with 50 points, 5 points behind Leverkusen, as the Bavarian team achieved 16 victories, two draws and 3 defeats.

Lazio

Lazio ranked second in the Group E table with 10 points, which was led by Atletico Madrid with 14 points, and they qualified together at the expense of Feyenoord and Celtic.

Lazio occupies seventh place in the Italian League standings with 37 points. It achieved a major victory over its host, Cagliari, with a score of 3-1 at the beginning of the week in the Italian League.