Uefa Europa League 2012/13 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT S.S. Lazio (first leg: 3-3) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Matchday 8 - Round of 32, second leg Stadio Olimpico, Rome Thursday 21 February 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................6 Squad list...........................................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Match officials..................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................18 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html S.S. Lazio - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/02/13 R32 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - S.S. Lazio 3-3 Monchengladbach Stranzl 17(p), Marx 84(p), Arango 88; Floccari 57, Kozák 64, 90+4 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA S.S. Lazio 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 S.S. Lazio - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/07 GS S.S. Lazio - SV Werder Bremen 2-1 Rome Rocchi 57, 68; Diego 88(p) 24/10/07 GS SV Werder Bremen - S.S. Lazio 2-1 Bremen Sanogo 28, Hugo Almeida 54; Manfredini 82 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/10/99 GS S.S. Lazio - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-1 Rome Nedvěd 1; Kirsten 44 14/09/99 GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen - S.S. Lazio 1-1 Leverkusen Neuville 14; Mihajlović 18 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/03/95 QF Borussia Dortmund - S.S. Lazio 2-0 Dortmund Chapuisat 11(p), Riedle 90 agg: 2-1 28/02/95 QF S.S. Lazio - Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Rome Freund 67(og) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/79 R2 FC Internazionale Milano - 2-3 Milan Altobelli 24, 93 ET; Nickel 33, 108 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach agg: 3-4 (aet) ET(p), Ringels 103 ET 24/10/79 R2 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1-1 Mönchengladbach Hannes 39; Altobelli 53 FC Internazionale Milano European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/76 R2 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - 0-0 Düsseldorf Torino FC agg: 2-1 20/10/76 R2 Torino FC - 1-2 Turin Sala 64; Vogts 28, Klinkhammer 78 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/75 R2 Juventus - 2-2 Turin Gori 35, Bettega 62; Danner 70, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach agg: 2-4 Simonsen 88 22/10/75 R2 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - 2-0 Düsseldorf Heynckes 27, Simonsen 36 Juventus UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/04/74 SF VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - AC Milan 1-0 Monchengladbach Sabadini 28(og) agg: 1-2 10/04/74 SF AC Milan - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Milan Bigon 18, Chiarugi 52 Last updated 20/02/13 00:37:24CET 2 Previous meetings S.S. Lazio - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/12/71 R2 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - 0-0 Berlin FC Internazionale Milano agg: 2-4 03/11/71 R2 FC Internazionale Milano - 4-2 Milan Bellugi 10, Boninsegna 13, Jair 58, Ghio VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 90; Le Fevre 38, Wittkamp 89 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA S.S. Lazio 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 2 9 10 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 2 4 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 4 5 2 16 15 Last updated 20/02/13 00:37:24CET 3 Previous meetings S.S. Lazio - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Match background Libor Kozák's late goal earned S.S. Lazio a 3-3 draw at VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach last week, and they will look to build on that away goals cushion in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. • Mönchengladbach led through Martin Stranzl's penalty (17), but goals from Sergio Floccari (57) and Kozák (64) turned the tables. Thorben Marx then converted another penalty (84) and Juan Arango's 30-metre free-kick (88) looked to have won it before Kozák scored his second of the night in added time. Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA club competition in the first leg. • Lazio's seven games against German sides have ended W2 D3 L2 (W2 D1 L0 in Rome – W0 D2 L2 in Germany). They have yet to lose at home against a German side. • Gladbach's record in 11 games against Italian sides is W4 D5 L2 (W2 D4 L0 at home – W2 D1 L2 in Italy), though the most recent of those ties prior to the first leg was in the second round of the 1978/79 UEFA Cup. They are nonetheless unbeaten in eight games against Serie A opposition, stretching back nearly 39 years to a 2-0 European Cup Winners' Cup loss at AC Milan on 10 April 1974. Match background • Lazio are unbeaten in nine European games this season (W5 D4). In their four European home games this season (W3 D1) they have conceded just once. • Mönchengladbach have scored at least two goals in their last six European games: three wins, two draws and a 4-2 home defeat. • Mönchengladbach are unbeaten in six European away games (W4 D2) stretching back to a 1-0 loss at Feyebnoord in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. • Mönchengladbach are in the last 32 after finishing second in Group C. They won the 1974/75 and 1978/79 UEFA Cups and were beaten finalists in the 1972/73 and 1979/80 editions – as well as in the 1976/77 European Champion Clubs' Cup final. • They could become the fourth side to win this competition for a third time, along with Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano and Liverpool FC. • Prior to this season, Gladbach had not played in Europe since going out to AS Monaco FC in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup second round. • Group J winners Lazio have reached the round of 32 only once since bowing out to FC Porto in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup semi-finals, losing out to eventual winners Club Atlético de Madrid at this stage last season. • Lazio's biggest success in this competition came when they reached the 1998 UEFA Cup final, where they lost 3-0 to Serie A rivals FC Internazionale Milano in Paris. Team facts • Kozák's two goals in the first leg saw him join FC Internazionale Milano's Rodrigo Palacio and Raúl Bobadilla – who has moved to FC Basel 1893 since hitting five in the group stage for BSC Young Boys – in second place in this season's UEFA Europa League scorers rankings. SSC Napoli's Edinson Cavani tops the table with seven goals. • Lazio boast German talent in the form of striker Miroslav Klose, who joined the club from FC Bayern München in 2011. • Lazio's coach since June has been Vladimir Petković, who won a Yugoslavian title as a midfielder with hometown club FK Sarajevo in 1984/85 before moving to Switzerland, where he played at a modest level and coached AC Bellinzona, BSC Young Boys and FC Sion, as well as moving to Turkey to take charge of Samsunspor. • As a midfielder, Mönchengladbach coach Lucien Favre won the 1984/85 Swiss title with Servette FC and 24 caps for Switzerland. He won further Swiss Cups as a coach with Servette and FC Zürich, as well as two titles with the latter. He has specialised in creating competitive sides in Germany on modest budgets, finishing fourth in the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC Berlin in 2008/09 and Mönchengladbach in 2011/12. Round of 16: VfB Stuttgart/KRC Genk v Mönchengladbach/Lazio • The first legs will be played on 7 March, with the returns the following Thursday. Last updated 20/02/13 00:37:24CET 4 Match background S.S. Lazio - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome • Mönchengladbach could meet Stuttgart in an all-German round of 16 tie. They have actually met in Europe before, with Gladbach edging out their Bundesliga rivals 3-2 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the 1979/80 UEFA Cup. Jupp Heynckes' side were then beaten by another German team – Eintracht Frankfurt – in the two-legged final. Last updated 20/02/13 00:37:24CET 5 Match background S.S. Lazio - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Team facts S.S. Lazio Formed: 1900 Nickname: Biancocelesti (White and Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup