Europa League, Roma overturns Athletic Bilbao, Lazio draws

A win and a draw for the Romans in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16: Lazio drew 1-1 in the Czech Republic with Viktoria Plzen, Roma at the Stadio Olimpico beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in a comeback.

Lazio took the lead on 18’: Noslin’s bank for Romagnoli to score with a header. The Czechs equalized at 53’ with Durosinmi surprising the defense and Provedel and putting in the goal.

Back-and-forth within 6 minutes between Roma and Athletic Bilbao: at 50’ the Basques take the lead with Inaki Williams who served by Paredes header beats Svilar.

At 56’ Angelino equalized who right footed not perfectly a cross from Celik but è enough to send in the net. At’85’ Athlòetic in ten for the expulsion of Alvarez for double yellow.

On 93’ the goal of the Giallorossi victory: Saelemaekers fishes Shomurodov who makes the Olimpico explode with joy and gets Roma off to a good start for the return match.

European indoors, Mattia Furlani in the final in the long run in fluency

Mission accomplished for Mattia Furlani, who qualified for the long jump final at the European indoor track and field championships in Apeldoorn.

On the first day of competition, the Italian, who at the age of 20 already boasts an Olympic bronze medal in the specialty, moved up from fifth with 7.95, a measurement he achieved in the first available jump.

This jump was then followed by a null and the “steps” final, when it was quite clear that adding a measure would not change anything. Leading the way was Portugal’s Baldé who jumped 8.11.

Conference League, Fiorentina struggles but loses to Panathinaikos

At the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Fiorentina was beaten 3-2 by Panathinaikos in the first leg of the Conference League round of 16.

The hosts take the lead as early as 5’: Maksimovic dà to Swiderski whose dirty conclusion deceives Terracciano and goes into the net. The doubling on 19’: Terracciano does not hold back a shot by Djuricic and Maksimovic inserts the tap-in.

On 20’ the violets shorten the distance: a taut cross from Gosens in the middle, Beltran arrives and scores with a header. Three minutes later the equalizer: again a cross from Gosens on which this time Fagioli arrives and beats Dragowski with a first-time shot.

At 45’ Fiorentina could even take the lead but Moreno’s tap-in that picked up the rebound of the post hit by Comuzzo was cleared for offside.

In the resumption, at 55’ the Greeks took the lead again with Tete, who bagged an assist from Djuricic, the former Sassuolo and Sampdoria player at 83’ hit the post with a shot on the turn with Terracciano beaten, touching the poker.