Lazio and Cluj both wasted some remarkable scoring opportunities, including Matias Vecino three times in one move, so the first leg win sends the Aquile through to the Conference League Round of 16.
The Biancocelesti won the first leg 1-0 despite having Patric sent off within 15 minutes, but visited Romania without the suspended defender, plus injured Alessio Romagnoli, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Mattia Zaccagni, Pedro and Stefan Radu.
Both teams wasted golden opportunities early on, as first Toma Basic horribly over-hit the pass that would’ve sent Ciro Immobile clear on goal, then Nicolò Casale gave it away cheaply playing out from the back and Krasniqi somehow managed to drill wide.
Felipe Anderson pulled back from the by-line, only for Immobile to hit a fresh-air shot and it then bounced off Basic’s shin, while Karlo Muhar’s sudden snapshot took a dangerous deflection.
Luis Alberto tried to curl in directly from the corner flag, testing ex-Udinese goalkeeper Simone Scuffet, and Krasniqi hit the side-netting after a solo run.
Luis Alberto attempted it again and this time did beat Scuffet, only to be denied by a Malele goal-line clearance at the far top corner.
Lazio had an extraordinary triple chance moments later, the first Matias Vecino shot charged down, then a double Scuffet save from close range on Casale and Vecino, the Uruguayan firing the fourth effort wide.
Muhar received his second yellow card for sliding into the back of Immobile, reducing Cluj to 10 men. Nonetheless, the hosts still had the chance to level the tie on aggregate when Emmanuel Yeboah got it all horribly wrong on a Christopher Braun cross from 10 yards.
Basic saw his scorcher from distance flash inches off target in stoppages.
Cluj 0-0 Lazio (0-1 agg)
Sent off: Muhar 77 (C)
Player statistic
| 14' |  |
Nicolò Casale | ||
| Karlo Muhar | |
36' | ||
| 37' | |
Ciro Immobile |
| Ciprian Deac | |
54' | ||
| Lovro Cvek | |
59' | ||
| Karlo Muhar |  |
77' |
Match statistic
