UD Almería are preparing themselves to get the last week of preparations started within the World Cup break since the next and last friendly will be the last one that will close out training before the LaLiga Santander gets underway in Cádiz.

The Rojiblancos will play a new friendly game, the fifth of this mid-season hiatus which will see them getting game practice next Thursday, 22 December (KO 6:30pm CET) against one of the best Italian football sides SS Lazio from Rome. The appointment will be take place at the Power Horse Stadium.

UD Almería season-ticket holders will have free access with their Rojiblanco seasonal card, while tickets are now on sale for the general public, although only online at tickets.udalmeriasad.com. The prices are 35€ in the West Stand (20€for under-12s (25€ and 15€ in the East Stand, and 15€ and 10€ in the North and South Stands.

After playing against Austrian side SK Sturm Graz and Scottish side Heart of Midlothian Football Club during the Marbella training camp; against Al-Nassr FC in Saudi Arabia, and against Torino FC 1906 at the Pinatar Arena Football Center facilities in Murcia, UD Almería will close out their preparation period for the league at home against prestigious opponents with international experience that will be the last stern test before visiting Cádiz CF on 30 December.

Società Sportiva Lazio sit fourth in the Italian Serie A, behind Napoli, Milan and Juventus. UD Almería's rivals have won two league titles, seven in the Italian Cup and five in the Italian Super Cup. They have also been crowned Recopa and the European Super Cup champs.

Striker Ciro Inmobile and midfielder Milonkovic-Savic belong to their squad and both of them have just joined up with the Serbia senior squad in the World Cup Qatar and is a sough-after player by the most important clubs in Europe. He is the brother of the goalkeeper of his home country's national team and Torino FC 1906, with whom UD Almería played this past Friday, and son of former Almeria CF player Nikola Milinković.