The Verona coach Marco Baroni spoke to the microphones of Sky after the 1-0 away defeat against Lazio.
Very good in the first half, in the second Lazio came out better.
“We made individual errors, like in the scoring action. The most important opportunities arose from some carelessness, which you can’t allow to a Lazio team that has clean passing. It’s then difficult to recover, which is a shame because the team played a good game. We went aggressive, taking away their initiative. We could have been more clear-headed, but the team is alive. With a little more attention, we could have brought home the result.”
The team is alive and focused.
“Now comes the most difficult moment. We have to perform both individually and as a team, eliminating carelessness that we cannot afford.”
What is the best location for Folorunsho?
“Lazio have a mobile and quality midfield, managing their attacking midfielders wasn’t easy. I thought about putting him next to Serdar, they are the midfielders who have the most running and for me they did very well. We tried to take away the dribbling from the Lazio and we did well in this, but then it’s disappointing because certain occasions arise from balls lost by us. The team is there, we have to think about work and preparing for the next matches.”
At the start of the race you are in a circle: what do you say to the kids?
“I remember what we have to do and I strengthen my belief. In these fields, if you concede to your opponents it becomes difficult. We need compactness, both among the top 11 and also considering the substitutions.”
You could see Lazio’s goal coming: didn’t you think about taking away depth?
“It’s an outgoing ball, which we could have managed like others. This is a mistake we can’t make, Lazio has the quality to exploit these situations. We were also a bit open, because we were trying to manage the ball. We can’t lose our identity and be afraid. It’s about conceding goals, you can’t make mistakes and you have to play a game where you don’t leave anything from this point of view.”
