The words of the Biancoceleste coach, who spoke shortly after the final whistle of the match directly from the belly of the Olympic stadium
The chase towards a place in the Europe that counts doesn’t stop. Lazio wins their fourth consecutive match and relaunches themselves in view of an unforgettable end to the season. Zaccagni decides it as a substitute, giving away three crucial points which allows the Biancocelesti to momentarily overtake Atalanta (with two games less). At the end of the challenge at the microphones of Sky he intervened Igor Tudor to comment on the victory. These are the words of the Biancoceleste coach.
“Pedrito’s words were nice, he came in well today and I liked it a lot, it seemed like he was in his time in Barcelona. He’s an example for everyone, it’s always nice to have him in the locker room. In football everything counts, I can share his words: it’s not long now, we have to continue on this path and score points, hoping that the others don’t do them like us. We’ll draw the conclusions at the end. Fifth place? It was a journalistic question, planning matters little. You need to go from game to game, you win by doing the things you prepare. We need to prepare as best we can for another difficult race in Monza. This match was difficult, we prepared it like a final. I knew it would be like this after many close matches, it was very dangerous. Atalanta proved it, this Verona is difficult to beat.
Zaccagni is back and we know what value he has for this team. Everyone trains well, with the desire to have fun too. I complimented them the other day because it’s a pleasure to coach them. Now all points are valuable. I was talking to my deputy that I feel this victory is the most beautiful of all. I felt that she needed to be fully prepared. They dropped off a bit in the second half, then it’s also thanks to our quality of output. They started with 4, then they started with 5 and it was difficult. And they are good on dead balls, which they can punish you on. My boys did well to stay focused and concede the minimum.
We took a bit of a risk with Felipe and Zaccagni fifth. Then after the goal we put Hysaj on because she was a bit too offensive but we wanted to take advantage of the upper fifths. Then Hysaj gave us balance to finish the race in the right way. Luis Alberto? I always saw him concentrated, he didn’t do anything wrong, he is a player who likes football and feeling important. He likes our fluidity and his freedom to lower himself, to set. Few people have his quality in the last play, he is doing really well. What if he stays? A question for him. I try to do my job, then everyone can make their own choices. There is the player and the club who are always above everything. When you respect roles and make choices you can never go wrong.”
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April 27, 2024 (modified April 27, 2024 | 11:26 pm)
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