FORMELLO – On the eve of the match against Monza, the coach of LazioIgor Tudor, will speak in a few minutes in the press room of the sports center to present the match at the U-Power Stadium. Follow the live writing of Lalaziosiamonoi.it.
What will Lazio need to win against Monza?
“Everyone fights for their goals, we have to give our all and give our best.”
Is Zaccagni recovered full time? How do you deal with the goalkeeper?
“Provedel hasn’t recovered, he trained with us and that’s it. Someone who stays out for two months and then does two training sessions is also in doubt whether he can go to the bench. Zaccagni did 20 minutes, half an hour, we’ll see today how to prepare him. He is an important player, he comes from a rather problematic period. There are a few matches left, we must be good at understanding how to use him, whether from the start or during the match.”
On target…
“I don’t know where we can get to, there are others too. Since we can’t influence other people’s matches, we can’t make predictions. The only thing we can influence are our performances. We have to try to have a great match tomorrow and then the other three. The points are important, let’s do our best and then we’ll sum it up at the end. In my opinion everything will be decided on the last day.”
Relay in attack?
“The only result is the victory, that’s his opinion. We’ll see again today about the two attackers. They’re both possible starters, even if this word counts up to a certain point. I think it’s a cruelty of football that must always be reconfirmed, even if on the other hand it’s a good thing. Lazio in the second year with Sarri came second, but it seems that few people remember it.
On the squad at his disposal…
“What I have understood here in Rome in these 45 days is that there is great belonging and great passion, but I see that there is little objectivity in giving a judgment when comparing squads. You have to be objective and understand the quality of the squad, which accounts for 80%, then there is the coach and the skill of the club. I see that here, in the world of Lazio, there is a lack of objectivity to understand the right evaluation when making a comparison he tried to make people understand this, but when there is a lot of love there is less objectivity. However, the club must always be objective and fair. You cannot set goals that are out of reach, it gives false expectations charge, but common sense must always prevail.”
Consideration on Palladino?
“I knew him when he was a child, he was in the Juventus spring team. He was a smart, curious boy who was interested in everything. He recently started this career, he is making his journey well, I expect a super difficult match against him They are super organized in defense, we will have to play a very serious game.”
From your point of view, what value does this rose have?
“I won’t comment on that, anything I say would create controversy. I know where the Lazio squad should be placed, it’s very clear to me. The objective is always to do better than where we should be. Clearly Lazio were not from second place last year, then the personal objective of every coach is always to get the most out of the squad. Then there are the other teams that perhaps do less well, there are always those dynamics in a championship 99.9% of the rankings do what they have to, you know at the beginning of the year. The beauty of football, on the other hand, is the unpredictability that can fool people and goes beyond objectivity.”
On the recovery of Atalanta-Fiorentina?
“It’s not fair, it’s not regular, we can talk about it for a long time. Italian football must improve in this regularity of these matches, in how to organize the calendar.”
What is the objective against Monza?
“Each match is a battle in itself. You always work the same on things that you want to confirm and improve. I like this defensive solidity, I worked 80-20 on attack. It also depends a lot on the opponent, on how the match will be, a a bit like against Verona.”
On Zaccagni…
“He has scored many goals, he is not so inconclusive and decisive. We need to look at the others too. The closer you play to goal, the more incisive you are. In the squad you need to let the strongest ones play, but with balance. A player who can play on the on the flank, even at the back, there is less and less of the ability to jump the man. We try to make the most of this quality of his.”
How is Rovella?
“He had an interesting championship, then he had this major injury which slowed him down. I like him because he understands football, he’s tough, he needs to put on some muscles. He’s very eager to grow and understand, I explained to him a couple of times that there are people who are doing well: competition is important. When someone is doing well it’s difficult to take him out, you have to wait for your moment.”
What is missing to be among the best attacks?
“These are also years that go a bit like this. Nothing is missing, we put ourselves to work, we even scored a few goals. Then what matters is creating opportunities: this is the most important thing from the coach’s point of view. That’s my job: to get the team to be dangerous. I think we’re on the right path. There are people who have goals in their veins and I’m convinced that in these four matches everyone will help.”
