The Lazio begins to write the second chapter of his very personal thesis: after having archived a first year in Primavera 1 that bordered on perfection, the Biancocelesti want to give substance to their ambitions. Two important pawns of Sanderra’s team are protected, like the leader Bordon and the second goalkeeper Renzetti, while from Spain comes the creativity and imagination “de sangre caliente”: official Cristobal Munoz from Barcelona. This is the press release that makes the arrival of the 2005 class official:
“SS Lazio announces that it has reached an agreement for the signing of an employment contract with the footballer Cristobal Muñoz Lopez, coming from FC Barcelona”.
Lazio Primavera, the path is set: woe betide anyone who calls them “underdogs”
It would be unfair and anachronistic to talk about Lazio still as an outsider. The moves of the last few hours are the signature on a declaration of intent: next year the Biancocelesti want to believe in something even bigger. And so off to the first and frenetic market tango: contract until 2027 for Renzettithe cup goalkeeper if there was one last season. The 2006-born player in fact, defended the posts in the 6 games of the Coppa Italia Primavera and Youth League, obtaining three clean sheets in total and demonstrating the potential of a feline in the department. He arrives at the starting blocks of the 2024/25 season with the idea of further improving his statistics, thanks to a wonderful Federico Magro who in the Primavera 1 left him only crumbs. For him also 12 benches with the first team in the final part of the season, to taste the air and atmosphere of football upstairs.
I also put the lock on Felipe Bordon: a year of apprenticeship in the midfield that confirmed leadership, reading and physical presence. The Brazilian behaved like a crucial piece of a jenga: if he collapsed, Lazio would have collapsed from the foundations. An impenetrable dam, the 2005 class acted as leader of the defensive hinge for 42 times, also finding presence in the goal area (3 goals this season) and incredible consistency.
And Barcelona Instead, the imagination and creativity of Cristobal Munoz: the attacking midfielder born in 2005 will join the Primavera after a season with little room for maneuver in Barcelona Atletic (the second team of the Blaugrana). Are the colors of Catalunya a guarantee of success, like the “DOP” stamp on Italian products? We are certainly not faced with a mathematical equation, but coming from those latitudes football generally runs through your veins. For him 11 appearances in the 23/24 season, with the prospect that for Sanderra’s group his talent in floating between the lines is like a breath of fresh air in this torrid July heat.
Lazio, dress rehearsal for a leading role
Thatthe Biancocelesti did not want to act as sparring partners in the Primavera 1 it was obvious by now. After the crazy impact with the category, which has shuffled the cards of many realities of the championship that have remained at a standstill given the rise of the men of Sanderrathe Lazio is looking for confirmation and a future at the same table with the big ones. The three moves in quick succession, to give depth and consistency to the dreams of the biancocelesti of the future, the warning seems quite clear. In the second year they will go hunting for something even more important than a third place in the first year of Primavera 1 after a few seasons of purgatory. There is the feeling of having created a centered group, with unity of purpose and (a detail that is never trivial) rich in talent and arguments. The last word to the playing field, the only reliable judge.
