Lazio, Tudor: “Felipe Anderson and Luis Alberto? They felt it a bit in the first half”

Second consecutive victory for Igor Tudor’s Laziowho after beating Salernitana at the Olimpico also achieved a good success at Marassi against Genoa in the advance of the 33rd matchday of Serie A. Luis Alberto’s goal in the second half decides. While waiting for the other matches of this day, the Biancocelesti reach 52 points and continue to hope for fifth place which is worth direct qualification for the next Champions League.

These are the words of the Lazio coach, Igor Tudorto Lazio Style Channel after the match at Marassi: “I’m really happy, a great second half where we accelerated. Congratulations to the boys, we entered too thoughtfully, we could have done better in the first half. In the end a good goal came, a good victory on a pitch which few have won.”

“The last matches before the end of the championship? We always play for points, there is great motivation, we are there, we are in the running. We have to think match after match. Now we prepare for this cup, after which for the home match against Verona”.

“Felipe Anderson and Luis Alberto? In the first half they felt it a bit, in the second half they came out a bit like the whole team and this victory arrived.”

“The path is decided at the beginning and then we start working. There is never an objective achieved, there are ups and downs, you have to work on every concept of the game. Sunday’s match is always the result of the week’s work” .

“Juventus? We need to play a great match, there’s a strong opponent and a result that’s not in our favor, but that’s the beauty of football. We believe in it, we’ll try, we’ll go there with all our strength and we’ll see what happens” .

“A little more courage in attack? It’s not easy playing away from home, creating a lot. We spent a lot of energy, ran a lot. There are a lot of good things and a lot of positivity for this return, then we’ll see.”

Here is the match scoreboard:

Genoa (3-4-1-2): Martinez; Vogliacco (34′ st Sabelli), De Winter, Vasquez; Spence, Frendrup (43′ st Thorsby), Strootman (22′ st Badelj), Martin; Gudmundsson; Ekuban (22′ st Ankeye), Retegui. Available: Leali, Sommariva, Cittadini, Pittino, Haps, Bohinen, Papadopoulos. All.: Gilardino.

Lazio (3-4-2-1): Mandas; Patric, Casale (1st st Romagnoli), Gila; Lazzari (36′ pt Hysaj), Vecino, Kamada, Marusic; Luis Alberto (41′ st Rovella), Felipe Anderson (22′ st Cataldi); Castellanos (22′ st Pedro). Available: Renzetti, Sepe, Pellegrini, Isaksen. All.: Tudor.

Referee: Feliciani
Scorers: 22′ st Luis Alberto (L)
Booked: Casale, Cataldi (L), Vogliacco (G)