Eve for the Biancoceleste coach who introduced the match against Hellas: “Super difficult match, all the points count and we will have to get them. Verona is an important stage in my career”. On objectives: “I don’t have any, just as the club hasn’t set any, but we’ll do the best we can.” And on the players: “Zaccagni available from the bench, Felipe Anderson to be evaluated”. Lazio-Verona is live at 8.45pm on Sky Sport Calcio, Sky Sport 251, Sky Sport 4K and streaming on NOW
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We start again after the elimination in the Italian Cup, but the objective is still to qualify for the Champions League. There is also the Lazio in the most important race for Europe in the championship finale, a goal to be pursued starting from the next match at the Olimpico against Verona (live on Saturday at 8.45pm on Sky Sport Calcio, Sky Sport 251, Sky Sport 4K and streaming on NOW) . The coach talked about it Igor Tudor in the press conference on the eve of the match: “Verona are a tough team and on top of their game, Saturday will be super difficult for us. For their position in the standings it is important, in Italy the matches are all difficult. Verona was an important stage for me like the others I have experienced in my career. We did two days of unloading and we have a day of training to prepare for a super important race: it is the most difficult match because it closes a cycle of many commitments in just a few days. We can’t make mistakes, all the points are important and we have to get them on Saturday. The injured? I have to evaluate them today: someone has recovered and others are halfway there, so we’ll see what today’s training tells us.”
Tudor: “Objectives? Let’s do the best we can”
Tudor responded regarding his first evaluation at Lazio and his impressions after Juventus in the Italian Cup: “The great thing is the availability of the players, I found them all very willing to not make any mistakes. Nothing went wrong in training this month. I’m not surprised about Tuesday: I think we did better against them in the first victory with 5-6 practices and without many internationals. The first one was more difficult for me, but the important thing is always the path you are taking and your mentality. Regrets? There are always, you always have to be critical and self-critical. I am very much so, otherwise we won’t grow. Roma’s victory yesterday? All races weigh and are important, but we cannot influence others. There’s no point in thinking about it, let’s put our energy into our matches.” And on Lazio’s goals in the championship finale: “I didn’t set any ranking goals and neither did the club. The goal is to do well in every match, usually there are important differences between the teams, but at the end of the season the difference disappears.”
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“Zaccagni from the bench, Felipe Anderson to be evaluated”
On coexistence in the field between Castellanos and Immobile: “You can see them together in a small moment of the match where you have to recover the result. Sometimes more players who have goals in their legs help to score, but in other situations putting all the attackers in doesn’t mean being more dangerous.” Zaccagni’s return announced: “He can be a wide forward, he can play wide and also behind the striker. For us he is an important player and we have missed him a lot. He has demonstrated his importance in the years spent at Lazio, he can give us an important hand. He won’t start, but he can come off the bench“. Come on Felipe Anderson: “We will evaluate him today, yesterday he ran in sneakers. He suffered a knock and is a fundamental player for us. Isaksen trains very well, he is a player who is always focused and we will see him at work today.”
