At the end of the match that Verona lost 1-0 against Lazio, the guest coach Marco Baroni spoke at the press conference. These are his words:
The responsibilities are mine. In some situations the problem is mental. The team played a good game, when Lazio puts Zaccagni, Pedro, Vecino, Hysaj and Immobile in order you have to be at that level to keep up the game. We made too many mistakes individually. We can’t afford this, we knew they’re taking it to the bottom, there’s too much quality. We had a few balls and we could have done better, but the team is there. We need our identity for the ending. It’s difficult to play with teams like Lazio who have running and dribbling. With a little more attention and concreteness we could have done something. The changes? We knew there were several solutions for them so it was budgeted for. If you bring Lazio into the area you score a goal. In these fields you score goals. We went to Bergamo, we scored two goals. Only in this way, otherwise you lose it. They have too much quality and we knew we shouldn’t bring them into the area. In the second half we needed a different contribution. If you look at the match, Lazio found enthusiasm and we faded on a few occasions when they stole the ball from us. We were good at avoiding it, too bad about this.
We never have to watch anything and prepare for the matches. We can’t go wrong. Now there is the steepest part of the climb and it would be difficult. We have to look under our feet and go fast. No bottom-up construction? It takes preparation: I don’t like putting players in difficulty, so when spending on a construction, I prefer to remove this burden. Then when it is, we do it. But not starting from the goalkeeper. He always saves himself in the last minute of the last match. He always does it by never giving up. Many fans came today. There is regret about the result but the performance leaves us with certainties. We must not waste our energy unnecessarily.
