Igor Tudor is ready to appear on live TV and in the press room for comments Lazio-Empoli 2-0. Read all the statements from the Biancocelesti coach live. Real-time updates.
3.39pm
Tudor: “Luis Alberto? I’ll choose the best formation for the match”
Tudor on the exclusion of Luis Alberto: “I trained the team all week, then I choose the best formation for the match. On Tuesday we go back to work and prepare for the match against Inter, nothing more and nothing less”.
3.36pm
Tudor: “Excited by the party”
Tudors: “I was moved by seeing the people on the pitch, the flags. The energy of the people who were at the stadium. The boys felt this energy, it was such a beautiful thing and I too was moved by them”.
3.34pm
Tudor in press conference: “Dry pitch, victory not to be taken for granted”
Tudor at press conference: “It’s not easy, the boys were very good because we were playing at 12.30 on a dry pitch, one thinks that winning against Empoli is a given but it’s not. The boys were good, they put pride and sacrifice into it , they suffered when they had to suffer and this beautiful victory brings us closer to the European goal”.
3.21pm
Tudor: “It’s difficult to make choices with previous hierarchies”
Tudor at Sky: “Being a coach is difficult because it’s normal that everyone wants to play, but the boys made themselves available and helped me make my choices despite previous hierarchies. All my choices are made in good faith”.
3.19pm
Tudor: “Empoli better than Lazio? Mandas is part of the game”
Tudor at Sky: “I wouldn’t underline the merits of Empoli and the demerits of Lazio. Empoli tried to exploit our mistakes. Mandas is part of the game. It’s not like he had made so many important saves before today”.
3.14pm
Tudor: “First in the rankings since I arrived”
Tudor to Sky: “They asked me how it could be improved and I replied that dwhen I arrived we were first in the rankings. I answered like this because it’s objective, not to be polemic. There was nothing else to remember and that was the only way I could respond.”
3.12pm
Tudor on Sky: “A beautiful day of celebration”
Tudor to Sky on qualification for Europe (at least Conference League): “The day of celebration was really beautiful, it was exciting to see so many flags, so many people. We achieved an important and hard-fought victory. Our quality came through. When I arrived there was no goal other than to do the best I could. We are doing it. Ours is a good journey, we brought home many points. It wasn’t easy. We’ll see at the end of the season where we’ll play in Europe.”.
3.05pm
Tudor arriving for the commentary of Lazio-Empoli
Igor Tudor is about to appear live on Sky for the commentary of Lazio-Empoli.
2.52pm
Nicola on Sky: “Mandas is the best on the pitch”
While waiting for Tudor, Nicola on Sky: “We finished the match with four and a half attackers on the pitch. I was disappointed not to get anything because Empoli played a great match from all points of view. We need to become more cynical in front of goal and that’s the only thing we can say today The best on the pitch was Mandas. We can and we want to improve. We haven’t seen the big difference in the standings. Lazio is a quality team, we’re good at not letting them stand out for everything (away against Udinese) it will be super important”.
2.49pm
Tudor, fifth win in seven league games
Tudor achieved his fifth victory in seven league matches as Lazio coach following a draw and a defeat. The 2-0 at Empoli was worth the fifth useful result in a row in Serie A, sixth if we consider the 2-1 in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Juve.
2.42pm
Patric to Sky: “Today’s football is very difficult”
While waiting for Tudor, Patric spoke to Sky’s microphones: “The festive atmosphere and the drive of our people helped us. Today’s football is very difficult. In the Champions League we reached the round of 16, in the Italian Cup we reached the semi-final, in the championship we could have done more, but now we can only think about giving the best in the last two games; to score 6 points. We’ll see where we end up.”.
2.38pm
Serie A, the updated standings
Serie A, the updated standings after Lazio-Empoli 2-0 (SEE THE RANKING).
2.31pm
Lazio-Empoli 2-0, goals from Patric and Vecino
Lazio beat Empoli with a final score of 2-0 in the match valid for the thirty-sixth and third-last day of Serie A: the goals from Patric in the third minute of injury time of the first half and Vecino in the eighth minute were decisive.
