Today, Guido Paglia, former head of communication and external relations of Lazio at the time of President Sergio Cragnotti, spoke to Radiosei. These are his words on Sven-Göran Eriksson, the Biancoceleste coach of Lazio’s second Scudetto, but also on Cragnotti, Mancini and Zoff:
“Eriksson was a fundamental cornerstone of that team, but let’s not forget Mancini who was his locker room balancer, but above all let’s not forget Nello Governato. Fundamental person for that company.
The day after the championship victory I went to Formello with Cragnotti to meet Eriksson and plan the future. When we asked him what to do to improve the team, he replied: ‘President, sell them all’. Because he knew they wouldn’t perform as well as they had done up to that point. Unfortunately he was right.
I also remember that on the occasion of Lazio’s centenary Eriksson didn’t even want to go to the stadium. Little by little we convinced him and even managed to show him around the pitch.
When Eriksson left, Mancini wanted to be coach in his place. But Cragnotti chose the right man for that moment, namely Zoff. In key moments of his history at Lazio, Cragnotti became hermetic and no one knew in advance what he was doing.”.
