LAZIO-SASSUOLO LAST ACT OF SERIE A WITH QUALIFICATION FOR THE EUROPA LEAGUE TO BE ACHIEVED

The people of Lazio are rallying around former coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, today at the Olimpico following his declarations on his health. Around 50,000 spectators are expected

article by Massimo Catalucci

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The Olympic stadium this evening it will be, as already happened on the occasion of Lazio Empoli when it was celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Lazio scudettoa riot of white and blue colours and it will be, above all, to greet theformer technician from the SS Lazio 1900, Sven-Göran Eriksson.

Sven-Göran Eriksson, the most successful coach in the history of SS Lazio 1900

The Swede, after his public statements where he declared himself to be suffering from an aggressive disease and of being in a terminal phase (even if we want to believe that a miracle can happen), accepted the invitation of the Lazio club to participate in the last championship match scheduled for this evening in Lazio And SassuoloFor receive the embrace of “his” audience who loved him and loves him for the company historic sports car What did he do between the end of the 90s and the beginning of the new millennium.

Sven-Göran Eriksson he was the most successful coach to date, in 124 years of Biancoceleste history, bringing Lazio right up to the top of Europewinning Scudetto (1999/2000), Cup Winners’ Cup (1998/1999), UEFA Super Cup (1999/2000), Italian Cup (1997/1998 – 1999/2000) And Italian Super Cup (1998/1999 – 1999/2000) and without neglecting that it had also arrived in final (1997/1998) of the UEFA Cup (now Europa League)unfortunately, in this case lost against theInter.

In short, what Sven-Göran Eriksson did at Lazio is history and today the embrace of his fans, of his public, is the homage that the people of Lazio want to pay first to the person and then to the technician. A special personAlways elegantnever outside the lines, a true “Lord”which also in this difficult moment of his life, he is proving that he is substance and not appearance and perhaps, precisely because of these peculiarities, he could not fail to land in the glorious Capitoline sports club of the Biancocelesti eagles.

The match between Lazio and Sassuolo

But today Lazio also has a very important task, that of confirm its participation in the European field for next year and to do that, he will need to at least one point to enter the tournament by rightEuropa Leaguethe second European cup in order of importance after the Champions Leaguenow vanished and which remains a possibility only for the Rome (which will finish the championship sixth), provided that theAtalanta this season of A league, fourth place.

Mister Tudor, will bring back a muscular team, with Vecino, Kamada And Castellanos who will do one-on-one and one-on-one matches Zaccagni ready to wreak havoc among the opposing defense.

On defense, in front of Provedelnow fully recovered, Gila, Romagnoli And Marusicthey will try to secure the biancoceleste goal, while they will act on the side streets Pilgrims And Hysajwith Rovella midfield pivot.

Today, it won’t be easy because the Sassuolonow already relegated, will play without pressure and this is the greatest danger, see yesterday’s AC Milan against Salernitana already in B, final result 3 a3.

Must win for the ranking And for the place in the Europa League; to give a continuity signal with new coach Tudor; for the people of Lazio; for Sven-Göran Eriksson.

The coaches’ statements in the pre-match

TUDOR – “An important match because everything is open if necessaryWe want to have a good race. I expect the best Lazio possible against a team that has already been relegated, but I never trust anything or anyone. We prepared her to give her best“.

“The football of Gasperini we all know him well, for years he has done well as a coach and so has the club. It’s a model to follow to have a team of that level. It is a project to give a certain idea and importance to the team, but not only in Italy, but also in Europe and around the world. In the squad there are people who are perfect, people who can stay and people who struggle more. But I do it congratulations to all the guys because they always made themselves available and always gave their all, we got to this match well. Then we will sit down and make our assessments.”

“I think we didn’t miss anything, in fact we did a lot of good things, doing well from the first race to the last you can’t win them all, not even City and Real Madrid can. I am happy with the work done and confident for the future, there is a good basis for doing well. The balance is positive. all clubs want strong, young players. Everyone wants young phenomena who can lead you to results straight away. You have to be good at choosing well, at that point you’ll have a good season, otherwise you won’t do well. Skill is what makes the difference. We’ll see if we can do the job on the market in the right way and make everyone happy“.

“Kamada wants to stay, these days we will see the club and they will try to renew. We hope that this thing will be concluded as soon as possible.”

BALLARDINI – “We have a duty to play a dignified match or it would be a lack of respect for everyone. We want to play a good match because this is right and we have a lot of motivation. My memory of Lazio? In the period in which I was there there was a lot of confusion, there were 16 players out of the squad, arguments over contracts… It was a complicated situation to deal with, so much so that after that season I think 15-16 players changed. Injured? Berardi And Castillejo. Matheus Henrique he is disqualified, Advice he didn’t train because he had a fever. The others are all summoned.”

“What do I expect from Lazio? They have a highly competitive squad, a team of great technical and physical qualities. With Tudor they put more aggression and physicality into the match. They’re looking for more one-on-one time. It’s a team that has a more physical impact than before. With Sarri they were better at covering the ball, in this last period they are good at covering the field and are much more aggressive in the ball area. Tomorrow (Today – NDR) we will present a competitive lineup”.

Probable lineups

LAZIO (3-4-2-1): Provedel; Marusic, Romagnoli, Gila; Hysaj, Vecino, Rovella, Pellegrini; Kamada, Zaccagni; Castellanos.

Available.: Mandas, Renzetti, Lazzari, Cataldi, Guendouzi, Isaksen, Pedro, Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Gonzalez.

All.: Tudor.

SASSUOLO (5-3-2): Cragno; Missori, Erlic, Kumbulla, Ferrari, Doig; Boloca, Lipani, Thorstvedt; Laurienté, Pinamonti.

Available.: Consigli, Pegolo, Toljan, Pedersen, Viti, Tressoldi, Racic, Obiang, Bajrami, Volpato, Mulattieri, Ceide, Defrel.

All.: Ballardini.

The referee team, VAR and AVAR

Referee: Paride Tremolada of the Monza section

Line assistants: Stefano Del Giovane from Albano Laziale and Davide Moro from Schio

Fourth Man: Giuseppe Collu of Cagliari

VAR: Matteo Gariglio from Pinerolo

AVAR: Marco Serra of Turin

Where to follow live TV and streaming

The race Lazio-Sassuolovalid for 38th and final day of the Serie A TIM Championshipwill be held at Olympic Stadium in the Capitalwith kick-off at 8.45pm. It will be possible to see the live on the channels DAZN and in Streaming on DAZN internet platforms by downloading for freeapp specific to the devices PC, smartphone And tablets, Smart TVs.