Dia, Dele Bashiru, Noslin: these are the three names linked to Lazio in the last few hours. A market that does not excite the people of Lazio, who were already protesting after Baroni’s arrival on the bench. Between protesting fans and a squad to be rebuilt, the next Lazio season will start with many unknowns. Angelo Gregucci summarizes the current situation: “A moment of refoundation, I would be cautious with judgements. The era of Milinkovic, Alberto and Anderson is over. This is the worst season to make judgments. A refoundation is certainly underway. Excellent professional, excellent person, in the last two or three years he has done very well in Lecce and especially in Verona. Sometimes fighting not to be relegated is much more complicated than fighting to win. As regards the psychological work on the group, the ability to provide solidity has been excellent in the last three years. I would stick to objective reality. Lazio is forced to replace important players with other important players. I think that Lazio have had the best midfield in the championship for years. So to replace these players, important operations need to be carried out. Then we need to see how they perform on the pitch. Because playing in Verona is one thing, playing in Rome is another thing.”
President Ferrajolo reconstructs the beginning of the end of a cycle: “You continue to rightly say that Lazio had important players, the best midfield. I would go back a little further. He had a very very very good coach who was Inzaghi. Let’s not forget this. Let’s say the break between Lazio and the one to come, or the one we will see, begins when the coach leaves. Then someone equally good came along, or at least that’s what we imagined, but in the end he failed, he left so Lazio starts again today and starts again with a very serious, good, hard-working coach, in my opinion very capable, but who has always worked for salvation with teams that had salvation as their objective”.
Gregucci: “I remember perfectly that at the beginning Inzaghi’s experience was a crucial element in managing a team that was having difficulties. You know what I think is Inzaghi’s first difficulty and that he had played with 5, 6, 7 players. So Angelo Peruzzi’s work in management was crucial. To ensure that a team achieves results there are many components that intervene. When there is a coach who comes and breaks from the youth sector, he goes to the first team and finds a person like Angelo Peruzzi. So we also need to give Baroni some time. First, to assemble a team. Second, to give him great motivation. Third, Lazio’s objectives are still European.”
