TOWARDS CELTIC-LAZIO
The Biancoceleste coach in a press conference (over an hour late) on the eve of the Caltic match: “If we get a result, we can get through to the end”
03 ott 2023
After the last-gasp equalizer against Atletico Madrid, lLazio awaits the difficult trip to Glasgow against Celtic, defeated 2-0 by Feyenoord on their debut. The Biancocelesti are looking for their first victory in the Champions League. Maurizio Sarri, expected at 7pm at the press conference, he arrived late due to the very strict controls at the airport and the long bureaucracy. “Celtic is the least physical team in the group, but has great intensity and dynamism” are the first words of the Biancoceleste coach.
The conference:
Did the interpretation of his words bother you? “The exploitation is to report only some words and not all. I say 8 and they report 2. Here, however, we are at the top of club competitions. From now on, instead of eight words, the answer will only be yes or no.”
Could this be the redemption match? “No, that’s a story in itself. It’s the Champions League. We have to get a result to be competitive until the end. We don’t have to look for other stories. If we get a result, we can get through to the end.”
Last year after the 5-1 defeat in Midtjylland he spoke of ‘germ’ in the team. There is still? “It seems strange to say, given the results, but there is a good atmosphere and good attitude in the group during the week. We are confident, but also worried because we cannot understand what happened to us. I have an idea but I’m telling it to them, not to you.”
Sul Celtic: “For dynamism, speed and intensity it is a very dangerous team. It surprised me from a technical point of view, it has significant values. In the Champions League against Feyenoord we deserved much more from them, they conceded a goal from a free kick before the break. I like Rodgers a lot, he is a great coach. He worked for 3 years in Liverpool, he has a great career. Celtic could be the loose cannon of the group.”
Who plays in midfield? “They can play the most technical or exactly the opposite. They have intensity and dynamism, how do you fight? If you fight with technique the whole match, blowing them away, it can be done, but I see it as difficult. We see. Tomorrow we will decide.”
2023-10-03 18:33:45
#Lazio #Sarri #confident #worried..
