Nerves on edge at home Lazio after the fourth knockout in seven days. As hasn’t happened since 1983/84, when the Biancocelesti survived in the last round. With 7 points and the bottom of the table as a dangerous bogeyman, San Siro becomes a minefield between the ghosts of the future and those of the past. Not only the taboo confirmed, the differences of opinion between Sarri and Lotito forcefully explode again. In the heat of the moment Mau returns to the miracle of second place, vents about the X and Y unknowns of the market and therefore about the difference in displacement with the big ones, amplified by the close direct clashes in a tremendously “suspicious” calendar. Obviously the president has not agreed for some time, he is angry at the coach’s words, but uses a diplomatic cross-examination the next day: «There is no gap with the big teams, Lazio demonstrated it last year by beating them and with a placement that reflects its absolute value. Even in the first half against Milan we showed that we could fight on equal terms with the new signings Rovella and Castellanos, among the best on the pitch. We have hit a big market: in all the clubs in the world the signings are decided by the managers, and moreover the market has nothing to do with what is happening. Unfortunately, individual errors and some unfortunate episodes are working against us. We need a cohesive spirit to get out of this moment, even on the part of the coach.”
Lazio, Sarri: «We are not a great team. Outraged with UEFA, FIFA and AIC, this calendar is no longer sustainable”
RESPONSIBILITY
There is a meeting point. Mashed potato Sarri he is convinced that he can count on a united group at his side, and that he will be able to get back on the right path perhaps by taking advantage of once again favorable episodes, but he does not take back the frankness of his words, attenuated by that «95% of the coaches would answer the same way”. Perhaps, however, he should have told the truth about him in August because now the fans see it as yet another technical justification for a collapse: «The calendar, the referees, the pitch at the Olimpico are fine, they didn’t take him Milik, Berardi, Zielinski e Ricci, but we have an excellent staff. Is it possible to review an excerpt of a game from the past? The old players seem like stand-ins, the defense is a sieve – you hear and read it on the radio, social media and forums and we stop playing as soon as they score or we don’t start at all. Sarri must take on his responsibilities and find a solution to revive Lazio.” This was also asked by Lotito, who seemed heartened after the victory against Torino, after having had dinner and smiled with Mau and the team in retreat in Formello. It will also be mandatory again on Saturday, after Glasgow, and before another fundamental crossroads against the bête noire Atalanta at the Olimpico.
REASONS
The situation has not worsened and woe betide you to think of the worst. At the moment there is no idea of an exemption in the number one’s head, at most it would be Sarri who would have to take a step back. Both because Mau has a contract until 2025 worth 16 million gross, and because there is still confidence that the ranking can change soon with a team that is still making progress: «We started badly last year too, nothing is lost», he comments Lotito. In his twenty-year presidency, however, there will be a reason why, after an incredible season or a trophy (the Italian Cup on 26 May, for example), it almost always happens that he goes back without ever making another leap into the Champions League. Maybe normality is not the event, Sarri is right about this. But certain statements by him, in theory made to show everyone his summer desire to make the Lazio project make a big leap, today risk being toxic, an own goal for the motivations of the various Rovella, Kamada, Gouenduzi, Isaksen and Castellanos . It’s not a Cartesian plan, it’s not nice to be considered at the end of the alphabet, let’s see how X and Y will take it.
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