Lazio – Feyenoord 1-0 LIVE for the Champions League group stage
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Feyenoord arrive at the Olimpico, in derby week, but in Maurizio Sarri’s mind there is not only the need for victory for the race to the Champions League round of 16. “We are still halfway through the group, I don’t like hearing that we have to win at all costs”, says the coach to relieve the pressure on his Lazio. Pressure that he also feels on himself, for other reasons. The Biancoceleste coach was very annoyed by the “rumors going around these days in Rome”, which would see him leave the capital at the end of the championship and he did not miss the opportunity to remove this stone from his shoe, presenting the European challenge. A precise choice, to Sky’s microphones, before answering any questions about the match.
Video Lazio, Sarri: ‘I don’t listen to rumours, I want to end my career here’
“I want to make a clarification”, Sarri’s premise. The coach defined the rumors as “fake news”, “which continue to circulate in Rome but are contrary to all my statements”, he explains. In fact, as he also reiterated in the press conference, Sarri is fine at Lazio: “I want to end my career here, it’s not a fluctuating start to the season that will make me change my mind.”
He wants to stay “to fight”, to use his words, alongside his people, his players, his sporting director and his president. Sarri has not yet touched on the topic of fake news with his owner, Claudio Lotito, with whom there had already been a meeting at the beginning of August to “reaffirm full harmony”. “Did I say these things to the president? No. These are my thoughts – Sarri’s closure – but whoever spreads these rumours, I say they are false.” Where they come from, Sarri did not explain. But the message appeared clear.
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Moving on to the Champions League match, the coach doesn’t want to hear about a decisive match: “These are idle talks – he explains -. We’re still halfway through the group. It will be a very important match, but I don’t like hearing that it has to be won at all costs We will try to play the game as always, using our weapons.” However, the Dutch, victorious 3-1 over Lazio at De Kuip, are experiencing an excellent moment of form and have improved further compared to last year: “Last year they had a streak of 20 games without defeats. This year they are also stronger, seeing the last match. I’m at the limit of a systematic foul, and I’m worried because we’ll have to move the ball very quickly.” The coach also reserves a joke for Immobile: “I want to recover Ciro at all costs, because he is too important for us. Is he nervous? I’ve seen people more nervous than him. He needs to find more continuity in the match. For us it’s a infinite resource”.
Video Champions, Provedel: ‘We don’t reap what we sow, we’re pissed off…’
Ivan Provedel, the Biancoceleste goalkeeper, also spoke at the press conference, describing his team as “mad”: “The performance in Rotterdam was bad and this made us very angry. We started off strong against Bologna, but it wasn’t It went the way we wanted. I see an angry team that isn’t reaping when it sows.” We must therefore face the challenge “head on” and then think about the derby. Lazio no longer has the defensive security they showed last year: “At the time we found solidity, now we are putting more effort into it – continues Provedel -. What must not be missing is the trust and the spirit in believing in what you does”. The goals from the attackers are also lacking at Lazio, and Provedel (who was the scorer of the 1-1 draw in the first Champions League match), says of him: “We must always be determined and bad, by doing so the attackers will free themselves “.
Video Champions, Lazio prepares for the match against Feyenoord
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2023-11-07 20:52:00
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