Ironically, Strahinja Pavlovic scored his first Serie A goal against Lazio. The team he should have played for. Yes, because the Serbian defender was practically a Biancocelesti player, five years ago. Igli Tare had the intuition to focus on the Serbian: a deal worth 5 million euros for the card and the defender would have remained at Partizan for another year, on loan.
He could have been a favourite of the Biancocelesti fans but Pavlovic did not pass the medical testswhere heart problems were found. In an interview given in 2022 to ‘LaLazioSiamoNoi.it’, Dr. Ivo Pulcini, Dr. Ivo Pulcini, who was in charge of evaluating Pavlovic’s suitability, explained:
“At that time he was not fit, I couldn’t give him the sports eligibility because he had some anomalies that made me suspect something serious. He is an excellent footballer, but at that time he had some situations that could have had repercussions on his general state of health. Maybe now he has resolved those problems”.
Therefore Pavlovic took the road to Belgrade in 2019 and from there in January 2020 to Monte Carlo. Then the move to Salzburg where he grew exponentially, until arriving at Milan. And at the Stadio Olimpico, as an opponent, to score his first goal in Serie A.