What role can Castrovilli have in this Lazio? This is one of the questions Lazio coach Marco Baroni answered in a press conference on the eve of the league match against Fiorentina: “For me, Gaetano can work in all midfield roles, even between the two midfielders. I don’t like moving players who do well in one position and for this reason I don’t want to change Dia, it’s not that there can’t be changes but I would like to keep Dia in the attacking midfield. We’ve worked on this solution”.
Do you expect anything more from Romagnoli?
“Alessio is absolutely not in question, as I told you before in view of the matches there could be some variations. He is a player who has reading and personality even in the development phase. At the moment I have many starters and this is the thing I am trying to carry forward with the team and also to send this message outside”.
Is there an owner of the right wing position? How did you see Juric’s arrival at Roma?
“I don’t want to express myself, when a colleague is substituted I always feel sorry. As I have already said, there will be time for the derby, which will be a fundamental match. At the moment we have important players. I would like to bring you this thought, when we talk about balance we need two phases and the players must not think about the 90 minutes, the players must enter the field firing everything and thinking about the 60 minutes. To have balance and compactness, great sacrifice is needed in the two phases. Tchaouna came on well, but Isaksen also played a good game. Loum with Milan paid for the depth of the match, but slowly these things will be sorted out. I have no doubt, having two starters in the same role is important for me. I must get this message across to the team and I will have to be consistent”.
What do you think of your opponent?
“We are the team that has shot the most on goal, it will be a match where there will be the possibility to play because they also attack like us. It will certainly be a spectacular match, I think that there are many situations in Fiorentina because they have energy and quality. We must be very careful on set pieces, they have already scored three goals, they have Biraghi who shoots very well and for this reason we must keep them away. We cannot make a mistake in the performance because it is the first of three away matches and the attitude must be the same”.