Important victory for Lazio against Genoa at the Olimpicowhich gives continuity to Marco Baroni’s team. There are 6 victories in the last 7 matches, between the championship and the Europa League, for the Biancocelesti who opened the scoring with Tijjani Noslin in the first half. The goal of the former Hellas Verona player was beautiful: after having missed an opponent with a tunnel, he dribbled the second and then threw the ball behind Leali with a sharp and powerful right-footed shot to the far post. Then in the second half goals from Pedro and Matias Vecino came to close the game.
Baroni’s words.
After the match, the Lazio coach analyzed the victory like this: “The performance of the team, mature and with a great mentality. These are difficult matches, you have so few hours of recovery that even in terms of energy you have to draw on extra resources. The team he did it well, it wasn’t easy because they kicked a lot and we couldn’t give rhythm to the match. We were always in control of the match, I saw some players in difficulty in the second half and I made the changes. I’m happy because of the three goals they came from Noslin who hadn’t played for a long time and from two substitutes, it’s nice because whoever comes on comes in at the most important moment of the match, the fact that this group is all fired up is important.”
Gilardino’s words.
The Genoa coach was certainly not satisfied, saying: “I think we made a good start to the match, we stayed in the game until the second goal. We made an excellent start to the second half, the boys gave everything. I had to make choices forced like Thorsby near Pinamonti and he played a battle game. On the bench I have a 2006 boy like Ekathor, it’s right to let him take the right steps in the championship. As resources both from the start and on the bench we are in an emergency, but the boys they were in the match for 75 minutes. We must avoid the second and third goals. Balotelli cannot solve Genoa’s problems on his own, it will be fundamental for the team to arrive with that fire to make themselves available then they can and must be of value added”.