“The first months at Lazio? I found a structured, very organised, with a sports center and top-level internal skills. And then I found players with a great work culture: it was a fundamental starting point, like the their availability, their application to work, having immediately bonded and shared our principles, both of change and those we wanted to maintain”. As Marco Baronicoach of Lazioguest of Radio Anch’io Sport on Rai Radio 1.
The big teams are increasingly focusing on young people, Lazio included: “We have to break this legacy at a young age: if we look at European football, we find 2006 and 2007, very young people on the pitch. You have to create a path for the youngster: this year players who have made Lazio’s recent history have left. C ‘It was a generational change, we targeted talented young players. My job is to give them confidence and they find that confidence when the coach sends them onto the pitch. Maybe they don’t have the path of mental knowledge and pressure, but we have to give it to them They will have to be fast, because time doesn’t exist in football. With the trust of their teammates and the club, these guys can find exponential growth.”
Zaccagni and Pedro: “Zaccagni is doing very well, I am very happy. He is a true external attacker. In addition to the captain’s armband he wears, he is embodying this role very well. He has also embraced the Lazio cause from a contractual point of view: I chose to give him the armband because he could bring this representativeness. There are many captains in the dressing room, I am lucky enough to coach important players from a professional and passion point of view. For Pedro I am enjoying his great human qualities, as a great professional For me it’s a great message he gives to our young people, especially when you see him training like a kid, he does everything with great dedication. He’s repaying us with great performances and great goals.”
“Gigot is a strong player: he was captain of Marseille, he has a great personality. Now he is well and will find more and more space on the pitch. He can make a great contribution to the department, also from the point of view of personality and presence. Goalkeeping hierarchy? For me, goalkeeper is a very delicate role. I have already clarified the initial hierarchies: the first is Provedel, for us Mandas is young and has potential , but when I believe that there are the conditions to maintain a high level of trust between both, I will also give space to Mandas.”
Will Dia return to Bologna already? “Yes. Tomorrow we will resume training, I want to see what his condition is and talk to the doctor. The boy has undergone tests and is fine. We hope to be able to reintroduce him into the group immediately. I will talk about it with the medical staff, but I hope to yes. Dia is a player that I like for his mobility and for how he plays the role.