Interviewed by Radio you arethe former Biancoceleste footballer Angelo Gregucci thus analyzed Lazio’s defeat against Parma and the numerous controversies of the Capitoline club regarding the refereeing: “I am not for the protest, but for the proposal; however, I would not want the wrong message to reach the outside world given that the coach rightly he doesn’t talk about the referee and the club isn’t doing it either. I’m not for controversy, but this way we’re not sending powerful messages to the outside world. We tell it to ourselves, among ourselves, and there wouldn’t be anything to complain about just yesterday but we also remember Udine or Florence. The referees are in great difficulty given that the regulation has never been standardized and the VAR has even taken over. Rovella’s foul was not a foul.”
It is also true, however, that we did something wrong in this match: the performance as a whole saw 72% ball possession for Lazio, with a territorial dominance of 49%; this means that in the opponent’s half of the pitch we have to be cleaner. We’re talking about 20 shots on target against half, 10 corners against half but the result says 3-1 and includes many errors on our part. Yesterday’s mistakes are the contraindications of Lazio’s proactive play. Building from the bottom to create more can bring these risks. I don’t want to take away all the responsibility from Rovella, but Romagnoli could also facilitate the transition. In any case, we do not hold the players responsible for the first mistake.
Lightheartedness must continue to accompany the team, let’s not pollute our heads thinking about the result. We talked about the maturity of the team and every three days during this period there is an exam. Let’s continue to play this type of football, with this attitude; all accompanied by the fans who also filled the curve yesterday and also the surrounding sectors. Let’s not lose enthusiasm, let’s not set goals. In the Cup against an opponent like Napoli we try to play the usual game, trying to be cleaner where it counts. The proposal must remain the same.”
Zaccagni is a player with an international profile, the others, little by little, with the right head, have already shown that they can perform. We are playing football, the important thing is not to get too busy: we try all the plays, then we make mistakes and it doesn’t matter, but we keep trying. I take this opportunity to say that we are close to Bove and his family. Now the news seems comforting, but yesterday gave us a scare. When he became professional he also helped Boreale, he is a boy with values.”