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1.45pm – The Biancoceleste coach Marco Baroni in a few minutes he will present the challenge in a conference from the press room of the Formello sports center to present tomorrow evening’s round of 16 match of the Italian Cup against Napoli. Follow the live text on TUTTOmercatoWEB
2.03pm – Marco Baroni’s press conference has begun
What can the Italian Cup represent for Lazio?
“It’s a competition we care about, we want to do well. Yesterday we worked with attention and desire, clearly we have some defections and we will try to recover some players today. Then we play with the first in the table, deservedly first in the table and we want to do well” .
Have you also seen the same Lazio in the last two matches?
“The match against Ludogorets was special where we created and played but we weren’t able to find the goal. I always look at what you do on the pitch and what you deserve, we weren’t able to win mainly due to a bit of determination in front of goal which was missing. Against Parma I think the team played a good game, in the first half that episode made the match nervous. Then they started playing and creating again, I look at that performance. We made mistakes and we know it they are part of a constant growth that must take place, both team and individual. Even after the 2-0 I liked the team, they started again with their heads down and created a lot to rebalance the match. We are clearly not happy with the result, but I believe that the team will deliver if it plays as it did home of victories”.
Is Lazio missing points in the standings due to refereeing decisions?
“In the end, in a championship everyone makes mistakes, just as I make mistakes and the players make mistakes. I never take the team to that pitch, we only have to think about work and we have maximum faith in everything and everyone. Work brings us to what we want to do, there will be growth in this aspect. We must know that in football there can be these situations. I don’t want to talk about mistakes, we must know how to manage these situations and we must grow to do so. We have analyzed what we did wrong and we can control that.” .
Can you give us an overview of the infirmary?
“We have some players who are almost ready to return, yesterday Castrovilli had his first training session with the team and can do a few minutes. For us it’s a positive aspect because we care about the boy, we know his path and we want him with us. Some players are After leaving Parma with some problems, let’s see if we can get him back even with partial playing time. Tavares isn’t here for tomorrow, but I’m not throwing in the towel for the next one.”
Are you surprised by the performance of Conte’s Napoli?
“It doesn’t surprise me at all, Napoli are deservedly first in the table. I know Conte regardless of the results, I was close to him for two years and I saw him work. I know he is a great coach and it will be tough for everyone else. I’m not surprised, there’s a lot of work in Napoli’s standings.”
What match can we expect tomorrow?
“We know we’re facing a very high level opponent, it’s a solid and complicated team for everyone to face. It’s an important test for us, we want to compete with this level of difficulty and a real, heated match will emerge.”
Will Guendouzi play them all? Can Dele-Bashiru play both tomorrow and Sunday as a midfielder? Are you considering players not on the list?
“Tomorrow they are all usable, these guys work with us and give us a great hand, I’m talking about Hysaj, Akpa and Basic, they can be evaluated for me for the respect of their behavior, they were great professionals during the week. For the others I have to make some evaluations, today is the session that allows me to understand how to manage the team. We don’t have second lines, whoever goes on the pitch is a starter. To date, everyone has made a huge contribution and I expect it again tomorrow.”
How is Dia? Can tomorrow’s match affect Sunday’s match?
“They are two important matches, we will play one of them on Sunday. They are two matches with different natures, I will think about the second from tomorrow evening. We have tomorrow’s match ahead of us and we will do everything we can to do well. I don’t think tomorrow will be available, but recovery for Sunday is possible.”
What more do you ask of Isaksen?
“He’s inside being more decisive, but he knows it too. He’s not a boy who hides, he played a good game in Parma but he has to put that ball inside. He can make that click to also be a scoring player player who can make a difference, he knows it too because we talk about it and work on it. I consider his path more than positive.”