Marco Ballottaformer goalkeeper Laziospoke to the microphones of Radio you are to talk about Ivan Provedelexcluded from the Italy squad by Luciano Spalletti: “He deserves the national team as do other goalkeepers. The problem with the goalkeeper is that numerically there must be few of them. Di Gregorio deserved Juventus after two exceptional years, but Vicario and Meret also deserve to be considered. There is a generation of goalkeepers with many different possible solutions.”
How would you handle him and Mandas?
“Today you can’t help but alternate players. The calendar forces you to call in two goalkeepers who are up to the task. They are, I think Lazio are operating in the right way. Mandas should play to gain experience, but at the moment I think it’s right don’t change the hierarchies. Then maybe at the end of the season one of the two will change teams.”
Baroni is working well.
“Yes, but we are only at the beginning of the season. You can see the coach’s hand, there is serenity, there is unity and not just the search for individuals who solve the match. You can see that there is a common objective, the predisposition to play as a team and this is a very important element. In the end the facts count, there is no doubt that Baroni had never coached a club like Lazio, but this also involves the motivation to make the most of the opportunity. Yes he is playing his cards well, he is giving beyond what he can give. Now everyone is on his side, as it should be.”