Serie A: AC MILAN-LAZIO, Sunday, 21-9-08

5)Brocchi, 1)Carrizo, 25)Cribari, 29)De Silvestri, 87)Diakite, 17)Foggia, 3)Kolarov, 24)Ledesma, 2)Lichtsteiner, 26)Makinwa, 68)Manfredini, 8)Matuzalem, 11)Mauri, 23)Meghni, 86)Muslera, 19)Pandev, 32)Radu, 22)Rozehnal, 13)Siviglia, 10)Zarate.


This is the 20 players Rossi have selected for the game in San Siro.
I see Foggia is in the squad, that's good news!

FORZA LAZIO!!!

We could fit 3 defenders on the bench but not Meghni? This means Manfredini will probably play again..................

I desperately want win over scums milan Like some other said I hate them same as riomma.But honestly with draw I would be happy.FORZA GRANDE LAZIO

Brocchi,Foggia!Show them who you are!!!!

LofL wrote:

We could fit 3 defenders on the bench but not Meghni? This means Manfredini will probably play again..................

meghni is on the bench,dont worry.... gazzetta aren't that reliable in these situations.

i hope for a win...i belive in ouer players but i dont belive in Rossi...( i think he is not a coach for a great things )

This will be the first Lazio match I get to watch all season so I am really excited .... ESPN will broadcast!

FORZA LAZIO!!!!

Those anyone know any livestreams for this game on internet?
Thanx in advance.
Forza LAZIO

I'm super cautious about this game. We always have trouble against them in San Siro. They were the one who beat Muslera to pulp last year.

Pressure is on them to win but also somewhat on us because they are in a bad patch.

Have a good game boys!!

what exactly happened to all the posts in this topic??

c. testa wrote:

what exactly happened to all the posts in this topic??

Someone or sth ate them up, along with posts about Delio. No great harm done though

Maybe on of the mods got drunk yesternight

this game ought to be forgotten asap and we must focus on florenz now

Well, I couldn't get onto LF late last night. Wouldn't let me post so maybe there's a few difficulties.

Having seen the highlights, Carrizo was at fault for goal 4 but if we closed them down, they wouldn't have put 4 past us. In fact, none of those goals would have went in.

its a kind of dark magic! it cannot be such score - not for the gameplay, not for the logic. 3 of 4 goals based on only luck! i feel like empty for all day, i cant understand it

c. testa wrote:

what exactly happened to all the posts in this topic??

Not only this topic.Probably someone will tell us what happened...

Well, bad game for us... But we are still the 3rd, lets find our game and keep fighting, non mollare mai!

we always try to outplay milan instead of outsmart them like genoa and bologna.... that is the problem

Roman_Eagle wrote:

we always try to outplay milan instead of outsmart them like genoa and bologna.... that is the problem

I agree Rossi's seems to have a problem with matches against "big" teams .. yesterday we were way to attackingminded
Maybe this is another sign that Rossi isn't the man to take us to the next level .. how should we ever be abel to compete for top four if we can't beat the top four teams??

our midfield had a day of when it came to defending .. Matuzalem was oh so weak .. Brocchi tried but it wasn't enough .. Ledesma well he showed why he shouldn't get a raise .. how the h*ll Rossi can make him captain is impossible to understand .. we missed Dabo so incredibly much yesterday .. he could have matched the milan midfield in physicallity .. and maybe we shouldn't have shipped mudingayi away this summer .. obviuosly we have no back up to Dabo

our fullbacks very out of position most of the time leaving Siviglia and Rozenhal to defend by themselves .. Kolarov had an OK game .. but Lichtsteiner .. why is he playing and Lorenze is not?

Freekicks and cornerkicks was a joke yesterday .. did we even manage to get a shot on goals as a result of one of them?

But still there were some positives .. first half was pretty ok .. unlucky to be down .. seedorfs goal lucky .. zambrottas was a nice shot .. but Matuzalem should have closed him down and stopped it .. but overall pretty decent half

Zarate .. wow I knew he was good . .but his workrate is really impressive .. love his attitude but he needs to learn to pass the ball sometimes .. reminds me of Pandev a few years back

Speaking of Pandev .. looks like he has taken another step in the right direction .. sooo strong when he holds away Ambrosini

Carrizzo a couple of strong saves and soo much better than what we had last year

Foggia/Meghni both played really well when they came on .. I expect them both to be startes against viola (Mauri/Matuzalem out)


We need to improve (tactically?)against the "big" teams but 6 points and a 3rd place after 3 games isn't bad at all

The resault really hurts but nothing to do about it now just get it out of our mind and start prepairing for viola. Did I miss when Ledesma signed for Milan or wtf did he do especially in the second half. Did he get a pass right? Great highest level but he has to work with getting his lowest to a decent level because this really isnt enough!
Still there was som good things with yesterdays match. Zarate scored again and what a game he did. The man never stops running he's allready starting to become my favorite player. His working rate is gigantic
Meghni came in and did it great also but then the thing that bothered me most of all yesterday was when Foggia came in.
He was brilliant, did exactly what he wanted with the milan defense, sure Milan had allredy killed of the game when he came on but still can someone please explain to me why the hell that man isn't given a fair chance to play from start with us?

I think this game showed how much we need 2 GOOD central defenders. Rozenhal and Siviglia just aren't good enough for a team that aspires to get into the top 4. They left way too much space and against Milan you get punished for that. Our defensive midfield was horrible too: Brocchi was just not there, and Ledesma almost seemed to be playing for the opposite team. At least Matuzalem limited the damage a little bit.

As for our attacking: it was great. Pandev and Zarate really seem to work well together. Zarate is so incredibly impressive. At the end of the game he was still putting pressure on Milan's defense and running like it was the very start of the game! Un fenomeno vero e proprio! Mauri was again dissapointing. Next game Foggia/Meghni HAS to play in his place.

just watched the highlights: their goals were lucky and we didn't play that bad but there is much more to be desired from out defense

Okay, we lost to a team that has just woken up after their long summer. The result didn't necessarily reflect the match. On paper it looks like we got crushed. While I'm not saying we deserved to win...I don't think the score reflects the way we played. We had some bright moments, but I do think we needs games like this so that we can see where our weaknesses lie (defense). Put it behind us and lets move on.

a bad defensive game and a lucky Milan side... the only good part in this game was Zarate who was again impressive. Mr Rossi tried again Mauri. 3 games in Serie A 3 games in which he sucked. I`m curios if he`ll be a starter again.

AquilaBelga wrote:

I think this game showed how much we need 2 GOOD central defenders. Rozenhal and Siviglia just aren't good enough for a team that aspires to get into the top 4.

Yes and no .. we need an upgrade to Siviglia .. I still think Rozenhal will turn out to be good defender for us .. the problem this game as I see it was that our CB didn't get any support from our fullbacks nor from our midfield .. not easy to defend then

what we need is to improve our team defence .. I like Kolarov but he is a danger in an defensive perspective .. would prefer Radu against better teams .. and would also prefer to see DeSilvestri and not Lichtsteiner who didn't impress me at all .. and above all get Dabo fit as soon as possible .. we need him badly

And Rossi must learn to substitute players who are having a bad game .. I mean Mourinho would have subbed Ledesma at half time .. we can't afford to have players that don't work for the team .. might work against Seina but not against Milan/Inter/Juve

I also agree on the duo Zarate-Pandev .. works great together .. and when Foggia came on he worked well too .. would be interesting to see all three of them from start against viola

I decided last minute to go to San Siro last night. Nice to finally see the new lazio players, though the result left much to desire. Don't know what happened to the supposed-to-be 4000 Lazio-fans yesterday?? Traffic jam? Seemed a lot less me. And then those bastard milanisti put the fans of the away team in the third anello really far from the pitch.

To get to see Zarate live in action was pretty much worth the ticket alone. REALLY impressive!! I also liked to some extent Matuzalem's passing game, which is something that this team really needs (hard precise passes on the ground) though in defence he needs to improve. I think our main problem yesterday was Mauri and Ledesma both beeing terrible. All defenders had a tough time too, though they should have gotten more protection from midfield.

Anyways, Milan did non play that much better than us (especially not in the first half), and the 4-1 result was more than they deserved. Now I just can't wait to see Rocchi linking up with Pandev and Zarate, hopefully sending Mauri up in tribuna where he belongs.

Let's hope for a good result against Viola, Forza Lazio alè!!!