Serie A: LAZIO-LECCE, Saturday, 4-10-08

Forza_Lazio4eva wrote:

Lecce's gameplan was nearly perfect.

Please don't get offended but this is bull. What gameplan? they didn't even cross the center in the last 30 minutes.

They can only thank god or whoever that Kolarov's freekick did not land 3cm lower, that Ledesma's freekick did not go 5 cm to the right, that Pandev did not pass or atleast shot on target that time, that Foggia's strike when Meghni slid the ball to him on the right di not go way over, that the SOB referee did not whistle the penalty on Pandev when he was hit on the knee and so on and so forth.

We played really well, we created tons of chances and the frustrating thing was not the Lecce bunker but our trademark bad luck. It will be better next time.

Do you like my avatar? welcome back Simone

video of goals?

as we all knew Lecce's plan tonight was defending and counter attacking...every one foresaw it but why didn't Rossi do this and tell our defenders to be careful? Carrizo has no fault IMO - the header came from a very close range. We must be happy he moved towards the ball after all. It's only our fault for tonight. Lecce held Inter for 80 mins before getting one in the net. What does this mean? They have hell of a defense. So what do you do with these kind of teams? You just give them the leading role in the game and allow them to open up in the back and then you hit fast and hard, cause we all saw there is no breaking thru when we tried to outplay them. For some years now this is a trend - we play good with teams that play open football, and we struggle to score with closed defenses. I don't feel disappointed after tonight. We needed this to show us we are not so good as we thought we are and there is still something missing. Hope Rossi can find it. FORZA LAZIO!

why are you all so diserpointed i said before tht this would be a easy match leece are a defensive team when they score they shut up shop we should be thankfuly for the goal we got next match will better but however i do agree we need a stronger defence!!!! LOTITO GET SOME GOOD FUCKING DEFENDERS PLEASE


Forza Lazio

Inter Milan [1 - 0] Bologna in first time

Everybody has said mostly of what I think but I can say that this is the first time Rossi do as I wanted it.
Mauri out Meghni in and Radu out Kolarov in and NO manfredini this time, grande!

Inzhagi so good that he scored the goal and , it's more games laziali. We have time.

FORZA LAZIO!!!

and after all we had some decent shots on goal.... but now the only thing I hope for is Rossi to understand that it doesn't matter how many we score it matters how many we get. attention to the defense PLEAAAAASE. The defense is why we suffered last year also.

Of course when you play Lecce at home and get away with just one point you cannot be happy.

However, there are some positive things to take back home. Simone Inzaghi is back in the best possible way, and Lazio did never give up during the whole match! And besides, in a 1-1 draw is the one who scores last who feels better

It was not an easy game, and Lecce played a perfect old-style catenaccio. They were terribly irritating, falling down as dead leaves after even the gentlest touch... I need to go back to a Lazio-Perugia, 5 years ago, to find a similar disgraceful attitude of our opponents.

Had the match lasted 5 more minutes, I'm sure we would have won... But that's it.

FORZA LAZIO

Well done team!

Not the greatest result and I am sure Rossi and the boys are annoyed and disappointed somewhat with not securing 3 points, but the performance was again a good one. Lazio created many, many good goal scoring opportunities but unfortunately for us only one went in the the dying minutes. Just unlucky - but it happens to every team. I am happy with that even though Lazio did not get the win they deserved. Never mind, next time.

The team spirit was great and the boys never gave up and rightfully got a goal at the end. And what a goal it was for Inzaghi. I liked it. I knew this guy would score again and have good games for us. He is a good player and hopefully it lasts. FORZA INZAGHI!!!!

The team spirit and cohesion are high in the Lazio camp and that is what I, and most of us, want to see. Still around the top of Serie A - where Lazio deserve to be, and now the team gets a well earned 2 week break because of WC qualifiers international games. After that break back to it.

FORZA LAZIO!!!!

Just back from The Olimpico.
Back after a difficult match as Mr Rossi said yesterday in the press conference.
A match against a "wall" defensive Lecce.
we can debate about the referee, the Lazio midfield, the first half where Lazio was compressed and slow but , please , note one point:
Lazio never give up until the very last second!
The atmosphere and the feeling with the supporters has been great because we ALL understand that Lazio was on the field!
Is a different Lazio from last season and this is the right spirit , the right mentality.
For you, far from the city is difficult to get this "feeling" but i assure you that we are a different Lazio.
Is not important if we are 1st or 2nd now. Is important that we know that we MUST fisght in each match with the same anger and same passion.

On the way out i meet Goran Pandev that was really upset for some faults and referee behave and Maurito Zarate running to the Airport.
I simply thanks both of them for the efforts during all match and they simply said. Non mollo.!!!

The fact is This ....No one is aloud to GIVE UP!!!

So....Grazie Lazio and see you in 15 days!!!

Yes..Lecce kept Inter for 80 as well. But why ? "Great game plan" ?? I don`t agree with that either. They are making anti`football.. staying with all the team in their penalty box..staying on the ground, faking injuries.. sending the ball in the crowd from every position..and having an unreal luck to score.

To be honest with you ..i really believe that we played better then we played with Cagliari or Sampdoria.

Now (untill Rocchi will be back) i hope that Pandev will take Mauri`s place ..and we we`ll play with Inzaghi and Zarate. At least Simone prooved (by the look on his face) that he wants to fight for Lazio..i can`t say the same about Mauri. I can`t much anyway about that idiot. But again..the idiot is not him..but who put him in this team (but that`s another story).

Now i see that many of you wants to see Kolarov insted of Radu. 2 weeks ago you said the opposite. The fact is that..Kolarov can`t defend (although he`s a defender) and Radu had a bad day when it comes to attack (he can do this usualy..and he prooved that already..so to say that he can`t, it`s bull). Since Lecce didnt consider to attack..probably Radu couldnt show what he can do (like he did with Fiorentina for example..i don`t even want to imagine if Kolarov was with Fiorentina...brrrr).

Non Mollare Mai !!! We played great

And..arnt we forgeting something ?? FOGGIA !!! God..that man is willing to fight for Lazio 600 mins if he can..not 90.

Ermetico wrote:

...and Maurito Zarate running to the Airport...

...where is he going Paolo ?

Im satisfied for our players agility...But we can do better with mentality when we are favorites in the match
p.s. Forza Inzaghi...Makinwa bye bye

Amir wrote:

Ermetico wrote:

...and Maurito Zarate running to the Airport...

...where is he going Paolo ?

Probably he`s going home since there are 2 free weeks

why does Stendardo has the highest rating of the game? did he play very good ?

usampa wrote:

Overall we played well.

But we missed too much chances. Zarate and Pandev were too selfish at some point, when they received a pass tonight they were trying first to finish and if there isn't a chance then to create or to combine I think the fact that they were so prolific till now served them a trick tonight...
The development in the game was against us , but I am proud how Lazio performed , because we create a lot of opportunities and we didn't give up for a moment. We have been chasing the goal all night and just the luck saved Lecce from more goals.
Admiration for Inzaghi!

I don't agree with the claim that Carrizo is responsible for that goal. Do you know guys how difficult( almost impossible)for a goalkeeper to save such a header smashed in the ground ??? You need luck in such situation, Carrizo didn't have it because the ball wasn't in his hands and the attack was high speeded.
Sometimes we shouldn't blame our players....

We have great team, respect for their performance tonight, Heads up, Forza....

Agree with Mr. Usampa!!

Applause for the boys... they're showing what an attacking football is all about tonight.. attack-attack and never give up!! screw those negative football (like Lecce), sooner or latter they will fall down...

Do you (those who hate our performance tonight) realize that it has been a long time since we played football like this... we're on the attacking half side in almost all of the 90 minutes!! just like Cragnotti's day.... The opponents feared of us... they even didn't want to play football anymore... I don't know what would happen if we scored first... it would've been a massacre for Lecce...

And for those who hate the hype of "Scudetto why not"... I seriously thought that this idea is actually good for the team spirit.. This high expectation is only bad for some of the supporters, because if they want something more and the team don't reach their level of expectation they are going to be mad and disappointed. But for the one that actually working for that goal, in this case Lazio team, the higher the target is, the motivation will be higher too. The team will never get scudetto if they don't believe in them self that they're capable to achieve it. They just have to really want it and really believe it... as long as they don't overconfidence and don't underestimate any opponents, we can reach our target whatever the target is... and I don't think our Lazio tonight underestimating Lecce at all.. we drew because of negative football and lack of luck.. that's all

Forza Lazio!!

Sile wrote:

Forza_Lazio4eva wrote:

Lecce's gameplan was nearly perfect.

Please don't get offended but this is bull. What gameplan? they didn't even cross the center in the last 30 minutes.

They can only thank god or whoever that Kolarov's freekick did not land 3cm lower, that Ledesma's freekick did not go 5 cm to the right, that Pandev did not pass or atleast shot on target that time, that Foggia's strike when Meghni slid the ball to him on the right di not go way over, that the SOB referee did not whistle the penalty on Pandev when he was hit on the knee and so on and so forth.

We played well...only in the second half, though. And Lecce's gameplan did work like a charm until they got tired. I don't know what we have been doing in the summer but we ran like devils today, especially Lichtsteiner who was EVERYWHERE on that right flank, by far our best player, IMO. We did not create tons of chances (Foggia, Pandev, Mauri early on which seemed offside, goal, two free kicks - that's about it really) and of course creating chances against the likes of Standardo and defenders I have never even heard of, is not much of an accomplishment, is it? So let's say Lecce's plan worked well enough considering the quality of their players (or lack there of). Now I am not saying we sucked or something, I am saying we need to learn our lesson and have a better plan B for the cases when the opponent closes the centre and Pandev and Zarate don't create something out of nothing through individual brilliance. Now, Rossi's subs did work - Meghni with the freekick after which Inzaghi scored but they worked only just. But it was a beautiful display of never say die football, so I am not exactly unhappy with the game, as long as the boys show this spirit watching them shoudl be a pleasure even if the results don't remain as great as they were in September.

Foggia should now be regarded as an integral part of this squad so I suggest Delio now finds a way to get Pasquale and Tommaso in the one team. Lichtsteiner is a top player and I can now say Valon will not be missed. It was always going to be a tough game; a disappointing result but a "result" nevertheless.

Obviously a very disappointing result !!!

I can´t blame the players mentality, but obviously we look kind of ridicolous to most people after a few weeks of players, coach and President one after the other having talked about Scudetto chances, comparisons between Lotitos Lazio and Cragnottis Lazio, not to mention the countless claims that Lazio is in no way inferior to the big northern three.

I am delighted that the atmosphere has changed and that everyone in this Lazio believe in the work they do. It´s fundamental for our chances. But obviously we look ridicolous when we follow up the silly remarks by equalizing Lecce´s 0-1 lead in the 89th minute through Simone Inzaghi. Not much Scudetto glance there.

I sincerely hope that Lazio will immediately stop adopting the pathetic style of our city neighbours and wait with the talking until they have actually achieved something important rather than having a useless lead in Serie A after 5 rounds. Get your feet on the ground and work rather than talk...

About the game...

I was quite frustrated with Lecce´s disrespectful attitude and the referee letting them get away with it. That being said, their defensive approach is pretty much their only chance to get away with something from a game like this and they do it quite decently. But not better than in 9 out of 10 games, we would also have beaten them comfortably.

It´s always going to get difficult when you go behind to a team that constantly defends with 10 players. I think I counted three organized Lecce attacks the entire game, which I can´t remember I ever saw before. Quite shocking really. This way the game developed in a way, that didn´t benefit our style of play and we could have used a striker with more presence in the box than Foggia, Pandev and Zarate.

I think we played pretty well. Lots of clever moves and always good movement all around the pitch. In the first half however, we failed to create anything except Foggia´s chance when he should have dribbled rather than taking a shot that was sure to be blocked. In the second half we created enough to ever having to settle for a draw, but poor finishing prevented the goals. If one of those chances had been a goal, I think Lecce would have fallen apart.

So all in all, I think there is every reason to keep the optimism. I just hope the mentality would be also a bit more humble than recently.

I still consider Simone Inzaghi as finished, but I am still happy for the player. He received a lot of harsh words in the past years, which weren´t always justified in my opinion. Not in the sense that he is better than most people think he is, because he really isn´t. But at times he was made out to be the villain of Lazio, which I think is sad considering that we are talking about a player who actually won the scudetto to Lazio and didn´t just talk about it.

Avanti Lazio

It was great match! Great second half, we didnt give up, we got pnly point, but its not the main. Last night we got growing up from game to game team spirit, we studdin to face any difficults. Also we are getting Simone back, he is realy ok! Thanx team for this game!

When Rocchi and Del Nero will finnaly get his fit we'll have very good attack, we can play it for all season.
But in defense we have some problems, we need Cribari back, and its better to buy some one realy good (Stam Style) in winter. Rozehnal is not on our team leve, I think.

Sgt. Pepper wrote:

I still consider Simone Inzaghi as finished, but I am still happy for the player. He received a lot of harsh words in the past years, which weren´t always justified in my opinion. Not in the sense that he is better than most people think he is, because he really isn´t. But at times he was made out to be the villain of Lazio, which I think is sad considering that we are talking about a player who actually won the scudetto to Lazio and didn´t just talk about it.

I have as much respect for Inzaghi as anyone else at the club. I never agreed with those who said he milked it and just remained for the money. The guy has proven otherwise. I can't say he is "back" because he has always had this desire, it's just he never got the opportunity or backing.

i think we deserved to win... we weren`t on the top of our game but after the chances we`ve had a win was deserved... i`m happy for Inzaghi. 1 assist and 1 goal in 2 games is very good. yesterday we lacked Matuzalem and Rocchi. anyway this pause with the NT games is good for us.

as for Lecce they`ll probably relegate... you cant lie football for that much time and remain in Serie A.

I disagree with you on Lecce. Their football isnt good to watch, but both us and Inter have seen how hard it can be to beat. They've been winning their home games, and if they keep taking points from teams like us away, they'll certainly survive.

They are very Italian, doing what needs to be done to get a result. Last night they were also lucky, right until the last minute, but I still think that Beretta is doing an excellent job there.

I dnt mind them, seeing as they did cost Riomma the 86 Scudetto

Selfish Zarate , selfish Pandev wonderful wonderful wonderful Super Simone ! imagine 4 years now he didnt score and when he did at the very last gasp instead of celebrating wildly ! he opted to bring the ball from the net and sprint back to the center line great spirit !