Serie A: REGGINA-LAZIO, Sunday 11-01-09

I will be looking forward to seeing this game after Christmas festivities, new year celebrations and some pesky exams.

No need to express who the dangerman is here. I always thought Corradi was vastly underrated. We will have to watch him very closely indeed.

Corradi may be gone by then as word is he wants out in January. Let's hope so although they recently changed coach so he may stay.

I dont want to sound arrogant cause we haven't been playing well but the only thing that could stop us from winning this game is our poor away record.

We are much better than them and to stay in the race for Europe, we need minimum 3 points.

Until then, enjoy the natale break and the new year , party time for Lazio

Last Season:

Reggina – Lazio 1-1

But all I know is that it can't be 1-1 agian. That's for sure.
Forza our lifestyle, Forza Lazio!

Reggina concede 33 goals so far..and we have one of the best attacks in serie a so...if we don`t win..Delio Rossi must really end his journey at S.S. Lazio. It will be pathetic if we don`t win.

FORZA LAZIO

this game will be much harder than u expect when u look at the table. we always have a problem after the winter break.

Kurama_SSLazio wrote:

Reggina concede 33 goals so far..and we have one of the best attacks in serie a so...if we don`t win..Delio Rossi must really end his journey at S.S. Lazio. It will be pathetic if we don`t win.

FORZA LAZIO

We have no divine right to win this game. It's not as easy as you make out. I think this is a tough game for us and if we lose then it will be because the opposition beat us, not that we beat ourselves.

If we believe that a match with Reggina (how they are now) is hard then...it`s pretty clear what Lazio became and we shouldn`t claim cl spot or uefa.

I disagree with your post, Kurama. No offense, but it's rubbish, mate. Makes zero sense. Most away games in any league are difficult. Look at Inter vs Siena this past weekend. Inter are one of the best in Europe and they were level with Siena (6 pts ahead of Reggina) until the 83rd minute. You think Jose went into that match thinking Inter was just going to walk into Siena and blast them 3-0?! No way. At the same time, you think Reggina is just going to roll over, because they're in the relegation zone? They have no ambition? No hope of remaining in Serie A for 2009?

Come on, Lazio must go into this match and play it like it's against Inter or Rioma. That's the only way you MAKE the Uefa Cup or CL. By always playing hard and by always taking your opponent seriously. It's games against the weaker opponents that you REALLY need to capitalize on.

Happy Holidays, you all!

NON MOLLARE MAI!

Cheers to great and hopefully brilliant finish in 2009!!!

Reggina is weak, yes, but at home any team is hard to beat. Al´so,it will be the first game after the break and that is always tricky...

with a good approach and a healthy team we should beat them though...

If Diakite, Meghni and Dabo perform like they did in the last 45mins against Palermo, we'll win.

Meghni can give the final pass which we lack dearly. Diakite is our most effective defender when on form and Dabo is the only decent fighter in our midfield. Brocchi isn't good enough.

I can't believe what I'm saying now, but I agree with Kurama on this....

I don't expect us to underestimate a side like Reggina... we shouldn't underestimate any club if we want to be a successful club... especially in a hard league like serie a

but the situation actually gives us more benefit...

don't believe what i'm saying? this is my theory: so we're gonna play with a relegation fight club in their home... so in my opinion, they won't play for a point, they want full 3 points to avoid the relegation coming closer and especially because they play in their home.. accordingly, they are going to play open and attacking and won't be like catania or lecce at olimpico... so it will be a benefit for us because our strikers are good for counter attacking and won't get frustrated by 11 men on the front of goalkeeper...

all depends on rossi's tactic and formation of course.. and also our players concentration after they coming back from holiday...

I really can't wait to see the game...

I agree Urugano. Kurama,IMO it says more about how competitive Serie A is...

I agree with everyone when I say we SHOULD win this. 100%. Lazio SHOULD beat Reggina. The problem is, we tend to struggle away from home and we def. tend to struggle with lower tier teams. I know we can win this game and believe we will. My only concern is that sometimes, Lazio gets caught up in things (I'm not sure what) and we end up playing to the level of our opponent (Reggina is not a good team) and either draw or lose. Drawing against Reggina doesn't really help us out any, either. Not with our position in the standings and all the other clubs in the current mix.

Fact is, with the likes of Pandev, Rocchi and Zarate, we should have enough fire power to put in some goals. We need our defense to hold their own too. I don't wanna get into a BS high scoring game with Reggina.

For the last years Reggina has been a side struggling for survival rather than fighting for any top positions, even though they have had a few seasons where they have been performing very well. This year around they seem to be worse off then before and they dont ahve the magic capitano to save their ass anylonger. So yes, as everybody else says: we should win this game.

But. Take a look at the results of old games below and you will find that we are not always having an easy time against Reggina. In the games presented below, it shows that we havent been able to beat them twice in one season for at least these years. add to that that it is the first game after the break meaning that they will be fairly fit in comparison to the end of a season, or just before the break.

Once again, we need to wait and see what players will be available etc, and then see what tactics Rossi comes up with. We shoudl win, but it will not be very easy. Chievo this year feels like a similar game. We won, but it was tight...

2008-02-27 20:30 Lazio - Reggina 1 - 0
2007-09-30 15:00 Reggina - Lazio 1 - 1

Serie A 2006/2007
2007-03-11 15:00 Reggina - Lazio 2 - 3
2006-10-29 15:00 Lazio - Reggina 0 - 0

Serie A 2005/2006
2006-03-12 15:00 Lazio - Reggina 3 - 1
2005-10-30 15:00 Reggina - Lazio 1 - 0

Serie A 2004/2005
2005-01-30 15:00 Reggina - Lazio 2 - 1
2004-09-19 15:00 Lazio - Reggina 1 - 1

Serie A 2003/2004
2004-05-02 15:00 Lazio - Reggina 1 - 1
2004-01-06 15:00 Reggina - Lazio 2 - 1

Serie A 2002/2003
2003-01-26 15:00 Lazio - Reggina 0 - 1
2002-11-06 20:30 Reggina - Lazio 0 - 3

Thanks, Cash!

Exactly my point from the OTHER post I made. You can't take Reggina or any bottom dweller lightly, especially away from home. There are only TWO games on that list that Cash posted where we won by a two goal margin. Once on 3/12/2006 (3-1) and on 11/6/2002 (3-0)...besides those two matches, it's been level or a 1 goal game.

So, back to what I originally said - this game, is far from easy. It's a game we SHOULD win, but nothing is ever guaranteed.

Reggina are, in what I see as a five-horse relegation fight. Let's look how we did against teams of their calibre so far:

Lecce (home) - draw
Bologna (away) - loss
Torino (away) - win
Chievo (away) - win

Now, if we turn up and perform on the day, victory is likely and we can achieve something similar to what we did in Turin. Still, a good performance might not be enough if they park the bus. We play badly, we should lose.

There are no certain wins in football or single games coach's jobs should depend on. Neither are there guaranteed defeats. Reggina don't have much about them but they have home backing and have been in Serie A quite a while so they won't relinquish that without a massive fight. They will bring it. We have to as well and if we do, we have excellent odds of winning.

Guys its not that the game will be easy, FFS there aren't even any easy home games in this league, anyone can beat anyone but as a club looking to make Europe, we can't afford to go there and drop points either.

The gap between us and the European spots hasn't opened up too far thankfully and we can't lose touch by failing to beat relegation battlers.

Must win is better description than easy win.

Must win. That is the right way to put it.

I begin to think we should try to play with Zarate from the bench, put Rocchi Pandev Foggia, and replace one of them at half time, Zarate will have an advantage there to make a surprise.
I also hope Diakite will play again. this man is really amazing in defense and useful in cornerkick...
Win is a must... FORZA LAZIO!

actually it was nice seeing Rocchi and Pandev again on the attck.. they made some smart moves and the game pace was much more faster! yet, i doubt rossi will choose this plan, as Zarate kid has been doing a great job and we can't dismiss him bcoz of one game..
Forza Lazio! must win!

Super Ram wrote:

actually it was nice seeing Rocchi and Pandev again on the attck.. they made some smart moves and the game pace was much more faster! yet, i doubt rossi will choose this plan, as Zarate kid has been doing a great job and we can't dismiss him bcoz of one game..
Forza Lazio! must win!

wonder if we could use Zarate and Foggia on the wings?

I would like to think there is a safe way of getting Za-Pa-Ro-Fo in the team.

Caxi wrote:

Super Ram wrote:

actually it was nice seeing Rocchi and Pandev again on the attck.. they made some smart moves and the game pace was much more faster! yet, i doubt rossi will choose this plan, as Zarate kid has been doing a great job and we can't dismiss him bcoz of one game..
Forza Lazio! must win!

wonder if we could use Zarate and Foggia on the wings?

I would like to think there is a safe way of getting Za-Pa-Ro-Fo in the team.

Are you thinking about a 442? Zarate and Foggia wingers, RoPa strikers and Ledesma and someone else CM? And not attacking side backs?

Cash wrote:

Caxi wrote:

Super Ram wrote:

actually it was nice seeing Rocchi and Pandev again on the attck.. they made some smart moves and the game pace was much more faster! yet, i doubt rossi will choose this plan, as Zarate kid has been doing a great job and we can't dismiss him bcoz of one game..
Forza Lazio! must win!

wonder if we could use Zarate and Foggia on the wings?

I would like to think there is a safe way of getting Za-Pa-Ro-Fo in the team.

Are you thinking about a 442? Zarate and Foggia wingers, RoPa strikers and Ledesma and someone else CM? And not attacking side backs?

Right! Zarate at left mid, Foggia on the right, Pandev and Rocchi in attack, Ledesma & ______ in midfield and Radu and Lichtsteiner as the backs.

Reggina game may be a good time to try something new. If we can get Za-Pa-Ro-Fo to work then we won't need to invest much this January.

We finished the half-season with a winning against Palermo and this is another match we have to win because Napoli,Fiorentina,Genoa are in front of us and they are not much better than us, we need to catch them. I want Lazio to go champions league and so we have to win this type of matches.

Forza Lazio

anti-roma wrote:

We finished the half-season with a winning against Palermo and this is another match we have to win because Napoli,Fiorentina,Genoa are in front of us and they are not much better than us, we need to catch them. I want Lazio to go champions league and so we have to win this type of matches.

Forza Lazio

We all do?