Serie A: NAPOLI-LAZIO, Sunday 08-03-09

great win forza lazio

Oh, yes! We played exactly like I wanted - waited for our moment and took the three points. Brilliant second goal by Rocchi, the first one was nice but also a goalie blunder to an extent. Terrific Muslera in the end, this man has a big future if he can overcome his confidence issues. Great fighting spirit from the players, we had problems in the end due to fatigue but we managed to win nevertheless. And believe it or not, we are now just fice points from the CL zone and three teams to chase for the UEFA Cup place. While I don't believe we will reach the CL zone, it's nice to have a goal in sight. And last but not least, nice it's nice to beat Napoli in their home largely thanks to the Naples born Foggia's brilliant assist.

Great, i would say historical win in Neapules.
Matuzalem seems to be that piece that was missing for us to be a great competative team.
And some fluid harmony between Rocchi and Zarate.
Great time.
Next is Chievo...and it would be great to make it 4th consecutive win in a league.
Forza Lazio.

I am so pleased guys , revenge ladies and gentleman , big revenge for us.

Overall we looked very tranquil and we knew exactly what and when to do. There was no panic in the defense , there was no aimless clearing of the ball , there was no impatience in our ranks.
We were under pressure , but I must give great credits for Muslera who made grate saves and pull out everything possible. I cant believe how he is developed , very confident and sharp in front of the box.
Rocchi did his job , as usual and again close the big mouths against him.

Are we developing , I think so. We are looking more gelled and free of anxiety. Where is the difference , Kolarov , Muslera , Foggia Cribari , Siviglia ,Matuzalem. They are bringing something that we were missing so much and were searching from a long time.

Cross my finger , the good work and the good air in the team to continue , Forza , now is time for party

Current League Table:


1- Inter Milan 63
2- Juventus 56
3- AC Milan 51
4- Fiorentina 46
5- Roma 45
6- Genoa 45
7- Lazio 41
8- Cagliari 39
9- Palermo 39
10- Atalanta 36
11- Udinese 35
12- Napoli 35
13- Catania 33
14- Sampdoria 32
15- Siena 31
16- Bologna 26
17- Torino 24
18- Chievo 24
19- Lecce 23
20- Reggina 19

We had a good week again, we won and the teams we are competing are losing. Actually, we have chance to get CL spot but really hard. Now our next 3 matches seem little more easier. We must win all till merda matches. 11 April will be a great day. WE ARE COMING MERDA

As to match, if I say that Rocchi gave us life, it isnot wrong. Great job from him. After juve match, he saved our ass again. Go on Rocchi. AND Muslera, we must give him what he deserves. He was perfect in last 5 matches and was good today. He conceded 2 goals in 5 games( he cant be blamed for those 2 goals ).

We are going well, this is what we want for a long time. 4 win in 4 games. Outstanding

Forza Lazio

Not a great performance as a whole but somehow again we managed to pull of a great result!

It's the exact opposite to the previous when we were playing quite good football but failing to score. We're on a great confidence roll at the moment and even the Champions league is not out of reach (although I know we still have a lot to do to get an Europa league spot).

They key was the defending and Muslera's saves and of course the introduction of Rocchi. Even the biggest Rossi haters would it it hard to deny this won the game for us.

With games against lower-half teams (Chievo home, Catania and Siena away) coming up we should up points. But the derby on the 11th of April will anyhow be the make-or-break game for us. It's absolutely vital we avoid a defeat, becaus the last bad run came up after the loss in the derby.

Let's enjoy the moment for now, it's all even more pleasant after the tough times lately.

GRANDE ROCCHI!

Great win ! And ROCCHI IS ROCCHI AND WE ARE LAZIO....

Chievo next Avanti lazio and 3 punti!

Magnoem wrote:

Not a great performance as a whole but somehow again we managed to pull of a great result!

But the derby on the 11th of April will anyhow be the make-or-break game for us. It's absolutely vital we avoid a defeat, becaus the last bad run came up after the loss in the derby.

GRANDE ROCCHI!

You catched the point. I couldnt agree more.

I have no words!!

I´m just so proud!!

Rocky ... what a killer .. what a Legend!!

wow... what a second half...

after being pressured at the first half by the neapolitan, we were back at our best when rocchi was fielded... now it is getting more and more clearer that we need a target man on the team, and only rocchi can provide that skills so far... zarate and pandev were busy finding ball in the middle without trying to find a perfect position to be passed and open a room for the other players, they always want to pass one or two opponent first before they shot... with them playing together we were good in ball possession, but then what? the ball possessions were usually wasted in the end...

so my conclusions for today are: rocchi is what we need most if we want to score, no doubt about that... matuzalem and ledesma are irreplaceable... cribari is resurrecting, siviglia is old but decent, kolarov is going to be a world class left back, Muslera is pushing Carrizo to the edge one more time... and we are getting closer to the european spot!!

Grazie ragazzi!!

missed the match, hope the highlights will be high quality, plz som1 ??

I dunno if the match itself was anything great, 1st half made me pretty depressed.

But then... Brilliant finishing by Rocchi, couple of solid saves by Muslera and Matuzalem and blablabla, everything's really said here already...

Absolutely perfect timing to play this match, thanks to napule's shitty form and lost confidence, while we're slowly getting it together.
The only thing that really matters now is victory from napule and that is something to for.

napoli. Always and forever. Let's go tonight.

Great result. Not the greatest of Lazio performances but we will take it as it comes. 3 points are more than welcome!

Great goals by Rocchi, the assist by Foggia, midfield did well as did the defense - but Muslera made some insane saves!


FORZA LAZIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dejan wrote:

And some fluid harmony between Rocchi and Zarate.

Yes it was quite harmonious the moment when Zarate was subbed for Rocchi, you could feel the harmony when they said "good luck" and "thanks"

Good game really. That contini prick deserved a yellow at the least for that elbow to the throat of Zarate. At that time I worried that it would all go down that well known way where we miss 200% chances and they score out of nowhere.

Rocchi was really a super-sub today, I honestly thought Goran would be subbed but I guess Rossi thought the Rocchi-Pandev partnership was better. And Foggia didn't really mind being subbed, he looked tired, maybe he even called for a rest, after all he had a really tough week.


And I was waiting the entire game for Kolarov to bomb someone, preferably Saccani again for not seeing that foul on Zarate. Maybe next time.

What did we learn today?

We learned that Rocchi is the striker we need to get into positions to score without having to dribble past 5 defenders.
We learned Muslera is turning into a great GK and deserves to be the starter just now.
We learned (if you were in the chatroom) Caxi likes men, espescially Mauir's ass.
We learned that the defence can cope well if they keep their concentration, 3 clean sheets in a row.
We learned that Delio still has some tricks up his sleeve and is by no means dead and buried.
We learned that Matuzalem is essential in midfield, he takes so much pressure off Ledesma, the two compliment each other brilliantly.

We learned alot today. It was a great day, bravi ragazzi!

Perfect game, can't add more. If we get 9 points out of that 3 games we can go up to 4 spot.

Forza Lazio in good and bad

yes Caxi was very nasty today

MUSLERAAAAAAAA!!!! This guy is amazing, is incredible, is the best Uruguayan player ever!!!

Rocchi is great!!!

FORZA LAZIO!!!!

Great that we won! I can't wait to see the highlights and see how Muslera rocks :) FORZA LAZIO! Bring on Chievo!

what we also learn today...i agree whith giolazio but i wanna say another thing .it was the best game of the season for muslera(perfect),for kolarov(he play exactly like all of us wanted-to not forget his position),matuzalem give big safety for the middle,mauri is getting back,and once again foggia was briliant(great assist,real fighting spirit).we looks like a team today(no complains of mauro wen he s subs),tomaso use the expirience in perfect style.we can play in CL if we wanted.the best time to back in the form like in the begining

Giolazio wrote:

What did we learn today?


We learned (if you were in the chatroom) Caxi likes men, espescially Mauir's ass.

I feel that this revealing truth will haunt us from game to game.

Not in any way a flashy performance, but perhaps the most professional one during the entire season.

Today was a difficult match. Not only do we have to face an entire city when going to Napule, but Saccani didn´t make it any easier for us. Contini´s elbow to Zarate was clearly a red card, while Blasi comitted close to 100 freekicks but never even got a yellow card. Horrible refereeing really...

There was enough that was against us, but still this Lazio kept its nerve. Played with patience, waited for the moment and struck with accuracy when the chance was there. That´s what the big teams usually do when they have a tough afternoon. Great to see that we are also capable of that...

I agree with those saying that we are still looking for the perfect attacking set-up. Rocchi is surely the most direct player we have, which is why he worked out so well today. In other games that could be different. In any case, the remainder of the season will hopefully give us more knowledge on this issue...

We also need more aerial strength. When we have a corner, it´s like we hardly even know what to do with it. We take them short, dribble around, pass it... Rarely do we actually send in a cross... Most likely cause we have a snowballs chance in hell to score this way with the little aerial power we have in the team. In defence we all know how vulnerable we are in the aerial game...

In any case, I believe we are back on the right track. This is also confirmed by the fact that a few of our less prominent players stood out today and helped the team in a good way. Muslera, Kolarov and Brocchi all doing well...

I hope this run of results is also a reminder to some laziali, not least in this forum. There were laziali who stopped supported Lazio and only tried to hurt her when things were going badly. They seem to be back now talking about chances of playing Champions League football next season. I hope they will think twice next time...

Grazie Lazio

Today, and the last few rounds including the Coppa, we have been a ateam again where players work their ass off for each other. Players like Mauro, Kolarov (actually defending well now) and also Matuzalem showed that they are there to help the team out - and that was all we were asking during the hard times. Nice to see the team perform as a TEAM and with that the results will come. No need to get all fired up and start talking about CL, I am happy since Rossi has taken command again, that Muslera is developing game by game and that we once again are a strong unit!

Rocchi is the man! Put on the bench, no complains, steps in and shows his quality! Grande!

what a pass from Foggia at the 0-1 a good 40 meters
what a coolness by Rocchi to score after being 1 min 20 sec on the pitch
what a game by Muslera, showing momentary he's the n° 1
what a result, putting us back in game for the UEFA or even CHL spots

im glad that muslera and kolarov have improved since last season

FORZA LAZIO !!!!