wow i do not know where to begin.. delio rossi again doesnt see what a phenomenon Foggia is. He is so damn good even with his 5'5'' body. as soon as he came on Lazio was threatening. Pandev Zarate Brocchi Foggia consistantly play good and it showed today. Mauri is horrible and overrated. Ledesma is overrated but he's not horrible. I love how Ledesma just watched the ball pop off his chest into open space in the box and stared on the first goal. 2 fantastic goals by milan by long range shots. Muntazalem or whatever his name is not worthy to be on the field. he did nothing today to prove why he should be on the starting rotation. but i wont conclude he is a bad fit for lazio yet, i will give him more time to convince me. he just watched zambrotta and gave him all the time in the world to look at the net and drill one on the go ahead goal. the kaka goal was ledesma's defensive error (i always said how bad ledesma's defence was) .. ledesma is good under pressure with the ball but his defending is really bad. poor defensive mids today let those 2 screamers in today, it was not Carizzo's fault. in total, it takes lazio back to reality and it was only a matter of time before milan had to unleash on some team. i kinda had a feelign this was it. I do not give up hope on this Lazio team, they are very talented and i hope our captain gets back soon.
I think you are off base on matuzalem and ledesma, if anything kill the other two midfielders who did very little of anything mauri and brocchi. the defense was exposed, Radu might be a steadier LB than Kolarov and Sivigilia is too old for these top opponents now. Foggia should play for Mauri from now on I agree there. Put him with Pandev/Zarate and eventually work Rocchi back in and we have a nice attack. And those who have said Milan was bound to explode are correct, nothing we can do.
i may be off with matuzalem but im spot on with ledesma. i will give matuzalem another chance to prove his worth but this guy was horrible, but it was against milan so ill wait for another team. and i am going to rebuttle you and say brocchi did better. watch ledesma's defense clooosely the next game. he allows so much time for the opponent to hold the ball and think. in my opinion, very overrated
well, I mostly blame those hideous yellow kits, who thought bringing that back was a good idea? well ledesma while playing very deep is not a defensive midfielder and is not often asked to contribute like that. Its sort of like Milan's system how Pirlo plays but without the great talent around him. The ratings I've seen gave ledesma better marks than all except the strikers. Brocchi is supposed to be a figher/scrapper but I didnt see him mix it up once. I'd put Dabo in that spot, at least he'll battle.
I so far have been satisfied the way brocchi has came in so late and comes in and contributes. i think he is doing fine in my opinion. ledesma is really good under pressure WITH the ball and knows how to escape danger, but i havent seen him do any chip through balls like pirlo or give a hoot about properly defending. if i were the coach i would do something like this -zarate---rocchi-- --pandev------ -----------foggia --ledesma--brocchi radu-sivigl-rozen-DeSil ------carizzo----- thats for when rocchi comes back sooner or later.. pandev i know can play a bit of a shallower role as we saw him set up with the through ball for zarate's first goal and also drops a bit shallow to recieve the pass anyway. mauri should be disciplined on the bench like last season and dabo mutazalem come on when we are winning with dieing seconds nd leichsteiner on for de silvestre.. and meghni comes on if down a goal and further creativity is needed. - yes the yellow kits are just uncomfortable to watch.. i already bought this years celesti jersey
tough turnaround tomorrow with Fiorentina coming in. I know Dabo is banged up, is Cribari still hurt? I prefer him to old man Siviglia. Foggia from the start is a must! I hope Rossi rings some changes, get some of the fresh legs in there.
3-0 for Lazio in the 2nd half agaisnt Fiorentina. Scoring three goals in the 2nd I guess Lazio learned from Milan in that you must keep up the scoring..
Impressive performance thus far 3-0 and could have been 5 or 6. I haven't seen this potent of an attack since the days of Crespo. One thing for sure is under Rossi Lazio have always been very energetic at home. Zarate is a stud!
WOOOOW. can someone who watched it give me some info on this game. nice to see Pandev score. I love that macedonian anyone know any youtube highlights or something
Great performance! I wish we could have had a squad like this last season when we were in the CL. High energy, great passing, toughness, etc... Lazio were dominant in every phase, the Viola had one half chance the whole match while Lazio could have netted another 2 or 3 goals. Zarate is a specimen, he is great at finding space and always seems to get a shot off, he is a perfect compliment to Pandev. Foggia was very active and made a great cross to Zarate for the opening goal. He lacked the final touch on several runs but he was a consistant threat all game. Liechstiner and Radu pushed up well down the flanks. I could go on and on over this performance but I will just take it in for now, it's early but the Scudetto isn't a pipe dream with this squad.
Pandev is damn amazing... the highlights waas all lazio with 2 generous clips for viola. zarate should have put one in but no complaints necessary today. so Pandev and Zarate tied with 4 goals now on top of serie a?
agreed, the 4 attacking players get all the glory but this team has some real depth now. Easily the most fun Lazio since the Eriksson teams. Like to see us grit out 3 pts at Lecce this weekend.
Exactly. I was worried about this match because of the drubbing you took against Milan. I was quite sure the focus would be there against us, especially at home. Anyhow, nice win for you guys....you really took that match to us. Keep up the good work.
First Lazio plays: Torino on the sunday 28th at 9est Lecce on October 4th on saturday 12 est Bologna Sunday Oct 19(international play in between weeks) at 9 est looks like three games that should be ours but i would be happy with 7 and satisfied with 6 points
Well, when Radu is dubbed the new Chivu (Quite possibly the only former Roma player I like anyway) we know we're in for a treat. Granted it would've been nice to have kept Behrami but meh. We've got a lot more depth now, and quite frankly I think Rossi is the right man to do it, we were just a tad unlucky last season methinks. Wish I could've been around for the Eriksson days.
my bad, mixed up the @torino with home for lecce....coppa's gotta be coming up too soon. I keep harping on the depth but I feel like this team is built for the long haul finally.