Marco Baroni admits Lazio are beginning to really feel the pressure from a packed marketing campaign after . ‘We have to recharge the batteries.’
The Biancocelesti had been nonetheless smarting , so confidence was slightly low going into the Stadio Through del Mare.
They took the lead with a Taty Castellanos penalty when Frederic Guilbert was despatched off for clearing off the road together with his arm, however Lecce nonetheless acquired again on stage phrases with Tete Morente’s volley.
It wasn’t till the 87th minute when Adam Marusic got here off the bench to grab a winner, although even then the crossbar denied Mohamed Kaba’s header in stoppages.
“It was a bit of messier than standard, Lecce had been vehement within the problem, which we anticipated. It actually wasn’t helpful for us to be towards 10 males,”
“I instructed them at half-time, we needed to be organised and clear-headed, as a result of it was not going to be any simpler. Within the second half, we put a whole lot of crosses in and lacked high quality, however in 58 days this group has gained 10 video games and solely misplaced two. These messy video games, you don’t win them until you knuckle down and have the best mentality. You want perception and unity to keep away from shedding your mood.”
Baroni sees drained Lazio in want of relaxation
There’s a recurring theme for Lazio, as a result of Marusic supplied the tenth Serie A aim of the season coming off the bench.
“The gamers had been rather less sharp, they are going to have very transient trip time for Christmas and it’s important they use that to recharge the batteries. I attempted to vary the huge choices as a result of Lecce had been conserving the traces tight and we needed to assault them down the surface.”
Will Baroni additionally take time away from soccer or is he already fascinated about the following match towards Atalanta on December 28?
“I’ll spend time with my household and my grandchildren, so clearly I too have to recharge. It’s a packed fixture checklist, there are gamers like Castellanos and Dia who’re fighting the lengthy journeys on worldwide obligation on prime of all the things else.”
Whereas Lecce had Guilbert despatched off, Lazio additionally successfully ended the match right down to 10 males, as a result of Tijjani Noslin was visibly struggling for the final 10 minutes and needed to be helped off the sphere in tears on the remaining whistle.
“Romagnoli had simply come off an damage and Noslin was virtually standing nonetheless, so we acquired too deep and the worry set in. We may’ve handled that final Rebic cross so much higher, we had been fortunate,” concluded Baroni.