Verona, Marco Baroni gives charge ahead of away match with Lazio
Verona, Marco Baroni dà charge ahead of away match with Lazio
Lazio-Verona on Saturday, April 26, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome (kickoff: 8:45 p.m.) for Gialloblù coach Baroni will be yet another test in terms of salvation. The standings read: Cagliari 32, Verona 31, Empoli 31, Udinese (1 game less) 28, Frosinone 28, Sassuolo 26, Salernitana 15. Hellas will face a Lazio with a bitter taste for the elimination by Juve in the Italian Cup semifinal but, with 52 points, in the midst of the race for Europe.
“We face a complicated opponent in so many ways” explained in a press conference Marco Baroni “Lazio è a centered team with great quality. We will have to be ready to withstand the opponent's impact, to restart, even to play the game if there is the need. On fields like the one at the Olimpico you cannot stay low, cowering in your own half of the field. We will have to be strong in duels, in determination”.
Baroni spoke about’French striker Henry, at this time on the bench. “Henry a guy who had a difficult, particular path, but he è always trained well and never once missed from the point of view of attitude, I consider him ready. In front we have several good players, we try to give opportunities, also depending on the match and by who is better, also from the psychological”.
As for the compliments that are raining down on him, by virtue of a team that was revolutionized last January, Baroni concluded categorically. “Baroni è hungry and in January è hungry people arrived, that's what is needed. Soccer today is no longer played on the names written on jerseys but on the present, on what needs to be done now, what there's behind è already old”.
