Lazio-Bodo Glimt, Baroni: “It is the most important match of the year.”
Lazio coach Marco Baroni spoke at a press conference ahead of the Europa League return match against Bodo Glimt, scheduled for Thursday, April 17, at 9 p.m. at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. In the first leg, the Biancocelesti suffered from the cold and the pitch and lost 2-0. “We are in our 46th game of the season tomorrow, I have a lot of confidence in my team. We have spent the whole year on it and I have confidence, it is an important fixture and tomorrow we should not play with anxiety. Today let’s go over what we need to create the conditions to turn it around. We will have to give everything unsparingly and without remorse.”
“Although the conditions of the first leg were abnormal, the game taught us a lot. We will need great physical and mental presence and attitude. It is the most important game of the year, we know that. We will have to play without saving and without remorse, there was a result we did not want but now we play at home in front of our fans and we will have to play without thinking about tomorrow.” The coach continued, “I don’t want a carefree team, I want it focused on performance. You have to think about what you have to do on a strategic level, you don’t have to think about the final goal. You reach the goal by doing the performance, you need everything and good luck is within the energy, on and off the field. We will need a lot of energy, both from the team and the audience.”
The biancoceleste coach then focused on individual players, “Together Taty and Dia? It is a solution, certainly Taty will start tomorrow because he is an important player. They have mobility in the finishing area and we will have to be good at taking away references with great participation from everyone.” On Tavares he added, “Nuno is fine, today he will work with the team and we will make an evaluation together. My full-backs have to push all the time, then there are structural aptitudes but tomorrow we will definitely need a lot of push and energy, especially on the outsides.”
Lazio’s coach then concluded the press conference by talking about Bodo Glimt: “The game has been set for them, we must not have alibis and think about us. They will play a great game, they have a lot of energy and they have known each other for a long time. In the middle it has to be us and we will have to impact our performance strongly. Theirs is a good coach, they play very well. I have seen matches even from two years ago, they have a strong identity and there are very good players technically.”
