Important success for Lazio. Marco Baroni's team won 2-1 at Via del Mare against Lecce thanks to the penalty kick converted by Castellanos and the late goal by Marusic. At the end of the match, the Biancoceleste coach Marco Baroni:
“I knew Lecce were playing a match that could bother us,” he reports Lalaziosiamonoi.it – a lot of vehemence, clashes, went vertical. The team was good, I congratulated them, in 58 days they had 10 wins, one draw and two defeats but the team has always shown character and conviction even today in difficulty. We are paying for something from the point of view of brilliance and clarity. That's a lot of 17 crosses in the second half, Zaccagni hadn't been well in the morning, like Tavares, Pedro wasn't in perfect condition either. Spirit and character is what is needed.
The defeat was painful but it stimulated us, I don't want to talk about it. It can happen, they are teams that have a lot of work, we have 140 training sessions against a team with a 3-year coach. Marusic? For me he is a very starter, we needed penetration on the outside, when Nuno and Lazzari had lost energy I thought about changing the chains, they were all inside, aggressive, narrow lines, we were forced to spread out and open up to look for solutions. The team did well in managing the preventive measures, congratulations to the boys. Will we disconnect? I told the boys that we will recover our energy, the 25th is free but we train on the 24th and 26th. I take this opportunity to wish all our fans a happy birthday because they are great.”
