Lazio, Sarri on injuries ahead of the restart | OneFootball

Maurizio Sarri, the Biancocelesti coach, spoke to Lazio’s official channels to provide an update on his injured players and the start to the season.

Lazio, the coach’s thoughts on the start of the league: “We could have done more; when you’re missing many players it’s complicated”

Here’s what the coach said: “I don’t want to be either optimistic or pessimistic; we’re being realistic and assessing the reality of the situation right now. We could have won and then lost at the end. The positive aspect is our character; we got back into the game by fighting on a practically dead ball and in a difficult situation. When you’re missing 8–9 players it’s complicated; all the teams strengthened over the summer, we couldn’t, and at the moment we have many players out. It’s a very difficult start to the season: Vecino has never played, Rovella has only played one match in good physical condition, at the back we’ve had problems with Lazzari, Pellegrini, Marusic, with Gigot who has never trained, with Patric out, Romagnoli and Guendouzi suspended, and Rovella with an issue that isn’t new; it had already appeared when I was here. I’ve practically never seen Vecino, Isaksen had an illness, Zaccagni is now injured. Nonetheless, we asked the lads not to look for excuses and they didn’t; we’ve had some acceptable recent matches and we fought. Credit to Basic, who was out for a long time and, when needed, played two matches at a good level.”

As for recovery times: “Lazzari returned last week, Marusic has tests today, we’ll see how Pellegrini is because he has a knee problem, Rovella is a long story, Vecino has been an enigma and we need to assess him, Dele-Bashiru is still out, Isaksen had a sneaky illness that leaves you drained for months and he still needs to grow in match fitness. We’ll also see how Zaccagni’s situation evolves, it’s a work in progress. Two days before the match we’ll understand which formation we’ll use.”

Raffaele Morra

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