Max Allegri and Maurizio Sarri may both have forged their reputations in the lower leagues but, as Gaby McKay explains, they have very different philosophies.
November 16, 2003. Sangiovannese take on Aglianese in Serie C2, a 0-0 draw without a single shot on target, watched by just 1,400 fans. The encounter may not have seemed particularly significant at the time, but just under 15 years later the two Coaches that day will lock horns once again, in the biggest match of the Serie A season.
Simone Inzaghi felt Lazio reacted well with a draw against Roma and “won’t hide our ambition” to qualify for the Champions League.
This 0-0 stalemate was just three days after the 4-1 defeat to RB Salzburg, where they threw away a 5-2 aggregate lead.
“I have to compliment my lads, as it wasn’t easy in the circumstances, but we did well to react to Thursday’s Europa League exit,” the Coach told Mediaset Premium.
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Lazio director of sport Igli Tare admits they “have to react” after their Europa League exit and beat Roma to clinch a top four place.
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These two city rivals are currently locked together in third place, with the top four going into the Champions League next season.
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Felipe Anderson assured Lazio “know what we have to do” and learned from their Europa League mistakes as they take on Roma.
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“Tactically, we know what we have to do, we are an intelligent squad who have been together for a while,” the Brazilian told Mediaset Premium on his birthday.
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After a week of stunning European turnarounds, Roma and Lazio go head-to-head in an extremely high stakes Derby della Capitale, writes Emmet Gates
What a difference a week makes. Football is often a sport of momentum, of conviction, of tactical decisions that can be the epicentre of seismic change. Never was that more pertinent than this week.
Eusebio Di Francesco, a Zdenek Zeman disciple seemingly wedded to a 4-3-3 system, decided to radically shift from his beliefs a mere two days before their game against Barcelona on Tuesday night.
Ciro Immobile urges Lazio not to ‘throw away’ what they have done in the first eight months of the season.
The Biancocelesti suffered Europa League heart-break on Thursday, losing 4-1 in Austria to go out 6-5 on aggregate at the quarter-final stage.
However, they remain on course to qualify for next season’s Champions League and head into this evening’s Rome derby in third place in Serie A.
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Simone Inzaghi concedes their Europa League exit was a “huge disappointment” and need to learn from that as they face Roma in the derby.
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The two city rivals are locked together in joint third place, but while the Giallorossi beat Barcelona to reach the Champions League semi-final, the Aquile fumbled a 5-2 aggregate lead to crash out of the Europa League at RB Salzburg.
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Simone Inzaghi is a brilliant Coach, but his attacking mentality means Lazio tend to crumble defensively, argues Ramez Nathan
Living in the shadow of Super Pippo for years, Simone watched his older brother join Juventus while he was still playing in the third division and even though he had an astonishing season at Lazio later, Pippo was always the better footballer, knowing how to stab the ball into the net by instinct as he lead Juventus and Milan to glory and Italy to the most prestigious title, the World Cup.
Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha took the blame for RB Salzburg’s second goal and felt “that changed everything” in their Europa League collapse.
The Biancocelesti had won the first leg of this quarter-final 4-2 and were 1-0 up on the night in Austria, but crumbled to lose 4-1.
“The lads did everything right, it was my mistake on the second goal and that changed everything that happened afterwards,” Strakosha told Lazio Style Channel.
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Simone Inzaghi felt Lazio paid the price for a “black-out” and wasted chances as they threw away a Europa League quarter-final with RB Salzburg.
It was an extraordinary capitulation in Austria, as the Biancocelesti won the first leg 4-2 and were 1-0 up on the night thanks to Ciro Immobile.
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