First test of the season for Sarri’s men, who accuse the workloads of the start of retreat. Lotito in the stands, in the first half Cataldi Captain (Zaccagni Ancora Out)
Success from the proportions contained for Lazio in the first seasonal release. In Formello (where the pre-season retreat is carrying out) Sarri’s team wins “only” 3-0 against Lazio Primavera under the gaze of President Lotito present in the stands. Pedro’s goals decide at the end of the first half and of Cancellieri and Basic in the second half. No feast of goals, therefore, as usually happens in the first friendlies. But in a sense it is also understandable. One thing is to face Dopolavoristi teams, as usual happens, another one training that, although made up of young people, has its own tactical organization.
Packed team
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To this is added the weight of the workloads made by Sarri in the first week of retreat. The biancocelesti appear rather packed, as is also normal at this point of the season. However, there is no shortage of positive indications for the coach. His team seems to have immediately found the typical automatisms of 4-3-3 after the year with Barons in which he played with 4-2-3-1. Well the movements and the tactical interpretation, a little less the play rhythms and above all the precision subject. Because if it is true that Lazio scores only three goals, it is also true that it builds multiple networks from the net, however all wasted by the biancocelesti. They hit a pole with Castellanos (in the first half) and a crossbar with Basic (in the second half) and go close to the goal with Castellanos (two more times), Pedro, dele-Bashu in the first half. And then again with Vecino, Dia and Basic in the second half. Sarri alternated owners and reserves in the two different formations lined up in the two stages. In the first fraction in the control room there was Cataldi, complete with a band on the arm. In the second half the band was instead worn by Romagnoli. The captain “owner” Zaccagni was absent because he is recovering from the groin operation. In addition to him, Patric also absent (also back from an operation), Isaksen, Pellegrini and Mandas (for precautionary purposes).