Lazio, Luis Alberto is furious about the change. Sarri: “A positive sign”

A cloud that reappears in the Lazio sky. Even under the bright sun of the victory in Monza which strengthens the second in the standings of Sarri’s team with an advantage that has now risen to five points over the third position of Inter, awaiting the match against Roma. Luis Alberto’s face clouds over when he realizes that it’s his turn to leave the pitch to make room for Basic. It’s the 27th minute of the second half and Lazio are up 2-0, which will be the final result. The Spaniard does not hide his irritation, he leaves the field throwing the shin guard towards the bench without going to greet Sarri. A scene already seen. Which, however, seemed to have ended up in the archive after the feeling that exploded between the coach and the playmaker since January, at the restart of the championship.

“phenomenal player”

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“Right now he is a phenomenal player. For what a coach sees, what Luis Alberto is doing makes me not happy, more. A total player, he shoots from outside, chases, does everything”, said the Captain just on the eve of the Monza match. The last crack was in the derby on November 6th. Midway through the second half, the Spaniard suffered a knee injury after a fall. Sarri decided to replace him also because the first indications weren’t reassuring. Immediately afterwards the playmaker got up and was ready to return to the field but he realized that his replacement with Basic had already been carried out. He didn’t hesitate to curse at Sarri. His lips seemed decidedly clear: “Could you have waited a minute?” The Spaniard did not digest substitutions even in the time of Simone Inzaghi on the Biancoceleste bench. then he threw the shin guard towards the bench. And in April 2021, in Lazio’s 5-2 win over Benevento, at the time of his substitution with Akpa Akpro, he took off his shirt in a fit of rage. The relaunch with Sarri seemed to have erased every discontent in Luis Alberto, but a substitution was enough, even with Lazio flying in second place, to bring back old tensions.

speak sarri

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“Let him alone (replied smiling, ed.)… He comes out angry even if he leaves the field in the 93rd minute at 5-0 – said Sarri on the Spaniard’s reaction -. The positive sign is how he interprets the races. In my opinion, he played 45 great minutes in the first half. I took it off because by now the team was defending low and there was a need for more physical strength, but only for that reason. With Luis Alberto, however, we could have made two-three better restarts…”.