Venice, Zanetti: “I hope to celebrate Christmas with a good result”

Venezia receives Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio tomorrow at 16.30, fresh from the win against Genoa. After the draw obtained on Sunday at Sampdoria, the coach Paolo Zanetti presented Penzo’s match in the press conference on the eve of the match: “I hope to celebrate Christmas with a good result tomorrow. The absence of Immobile certainly deprives Lazio of a center-forward who scores a volley. It has a staff that can make up for absences. I don’t see any major issues for them, but it’s clear that one of their best pieces is missing. A tough match awaits us; it’s difficult against a team that has two days more recovery time than us. We had to prepare for the race in just over half an hour of training. We have to bring out everything we have because mentally it’s going to be really tough. We will certainly change something, we have recently played and I have to evaluate someone tomorrow. I will have to make choices by fielding who is better off. Lazio have an excellent attacking phase but concede a few goals ”.

“We will have to be good at building many opportunities – continues the orange-black coach -. Behind we will have to be able to contain because they have an explosive attack that scores many goals. The goal we got after 30 seconds? A rather anomalous thing, when it happens I don’t have much to say but to compliment the guys because they stayed in the game. These kinds of games may end 3-0 or 4-0 but we managed to stay afloat. Sampdoria’s goal was perfect, an impressive first action at the highest level. We were good at putting it back on its feet. Are Lazio struggling away? We need to focus on what we do. Lazio are stronger than us, we will have to take advantage of the public’s push to try to get a result. It will be our extra weapon to bridge the gap. Ebuehi together with Kiyine was the best in Genoa. Haps also became trustworthy and smoothed out mistakes. Henry can do a lot better and he’s working on it. I challenge anyone to say that the Tessmann of 3 months ago was the Tessmann of today. I saw Sigurdsson growing, Johnsen hasn’t scored yet but he can do something important. We will try to strengthen the team by raising the technical level. I’m happy with the improvement, and to think that this team didn’t even have to circulate in the safety zone and instead we are at +7. I don’t forget what the ‘big’ commentators said about us, we didn’t even have to circulate in this category. On the left we found one more chance. Molinaro has his age and his problems. I don’t think Schnegg is ready yet and he will make his way ”.

“My goal – explains Zanetti – is to redo the dip in the lagoon, then relive what we have already experienced, we did something crazy last year and I want to relive it. The boys and I will do everything possible to make it happen, if it doesn’t, at least we won’t have any regrets. On Lazio and injuries? There are two ways, either I choose to fight physicality on the same level or I put it on technique. I have quite clear ideas but I have to understand how mine are in order to make the final choices. As for Haps and Okereke they are fine, I think the former has minutes in his legs, the latter has less. Molinaro has also recovered so we are in pretty good shape. Modolo is also back, Lezzerini is out due to a back problem and there are a couple of borderline situations to decide “.