Posts Tagged ‘friendly’
The long anticipated moment when the fans can finally see the new Lazio at Olimpico has arrived. Lazio is playing Paok in a friendly that will also serve as a team presentation before the domestic fans. I expect at least 30.000 fans present at Olimpico as the new signings, mainly Carrizo, Zarate and Matuzalem have increased the desire of Lazio fans to attend live matches. Also, popular prices for tickets will influence attendance.
There is also a bad news for us: Tommaso Rocchi has picked up an injury and will return from Olympics after playing only 60 minutes for the Italian NT. Apparently he has a damage to his fibula. This is what he had to say about this injury:
“I was feeling better before,” Rocchi sighed. “But I woke up this morning and I still felt this pain and so the decision was taken along with the doctors.
“Unfortunately the tests took any hope away. I will stay to watch the game against Cameroon and then I’ll return to Italy.”
I really hope he will recover before the start of the season when we play Cagliari away. He is just too important for this team for his scoring reliability. Good luck Tommy 
Contrary to the Liverpool match, I was unable to watch this one, therefore my views presented below will be based on what I read on the Italian papers and other Lazio websites.
First half totally belong to Porto: despite scoring twice (one from a set-piece and one from a brilliant couter attack) the Portuguese side was much better in every dimension of the game. Probably Rossi`s decision to start with youg Tuia in the central defense paid its price as he was partially to blame for the second goal.
In the second half, Rossi made some changes in the midfield and attack and Lazio looked much better and more offensive. However, it was Ledesma who scored again and for the third friendly in a raw our attackers could not score which may prove to be a problem already.
Players who did well: Carrizo, Rozenhal, Ledesma, Foggia, Radu, Diakite. The others were from medium to poor. You may watch the highlights below.
I would like to update the list of players who will depart to Liverpool today. Yesterday I wrote that only Cribari and Del Nero will be out while the latest information indicate that Belleri and Firmani won`t make it either due to injuries they picked up during these past days. Kolarov is also put (Olympics with his NT).
Overall, these are the players called for the 2 away friendlies: 1)Carrizo, 49)Cinelli, 6)Dabo, 87)Diakitè, 91)Faraoni, 17)Foggia, 24)Ledesma, 2)Lichtsteiner, 26)Makinwa, 68)Manfredini, 8)Matuzalem, 11)Mauri, 23)Meghni, 90)Mendicino, 86)Muslera, 19)Pandev, 32)Radu, 22)Rozehnal, 13)Siviglia, 16)Tuia, 9)Zarate
On another news, LazioWiki, «The most accurate SS LAZIO encyclopedia on the net» was born. You can access the site by clicking at Laziowiki.org, It contains some 6.135 articles, photos and videos on the history of the biancoceleste club. This project saw the light after a one year instense work of 7 super Lazio . Congratulations to them from my side and many thanks. The encyclopedia in question is in the Italian language.