Posts Tagged ‘Rocchi’
This is the question that has been bothering me for the last couple of days. The return of captain Tommaso Rocchi against Bologna may see Delio Rossi use the so long awaited tridente: which in practice means to play at the same time Rochi, Zarate and Padev. Playing the three of them at the same time will require some sacrifices from Zarate and Pandev who will have to return back to assist other midfielders. Take that for a fact. Then the question arises: can they be as productive in creating chances/scoring once they will have extra work to do ? That will require physical activity in defending, rather than concentrating in creating and scoring. I honestly don`t know.
What I know for sure however is that Pasquale Foggia, in such a case would have to transfer to the bench. Because Ledesma and Brocchi are starters for sure and at this point coach Rossi is using Mauri as a substitute for the injured Matuzalem.
In other news, it seems Mourad Meghni can`t get a rest from injuries. He got injured again and will for sure miss for some weeks at least.
Nothing important to write about today. Nevertheless, I will try to update you with the latest to my knowledge about the team.
After the PAOK friendly, coach Rossi gave 3 days off to the players. They trainings will resume tomorrow, on the 16th of August.
Tommaso Rocchi will be out for at least a month. We would be lucky if he manages to return for our second Serie A match against Sampdoria at home. Nevertheless, I doubt it.
It is almost certain that Augusto Fernandez, highly rated midfielder from River Plate will not join us as it appears he failed in his attempt to obtain a Spanish passport before the transfer deadline. Let me remind you that Lotito stroke an agreement with River Plate regarding the player (some 5.5 mil Euros) pending his provision of an EU passport.
In other news, Rossi once again said that this team needs another midfielder. On the other hand, Rocchi`s injury, Makinwa`s lack of goals in the pre-season as well as the fact that Pandev and Zarate are not first strikers may push Lotito on the market for a new striker. Corriere dello Sport today wrote about the idea of bringing back Hernan Crespo, but given his astronomic salary, that his a highly unlikely move.
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 