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Last December was in full swing scudetto, is now in ninth place at -5 from the quarter of Naples, the next rival in the Olimpico. It is a time when defining the delicate is an understatement for the Lazio, who did not have so few points (18) after 12 days of 2015-’16, season in which he was fired Pioli only in favor of Inzaghi. If in the Champions League the biancocelesti played super games, in the League their performance was moderate and well below expectations. Among the many things that are wrong with Formello, here are the three big problems to face.
The relationship between Lotito and Inzaghi:
After years of successes and an idyllic coexistence, for a few months there has been a bit of a stir between the president and the coach, who was waiting for a contract renewal that has not yet arrived and who knows if there will ever be one (it is expiring in June 2021). On Wednesday Lotito got angry and ventured in a meeting with Inzaghi, who criticized the team’s poor performance in the league and the little use of the second lines. The weather is tense and it certainly doesn’t affect the team in a positive way;
The defense dances and the attack does not shine: a negative goal difference
Lazio is the team that has conceded the most goals in the top 10 of the standings. Up to 20, in 11 games: many, too many, for those with high ambitions. Lazio has always had its weak point in the defensive phase with Inzaghi, only that in this championship, unlike in the past, it stands out even more because the attack does not ignite. The goal difference of the last championship compared to the current one is in fact emblematic: now it is -2 (with 18 goals scored), while last year, after 12 games, it was well +15 (28 goals scored and 13 conceded);
Psychophysical condition
“There is little hunger, we have to be more bad.” Reina’s comment after the 1-1 draw at Benevento focuses on Lazio’s biggest and most troubling problem. Because you can train everything, but not the mind and the motivations that become decisive in football. Inzaghi’s team would seem to have them only intermittently: in the Champions League, or in big games, players manage to enter with the right attitude, in posterless games they don’t. And then there is a physical and injury problem. That said, thanks to the busy schedule, the general state of the group cannot be good (both for Lazio and for the rest of the teams participating in Europe), the absolutely abnormal thing that will create more problems in the next two big games is the emergence of outsiders. Apart from Djavan Anderson (who used only 64 minutes in this championship), only Marusic and Lazzari are available. On the left there is an abyss: Lulic has been absent for a year and will return in January, as will his replacement, Fares, who injured his calf last Saturday (he will meet again in mid-January as well). Not the best considering Inzaghi hasn’t had a backup Lulic for years.
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