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Lazio head coach Maurizo Sarri was delighted with his side’s performance in the 3-0 Serie A win over Cagliari on Saturday. The Le Aquille were winless in their last four games in all competitions and desperately needed a victory to regain confidence and get back on track. Ciro Immobile opened the scoring on 19 minutes when he converted from the penalty spot before a classic counter-attack was finished off by Luis Alberto to double the lead. And then, Felipe Anderson scored a brilliant solo-goal to seal the win.
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“I am satisfied, but perhaps someone hasn’t been watching, as we’ve been playing like this since December,” Sarri told Sky Sport Italia.
“We scored 10 goals in our last four games, so the team has been playing fairly consistently, but we came up against some top level teams on good nights for them and therefore didn’t win. It was still pretty evident that we were and are improving.”
Lazio crashed out of the Europa League and Coppa Italia after losing to FC Porto and Milan respectively and now have only Serie A to concentrate on. Sarri’s side scored seven goals in their last three outings but won only one, lost the last match to Napoli and drew against Porto.
“Playing on Thursday evening in the Europa League and with such a packed fixture list that you can barely ever train is tough for everyone. Perhaps we suffered more than others in dropping so many points after a Thursday match, but we weren’t alone.”
Although Sarri’s team was scoring goals they weren’t keeping clean sheets and that cost them. However yesterday they defended pretty well to deny any clear cut opportunities to Cagliari. The hosts weren’t given any space to work with and therefore were forced to take chances from outside the box. .
“I am currently happy to be conceding far fewer goals than we did at the start of the season. Football is all about balance, so if you score three goals and concede three, you won’t get very far.
“Naturally, I do like an attacking team, but I’m glad we kept several clean sheets recently. Our defensive movements have to be as a team, so if two players don’t respect the required movements, it all falls apart.
“Once those mechanisms and movements settle into the minds of the players, it becomes automatic and all very simple.”
