Sarri: ‘Lazio hopeful, but Kamada and Felipe Anderson a problem’

Maurizio Sarri hopes Lazio have turned a nook with their first comeback win of the Serie A season in opposition to Frosinone, however admits Felipe Anderson and Daichi Kamada are an issue.

The Aquile had confronted an uphill wrestle on the Stadio Olimpico when Matias Soule transformed the penalty for a Matteo Guendouzi dealing with offence simply shy of the hour mark.

Nonetheless, the turnaround was swift and brutal, as within the house of 120 seconds Taty Castellanos scored one and assisted the opposite for Gustav Isaksen.

Patric added a 3rd on a nook on the again publish, with Isaksen additionally clipping the woodwork and Castellanos seeing one other purpose dominated offside.

That is the primary time all season in Serie A that Lazio have received from a dropping scenario.

“There are two issues that give me confidence for the longer term. The primary is that we went behind in opposition to the run of play and the second is the response of the stadium to going a purpose down,” Sarri advised Sky Sport Italia.

“It was a second the place they might’ve jeered, however as an alternative they supported us and took us to a response that confirmed actual character. That’s one thing we’ve got lacked at different occasions.

“We took management of the match, confirmed authority and willpower, so the ultimate consequence might even have been larger.”

 With Luis Alberto, Ciro Motionless, Alessio Romagnoli, Nicolò Casale and Manuel Lazzari out for this recreation, it gave the brand new Lazio signings like Castellanos and Isaksen a possibility to lastly step up and make their mark.

“Clearly, some gamers wanted a bit of time, that was inevitable. Castellanos is a bit more skilled, whereas Isaksen is younger and got here from a really totally different league. In reality, I believe Isaksen tailored a lot faster than anticipated and was solely stalled by the harm.

“Castellanos had a weight on his shoulders and needed to shake that off, which grew to become apparent by the best way he performed after scoring that purpose.”

Patric discovered the web this night, however above all of the Lazio defence as a complete just isn’t as weak because it was early on within the marketing campaign.

“Initially of the season, the crew was not defending the defence. Now the scenario has modified a bit of, but additionally Patric and Gila are doing effectively. The one downside is perhaps their lack of physicality, however they’ve good method and play out from the again with talent,” defined Sarri.

“After all, that’s largely irrelevant as a result of we can’t play out from the again on this pitch. It might be a type of suicide.”

Whereas some new signings are having an affect, former Eintracht Frankfurt star Kamada nonetheless appears to be moderately misplaced within the Lazio midfield.

“Kamada is probably the most obscure and that may be a downside. He’s shy and retains issues inside, so it’s tough to attract out of him what just isn’t working. I hope he’ll, as a result of we’ve seen flashes of an excellent participant.”

Felipe Anderson has by no means been a constant determine, however Sarri admits this time he needed to take the Brazilian off at half-time as a result of he was visibly on an off day.

“Felipe is definitely not having a constructive interval of type. I used to be so satisfied he would do effectively tonight, as he was devastating in coaching, and even began effectively the primary quarter-hour of the sport, however then misplaced the ball a few occasions in banal trend and simply switched off. This time, I needed to intervene, with all of the respect and admiration I’ve for this lad.”