Kissing our sister (is not so bad)

By: salvatore | March 1st, 2008

Thankfully, the Aquile managed to pick up a point today in a 1-1 draw against Milan.

Considering our position in the standings, it should be hard to complain about that, especially since the match was played at the San Siro, a stadium that has been absolutely poisonous to us for the last twenty years. What stops me from being completely satisfied though was the fact that this was against Milan’s B-team (I won’t even get into the officiating).

I mean, forget about the fact that Nesta, Pirlo and Kaka were rested. I can live with that. What bothers me is that Lazio played against a team that featured Digao (Ricardo’s brother) in the second half on defense.

Digao

Even with that living breathing example of nepotism gone haywire, we still couldn’t win. It’s a depressing thought, and the only thing that keeps me from total despair is the fact that we got that one point, and that at least Kalac was forced into making some great saves.

Still, Digao.

Jesus H. Christ.

Gesu

Having said that though, there were a few positives.

For one thing, both Radu and De Silvestri were great defensively, and these two look set to become a big part of the team’s back line for the next few years, provided, of course, that the rumors linking Rubentus with De Silvestri are not true.

Dabo and Ledesma looked lively and in sync in the midfield, and seemingly the partnership woke Cristian up a bit. I mean, he actually looked like he cared there for a while. Incredible, I know.

Probably the most significant development though was the fact that Rocchi, Pandev and Bianchi started together (and Rolando Whitey scored his first goal from open play). On the surface this would mean that Lazio played a 4-3-3, but everyone knows that Delio is terrified of this formation, so Pandev ended up playing more of a trequartista role. Frankly, unless Meghni suddenly decides to turn into Zidane (minus the head butting), this should be the way to go from here on out. Mauri has just been useless lately in that role, and Bianchi might give the team some of the killer instinct they’ve been lacking.

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