Fizzling Out

By: cathal | May 22nd, 2009

It has been a draining season and despite a victory over Reggina which incidentally condemned them to Serie B, Lazio are slowly but surely fizzling out. Only one game remains; another meeting with Juventus and then it’s over, gone, finished. This is my first season of blogging here and I’m becoming somewhat sentimental. It has been a turbulent season to say the least but with all the highs and lows, it has been massively exciting. I guess I’m not the only one who would like to fast forward through the mercato and begin our latest European adventure and Serie A campaign.

The undoubted star of the season delivered the only goal again last night; Mauro Zarate. What is there that hasn’t been said already about this guy? He is fast becoming an icon and I am just waiting and waiting for the official confirmation that he is actually ours. Big games, small games, whatever the occasion, he is often the difference and if he manages to stop having quiet spells in matches next season, we have one of the world’s best on our hands. That is, if he remains. Dabo is another who is impressing these days. Three weeks ago, I would have said his career with us was finished; he looked slow, tired, injured and not up to the task anymore. At the minute, Ousmane is playing like he has found a second wind. That’s pivotal because if we can’t keep a hold of Matuzalem, we will be severely lacking in the centre of the park.

As for the game on the whole, it sounds as if we played well given our obvious lack of motivation and that’s a good thing. Over the course of a season, there will be days where we are just not up for the challenge and if we can grind out results like this on those days, we will be a very good team. One of our huge flaws this season was that we lost games where we just didn’t appear bothered. If we change that, we will change our fortunes. Look below for anything else you want to know about the game and I will be back with a transfer rumours post later. Forza Lazio!

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“My future will not only depend on what I want to do, but also what the club wants to do. We will discuss what to do shortly, and what will be the best decision for the club to move forward.”

“We did win the Coppa Italia, and in the championship itself we have played well, but we have failed to play consistently.”

“We have suffered too many defeats that have been costly. We could certainly do better, but there are four teams at this point that are much stronger than all of us.” – Delio Rossi

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