“I congratulate my boys, we played a good game. We could have done better and avoided being left with ten men in the decisive action, we were naive and at the same time we were good at recovering. We slipped a bit and took risks for a couple of minutes after the deficit, but it was a hard-fought and deserved victory. Playing against Udinese is like going to the dentist, I said it before the match, and they confirmed this feeling. I’m happy with the victory.” Thus Rino Gattuso, Lazio coach, spoke to DAZN after the success against Udinese.
Albert Gudmundsson was immediately decisive, and was praised by his coach after the 2-1 goal: “The formations are relative, he can play literally anywhere. Today we deployed him as an attacking midfielder because Frattesi no longer had one at the end, but in training I tried him both as a left winger and as a false midfielder. He will play where we need him, he is an important element.”
“Enthusiasm is our secret, these guys don’t give up anything”
The Biancocelesti have won three out of three matches at the start of the championship: “Enthusiasm is our secret, we strongly believe in what we do and it shows. These guys don’t give up anything, they train hard during the week and are extremely helpful. It wasn’t easy to get our concepts understood at the beginning, if we had faced different teams in a friendly we would have made a terrible impression and instead we convinced them. We will have to work, but I’m happy. Now we continue on this path.”