Cagliari – Roma 0-0
Lazio Venice 2-1
De Rossi and Dybala’s puzzle: “Cagliari with us”
The Rome Championship begins, and will be held in Cagliari on the first day of the 2024/25 season.
But the market still dominates Trigoria. In particular, the situation linked to Paulo Dybala, who is evaluating an important offer from Al-Qadisiyah, the Arab club that offered around 20 million euros per season for the player plus bonuses, continues to excite the hearts of Giallorossi fans who have also revealed themselves with a writing that appeared outside the Roma Sports Center that says a lot about the desire to see Gioia back in Rome.
Just like the fans, even Daniele De Rossi does not want to give up on the Argentine who will be called up for the away match in Sardinia because “on a technical level he is a very strong player. We know there is something, he is a very strong player”. “It has been talked about but Paolo is with us, he will be called up, I have told the club and what I have to say, as a coach I cannot comment on the rumours”, his words regarding whether or not he will be used. away match against Sardinia, also stressing that “nothing in Rome and no one is more important than Rome”. This concept was reiterated a few days ago and has been highlighted once again because the team must always be the priority. The start of the championship in mid-August, with the consequent need to score points immediately, forces De Rossi to put the transfer market aside by focusing only on the pitch with the coach admitting: “I would like to be able to say that”. Those who are there today may be on September 2, but that is not the case for anyone, I asked them to think only about Cagliari although there may be distractions, I also told them that if they did not feel it, they could talk to me.” So, De Rossi aims to start in the opposite way he ended the match, losing 2-1 to Nicola and then on the bench at Empoli which this time, due to a strange twist of fate, the Roman coach will still find his way. The only absentee will be Paredes, with Svilar now promoted to the starting lineup and a defense made up of Mancini and N’Dicka in the middle, with Angelino and Cilic on the faces. In midfield, Lo Ve will join Cristante and captain Pellegrini. While up front there is space for Sule and one between Dybala and El Shaarawy, the latter being the favorite, at least from the start. The central striker will be Dovbék, ready to adopt Lukaku’s legacy in terms of goals and also to improve on it by immediately pushing Roma to the top of the table because, as De Rossi himself declared, the dream is to “bring this team back to the highest level possible.”
Baroni is ready to give everything for the fans.
Three points to start on the right foot and show that Lazio have now learned from past mistakes. In fact, the defeat to Lecce last year was the first sign of a season that was certainly not exciting, and this time, Marco Baroni wants to start strongly right away because “we arrived well in the debut. There was this “we have a problem with Gela but the team is fine, we are ready, the championship will be difficult as usual and we will have to be up to it, but with our fans we must play a match of great unity and competitiveness”. The recipe of the coach, who will make his debut on the Lazio bench against Venezia, is always the same, made of hard work and a cohesive environment. That is why the aim is to “create a strong identity in which everyone works together. I like to see a team that gives everything for itself and for the fans, this must never be absent. We want to improve on last year’s championship, we have good players”, admits Baroni. However, the transfer market is still in the background, with the Lazio coach only focused on the match, admitting that “at the moment we are those and we will go forward in this”. Among the new players, there is also a place for Boulaye Dia, who “is a good player, someone who can give us a big hand. Dia has shown that he knows how to score goals, he has mobility and I like that”, he admits. Specifically, Baroni will start on the right foot, focusing on what is currently the cornerstone with Provedel in goal and a four-man defensive line with Lazzari, Romagnoli, Casale and Pellegrini as protagonists while in midfield Guendouzi and Rovella will take over. From covering behind Chaouna, Nusslein and Zaccagni to moving behind Castellanos. All ready to put their mark on the history of the Biancocelesti by winning the first three points of a championship that, inevitably, will not be able to repeat the last one.
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