Lazio, Sarri: “Lost because of a huge mistake, sorry for our fans”

Rome, Sept. 21 (LaPresse) – “We had the chance to equalize, four or five clear opportunities. We lost because of a huge mistake, technical and careless. We lost in a bad way, even though overall we played a good match. I feel sorry for our fans, they were so many and believed in us. I feel sorry for the team too, which played a game it didn’t deserve to lose.” Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri said this to Dazn after the defeat against Roma. “The idea was to avoid giving reference points and to break through with the midfielders; in the first half we did it twice with Rovella and Guendouzi, and both were goal chances. Dia trained well during the week, half an hour on the bench also did good for Taty, who came in fired up. Rovella was asked to hold on for seven minutes, suffering, so as not to waste a substitution slot,” he added. “We deserved the draw even in the first half. Thinking back on the game, we only wavered after the goal. Until that moment, nothing special had happened. On the goal we lost our balance and for a few minutes we risked conceding a second one. Up to the 38th minute, I had no sign we could lose it. My feeling? The usual anger, the sadness of losing a derby. The other one was a 3-0 after the 20th minute of the first half. A different story,” he concluded.