As you can easily spot on the picture Lazio played against Auronzo Representatives (winning 10-0) and Ballardini tried up to three players in each role. Something never seen at Lazio. The squad has never been so vast, but the coach now undeniably has more than one option.With Quadri and Artipoli leaving for Lega Pro side Pescina VdG and Tuia joining Monza, the squad members are now 31 even if Ballardini said that the ideal squad would be made up of 25 players and even if Ledesma, Pandev and De Silvestri confirmed their will of leaving the club, even after talking with the coach. My impression here is that they tend to feel a little bit over rated at Lazio where they established themselves as top players. Ledesma though is being impressive in these first days of pre-season training. The same can be said about Goran Pandev. Mauro Zarate instead looks a bit different. Longer hair and a different position for the Argentinean striker. Ballardini considers him as a second striker and decided to pitch him on the left in the 3-men line which would be composed of Foggia on the right, Mauri in the centre just behind the lone striker (Rocchi or Cruz?) and Mauro Matias would then act on the left flank, hopefully still providing the fans with his skills. He didn’t impress the crowd though at the reprisal. He didn’t score in his first friendly and even kicked a ball up in the sky after taking a free-kick during the training. Something that never happened with him before.
Rocchi in the meanwhile has declared he wants to hit 100-record goals in a Lazio shirt and told Pandev to stay because he wants to beat the duo Signori-Casiraghi's goals record.
Scaloni, as we said, should stay and he’s the joker in the squad during these days.
Stendardo wants to stay and he’s thinking to give Lotito back the 100 thousand euros he got after suing Lazio. His action would be intended to make the president forget about the past so that he could win back his trust and get a chance to play under Ballardini. You don’t buy truust, that’s for sure, but Stendardo’s attempt could be a good move. He turned down offers from Bari, Livorno and other two foreign teams in order to stay at Lazio.
Eliseu kept running all the time on the flank but sometimes he tends to lose his position. «That's why he comes from another kind of football. He has to get used to our football», insisted Ballardini. The new coach was also questioned about the arrival of a new central defender: «I cannot speak about new arrivals having 31 players in the squad! And if Lazio conceded too many goals last season, it wasn't only defence's fault. What I can say now is that we'll be ready for the 8th August». In the meanwhile Inter Milan flew to Los Angeles to get their pre-seaosn started. Ibrahimovic looks like he's to stay but who knows with all this transfer market madness. And last but not least if you wish you can carve your name in a Bird's Nest seat in Beijing before the Supercup is played. Beijing Yihai Auction Company announced yesterday that the auction will take place on 31st July and everyone who intend to join the auction should leave 10,000 euros deposit. Obviuously the proposal seems to be addressed mainly to sponsors...
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