Serie A: Lazio-Parma on the pitch at 8.45pm LIVE

Lazio-Parma on the pitch at 8.45pm LIVE

"The team is alive, there is the right attitude. We must play with the same intensity, the same desire and the same vehemence as in Turin because without all this tomorrow will become tough. If we think about managing we will take a blow in the teeth that we will remember for a very long time." These are the words of Gennaro Gattuso, Lazio coach, in the press conference anticipating the match against Parma.

"We have a path, that of mentality and work. The biggest mistake we can make is to underestimate, today you can't do that with anyone because the games never end. Sometimes it went well for us, with Monza and Milan we took a risk, but the light must come on immediately because then it becomes too late. We have to think about ourselves, we can't do anything about what others say", continues the coach. While to those who ask if he is able to enjoy the golden start of this Lazio team he replies that "I take little joy in things, I always think about what is to come. But I am happy and proud to see how my team live in the locker room. For me it is a pride to coach this team, the credit goes to them even if I go under the curve to thank them.

Do my players want revenge? If an athlete doesn't have these motivations he must stop, he can't do this job", he concludes.

Gilardino chasing points and goals at the Olimpico

When it hasn't arrived for a few days, scoring can become a dangerous obsession for an attacker but often the coach can find other solutions. But when the whole team doesn't score. the problem must be resolved quickly, as Alberto Gilardino is obliged to do: Parma has the worst attack of the 5 major European leagues (4 goals, like Shalke04), they are second to last in the table and they have conceded six goals in the last two games, both lost, without scoring a single one. In light of this snapshot, and in view of Saturday's away match at Lazio, the coach's mission seems arduous, as he must find balance and morale, given that the Crociati were overwhelmed by Tardini's whistles after the match against Toro. In the 5-man defense, the wings didn't even push with Cuesta, now they have become a weak point where the opponents set up their raids. The agreement between the central defenders Troilo and Diego Carlos remains to be found, in the midfield Bernabé preaches in the desert. In attack one of Frigan or Lontani should take over Tourè, generous but allergic to goals. Center forward Romero is untouchable, Daffara's moment could have come in goal.