After the three-goal victory against Monza, Lazio coach Gennaro Gattuso spoke to Radio Rai 1, underlining the difficulty his players had in recovering the match despite the extra man. He recalled that the match had been "a photocopy" of the previous match against Milan, in which the team had been able to finish 4-0 in the first half but was then forced to endure the suffering of the second. “The first half could have ended at four zero for us, but in the second half, ready, go and we conceded the goal and then it was just suffering,” he explained, adding that he told the boys in the changing rooms that “half and a half can't be done”. Gattuso then declared that, although Lazio were lucky today, as they were against Milan, "we will be punished next time".
The coach also reiterated the importance of maintaining an ultra-attacking approach in every match. “We can't manage ourselves, if we want to be ultra-offensive we have to try to stay that way for the whole ninety minutes,” he said. He criticized the tendency to play "half" and underlined that the team is not able to manage balanced situations. “There are moments of difficulty, but not being able to count on the push of the public we must learn to feed ourselves”, he added, recognizing that “however, there is little we can do about this situation, we know it and we must improve”.
Lazio, with the victory against Monza, lost only three points and remains at the top of the table together with Inter. The coach reiterated that the team must continue to fight to maintain the top position, but also expressed the need to improve the ability to manage matches more decisively and without depending on the energy of the public. In view of the next matches, Gattuso asked his players to be more determined and not to settle for "half-way" results. Lazio will therefore have to face the next matches with a more aggressive and autonomous mentality if they want to consolidate their leading position in Serie A.