Marco Baroni speaks as Lazio go top of Europa League: “The team doesn’t surprise me” | OneFootball

Serie A side Lazio went to the top of the Europa League table today, thanks to their win over Ajax and there is now further praise for manager Marco Baroni.

The Italian has overseen a chaotic period at Lazio rather calmly and after a 1-0 win over Napoli at the weekend, they beat Ajax 3-1 to go the top of the Europa League table.

Loum Tchaouna scored the first goal but Bertrand Traore equalised. The second half saw Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and Pedro score to seal all three points.

Baroni spoke to Lazio Style Channel after the game and he isn’t surprised by the team. He said, as relayed by LaLazioSiamoNoi:

“The team doesn’t surprise me, they know very well what they have to do on the pitch, we were going to concede goals here, in fact in my opinion we missed the ball three or four times to close the game even at 1-0, we could have been more lucid in the transition.”

Speaking further about the team’s performances in recent weeks, the Biancocelesti boss said: “Today a good step forward, it’s not a decisive step yet but we’re happy.

“As I said these are great matches, the boys have earned them and we want to raise the level of performance in matches like this. Congratulations to the team, I liked how they interpreted the match. From this evening we have to recover and then we have a few days to prepare for the next match.”

Baroni’s appointment at the club was very quick and Igor Tudor was sacked after a tumultous period during the transfer window. There was talk of internal squabble as well but the Italian has managed the situation very calmly in Rome.

Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN