Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Campionato 2010 2011 Milan Ac Lazio on MiamiGunners Match Of The Week
week 23
1st february 2011:
ac milan v. lazio
Milan lie first in the Serie A standings, and four points clear of nearest rivals Napoli but face a Lazio team tonight with, if not title ambitions, then a strong desire to secure Champions League football for next season.Allegri said: “Lazio are doing pretty well, have great players and a strong team spirit. We’re at a crucial stage of the season, we can’t afford to lose points now. “Our objective is getting at least 80 points, which in my opinion should be enough to win the championship. So we need 11 more wins.
“We have to take one game at a time. Lazio are very strong technically thanks to players like Hernanes, Mauri, Ledesma, Matuzalem, Brocchi and at the back have a solid defence. “An adjective for the match? It’s a difficult question. It will be a match in which we’ll need to play with great intensity. It will be important to approach the game with the right attitude. They tend to lower the pace and so we’ll have to try to maintain a high intensity.”
Allegri could hand a debut to veteran defender Nicola Legrottaglie who joined yesterday on deadline day from Juventus to cover for the injured Alessandro Nesta.
Allegri added: “We’re at the most difficult and most important stage of the season and we have a lot of injured players.