A 2-1 victory over Marseille at the Stadio Olimpico, a goal complete. Lazio have progressed to the Round of 32 with two matches in hand. To speak about the clash today, was no other than manager Simone Inzaghi:
"A good match today by everyone. We took 6 points against a strong team [Marseille] showing our quality and understanding of the game. For the second year in a row we progress to the Round of 32 with two matches in hand; this happened playing twice a week which takes away a lot of fitness and energy. It was well done and deserved, our goal was achieved. The group was complicated, we have known this since the day of the draw. The defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt hurt, we had to play an important game today."
"We suffered a bit; their last shot was dangerous but we gave them little or close to nothing. We had prepared a different match, Marseille had never played a defense with 5. We changed everything, It was very good from the guys who even on this past Sunday have faced SPAL who played with this same system.
"Agreement between Correa-Immobile? All of our attackers complement each other. also Caicedo and Luis Alberto always respond."
"Today Caicedo was diagnosed with some problems; I do not know when he will be recovered. Now we have to recuperate because we have a complicated match on Sunday".
"As Milinkovic (who is growing so much), Luis Alberto can grow as well. I try to give him minutes; he never pull back and I hope he can always get better. He will return to the top and for us it is very important, the competition has grown and everyone puts me in difficulty. But we are a good group and we must continue to try and alternate so to move forward even to the Round of 16 after this goal has been achieved."
"The defence? I have important players, Wallace had a little problem or I would never have taken him off. Let's not forget that we did not have Radu and I think the answers the guys give me are important. We must continue like this".
