Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Monday, 09 March 2026, 23:31 / Updated on Monday, 09 March 2026 23:37
The Lazio coach can no longer stand the situation at the club and could not refrain from criticizing his president. Maurizio Sarri (67 years old) raged live on DAZN, before tonight's game with Sassuolo (2-1), played in the 28th round in front of only about 2,000 spectators at the “Olimpico”.
“An empty stadium? It's sad, depressing, demoralizing. I think it's time for the club to take action on this. I want to see our true face. We've had very wobbly results in the last games, which can only be explained by psychological factors. I want Lazio to always have the same motivation,” said Maurizio Sarri.
The Biancocelesti technician was referring to the new negative record of assists in a match of the Capitoline team, after at the match with Genoa there were 6,000 spectators, and at the semi-final round of the Italian Cup with Atalanta, only about 4,000 came to the stands.
Sarri: “I didn't agree with the sale of Mandas at all!”
From the desert of the stadium, Sarri moved on to another point that bothers him terribly. The problem of the lot, limited in terms of value, but also in numbers, due to Claudio Lotito's austere transfer policy, which sold two other key players in the winter, Taty Castellanos and Matteo Guendouzi, for a total of 57 million euros.
Claudio Lotito is Lazio's boss since 2004 / Photo: Imago Images
He didn't keep quiet after his goalkeeper Ivan Provedel broke, who will miss the rest of the season, so Maurizio Sarri had to start a 21-year-old goalkeeper today, Edoardo Motta, who arrived in January from Reggiana and made his debut in the match with Sassuolo!
“Was Provedel's injury the worst of all the problems we've had this season? Yes, and actually I didn't agree at all with the club's decision to sell Mandas (nr – to Bournemouth) in January”the lazial coach got angry.
We have such different statistics from Sunday to Wednesday that they cannot be scientifically explained. But the difference lies solely in our mental attitude. We must always be highly motivated. I hope to see a change for the better right from the Sassuolo game
– Maurizio SarriInter's coach
