Sarri returns to refereeing in Lazio-Juve: "Rabiot's goal was irregular"

From Alessandro De Felice | Goal.com

The Lazio coach attacks: "We left with the feeling of being penalised". Property in doubt: "It's not 100%, Vecino out".

Five days later, the controversies surrounding Di Bello's refereeing on the occasion of the match between Lazio and Juventus at the Olimpico are still going on.

If on the one hand the bianconeri felt defrauded by the concession of the goal by Milinkovic-Savic , which arrived after an alleged push on Alex Sandro, on the other hand the biancocelesti claim a not excellent performance by the referee.

In the press conference on the eve of the away match in La Spezia, the second advance of the 30th day of Serie A, coach Maurizio Sarri spoke about the episodes of the match won by his team 2-1 thanks to goals from Milinkovic and Zaccagni:

“ The worst thing is that we left with the feeling of being penalised. The goal conceded is irregular, Rabiot tramples Provedel while hitting the ball . There were so many admonitions not given. The foul on Zaccagni? Let's talk about it, the beginning of the impact is the line. We are absolutely not interested in this, then they all become alibis ”.

In view of tomorrow's match, Sarri spoke about Ciro Immobile's conditions and announced Vecino's forfeit:

“Ciro seems to be growing, now he's been training continuously for 2 weeks, which isn't too long given what his season has been. He may not be 100% but he is growing. Let's see tomorrow how much he can give us. Vecino has this knee problem, it's been bothering him a bit for days, yesterday it was worse than before. He has stopped, let's see in 3-4 days if he will be able to recover it"

The Lazio coach has made self-criticism on the subject of European competitions. When asked about the effect that the other 6 Italians still in the running for the final victory has, Sarri replied as follows:

"The fact that we aren't there means that we don't deserve it. You have to get there through the championship. Now that level doesn't belong to us, we went out in the Europa League and in the Conference. Now talking about the Champions League is out of place. The championship then it opens up perspectives for us that we must be good at grasping".

A bath of humility and a warning in view of the season finale, in which Lazio want to win a place in the Champions League.