"These are situations I enjoy, with so many difficulties and injuries since July, but the team is eager to work, so I enjoy myself during the week. Naturally, I get angry during the match, because we make some errors technically and aren't at the same level of other squads, but the training part I really relish. We were pleased that over 40,000 people came to the Stadio Olimpico and made a ferocious noise."
"It was pleasing for the lads, because they were mortified at the end of the last home game, even humiliated. They needed this. This was a knockout competition, we go forward and don't even have time to enjoy it too much, as this weekend we have another extremely difficult match. If we reach the end of the season and feel we have seven or eight players we can rely on, bringing in three or four to bolster the group, that'll be a success."
Lazio defeated AC Milan 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico to reach the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, with Mattia Zaccagni heading in from a Nuno Tavares corner after Rafael Leao missed a big chance. The win came days after a controversial 1-0 Serie A loss, giving the team a swift measure of revenge. Over 40,000 fans attended and created a ferocious atmosphere that lifted players who felt humiliated after the previous home game. Lazio now face holders Bologna in the quarter-finals. The squad has faced many injuries since July but remains eager in training and aims to build a reliable core while adding a few reinforcements.
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