Lazio defender Alessio Romagnoli delivered his verdict on last night’s Derby della Capitale draw against eternal rivals Roma. The ex-Milan center-back scored a thumping header to open the scoring at the start of the second half.
Unfortunately for Lazio, Matias Soule’s moment of brilliance rescued a point for Roma in a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico. Despite avoiding losing three consecutive derbies for the first time since 2016, a point didn’t do any favor to the Biancocelesti.
Indeed, Lazio fell three points behind fourth-placed Juventus and failed to build momentum ahead of Thursday’s home clash against Bodo/Glimt. Marco Baroni’s charges have a mountain to climb in this Europa League quarter-final tie after a 2-0 first-leg defeat in Norway.
Romagnoli highlighted the importance of Lazio’s response after a recent fiasco in Scandinavia.
“We have to go through and make up for the ugly performance in Norway. Fatigue does not exist, we’ve got to give it everything to turn this around,” the Lazio ace told DAZN via TMW. “It was a very good first half, we should’ve done more after taking the lead, as we sat a bit too deep and lost our shape.
“After conceding the equalizer, we got back on track and created several big opportunities to win it. Unfortunately, this is the derby, it is decided by incidents, so if you don’t take those chances, then you don’t win.”
Furthermore, Romagnoli admitted how special it was for him to score against Roma.
“It means so much to me, I always wanted to come to Lazio because it really was coming home for me. After many years at Milan, this opportunity arose, and I needed to come back home,” he added.
