[新聞] Petkovic: Rome derby distracted us
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Lazio coach Vladimir Petkovic was frustrated after his side's surprise 4-0 t
hrashing by Catania and admitted that the upcoming Rome derby might have dis
tracted them.
By ESPNSTAR.com staff
Lazio were in superb form prior to Sunday's game as they were fourth in the
standings and were expecting a comfortable match against Catania.
However, the Rossazzurri had other plans and, inspired by Alejandro Gomez, m
anaged to comfortably win the game on the night.
Petkovic was understandably furious with the manner of his side's capitulati
on and blamed the upcoming derby against Roma as possibly having influenced
his players' mentality.
"I consider myself the first person responsible for this defeat," Petkovic t
old reporters after the game.
"I accept full responsibility for not preparing the players enough before th
e match and after going behind to the Rossoazzurri.
"Up until the first goal we weren't doing too badly, but our attitude after
the second was inexplicable.
"I just hope the derby was not already in the minds of my players. It is an
important game, but it's still a week away.
"The Rome derby is very important, but before that there is the Europa Leagu
e.
"In any case we should have been professional enough to not think about the
derby before going up against a difficult opponent like Catania whom we must
applaud.
"I substituted Hernanes at half-time because he was not playing well. We kep
t up the tempo, but did not perform. It's a psychological issue.
"We must start with a bit more humility, another mindset and a different eff
ort on the pitch."
Lazio play Roma in their next Serie A game on Sunday but first have to deal
with Panathinaikos in the Europa League earlier in the week.
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