Claudio Lotito, the president of Lazio, launched an attack on the referee and, without directly naming them, the players of Milan: strong words flew like "The team will assert itself in the appropriate venues", "Match devoid of sporting values", and so on.
All because Christian Pulisic, unaware of the Lazio player on the ground, takes the ball from a naive Luca Pellegrini, who holds him back and gets booked. He was already booked: second yellow and red.
People talk big words about values and sportsmanship, but memory is short. Very short. In October 2021, Sarri's Lazio won against Inter, partly thanks to a goal scored, while an opposing player was on the ground.
Then the statements of the biancoceleste coach were these:
"When Dimarco stays on the ground, Inter has the ball: if someone had to put the ball out, it was them. There's little to debate: with a man on the ground, they went to the conclusion, we kept playing and there's a precise regulation. These scenes are only seen in Italy, in England, the game continues."
It's not the sporting values that are lacking, but coherence in statements and above all memory. Because the embarrassment is always around the corner. And it certainly wasn't Pulisic who made it.
Source: Milan News
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