Lazio, Zaccagni: "Mister gives me freedom on the pitch. The national team? It's always a goal"

Rome 26 February 2025 – The elimination in Coppa Italia will have certainly cooled the spirits at Lazio, but this does not mean the season is to be thrown away. On the contrary, the Capitoline team is flying in the championship, in full fight for the Champions League. Meanwhile, in Europa League are considered by many as one of the teams to beat, after a super phase in the championship. After the farewells of Ciro Immobile, Felipe Anderson e Luis Alberto in the summer there is no doubt: the face of the new white and blue cycle is called Mattia Zaccagni. His promotion to captain, along with the number 10 shirt, had already crowned his role as a protagonist during the team's summer retreat and in the season so far he has not disappointed expectations.

An excellent championship for the team, which also highlighted the qualities of the individual. The player told all this, along with his career and the ever-present goal of the Azzurri to the Canadian broadcaster TLN, where he was interviewed by Steven Moore, host of the program related to the Serie A for the channel. Here are the words of the Lazio number 10. 

The playmaker began the interview with the Canadian broadcaster, immediately focusing on the great season not only of the club from the capital, but also of himself in general. In 32 appearances in all competitions, the player has so far scored 9 goals and provided 8 assists, largely surpassing last year's tally and setting his sights on the one from two years ago, when he scored 10 goals and as many winning passes. "Yes, we are on a very positive path. For this, many small details are needed, starting with the work of the club, then that of the technical staff and also the medical staff. We are doing all the right things".

Continuing on the topic of the current championship, the number 10 of the Biancocelesti was asked about the impact that FRAME Baroni had on the team. "Today's football works a lot on the mind. The coach applies himself a lot on this, along with all the technical or tactical dictates of the field. But the coach is good at this, he works on the mind and makes us perform well. The goal is always to get on the field and have fun. When you're on the field and it's nice to play, it's because you do all the right things. We always try to give 110% and that's what the coach asks of us. He always says that if we put in that humility, that energy needed to win games, everything becomes easier".

Very dry and quick on the part of Weather in Zaccagni the answer on seasonal objectives, where he describes the Lazio as a team without any limits whatsoever. "We don't want to put any limits on ourselves. We are aware that we are a strong team. We know that we can do well, but our goal is always to win the game that is yet to come."

A new coach often means new technical and tactical demands, despite the same role. Here's how Weather in Zaccagni he evolved his style with Baroni: "Each of the three of us in the three-quarter line has something different. This year I'm very free on the pitch, the coach gives me a lot of freedom. I can stay wide and then come inside and I like this a lot. Then Guendouzi e rovella they are having a fantastic season and they help me a lot":

From work on the pitch to exultation, the moment of maximum joy and celebration after scoring a goal, the player tells what goes through his head after each goal: "When I score a goal - he explains Weather in Zaccagni - especially at the Olimpico I feel the instinct to go under the Curva to celebrate with the fans. They give you something that is rare to perceive, even in everyday life. It is always wonderful to receive something from our fans. To tell the truth, even at home I always try to go under the segment of our fans. It is really beautiful to feel their affection and warmth. The celebration with the hands behind the ears? It is something that comes to me instinctively. The archer was the celebration born when I arrived at the Lazio and I'm very fond of it. I like it, that's why I'm continuing it."

From a statistical point of view, the impact that the number 10 has had so far is one of the best of his experience in Biancoceleste. "I'm definitely having a good season - explains the Lazio captain - but my goal is always to improve. I want to increase my numbers and continue my growth path".

After the story of his season and the Lazio, the second part of this interview by Weather in Zaccagni she became more introspective, starting with the question of her father's influence on her passion for football. "My dad always passed on to me his passion for football. He had it, but I think that in reality it wasn't even that much use that he passed it on to me, it was something that was inside me. I felt it already as a child: when I was four they had to enroll me in football school because they didn't have me at home anymore. I broke the frames of the photos (laughs), so it was better to send me on the pitch. I was born on the beach and I always played with the ball there too".

The idol of Weather in Zaccagni è Alessandro Del Piero, a player who also inspires his way of playing. "I have always been fascinated by him. Alex - says the captain of the Lazio team - has always been my idol, I have studied his way of playing, his shot, his goals and his movements. We have often spoken, he even wrote to me after my goal for the national team at the European Championships, we really have a great relationship".

The last question asked number 10 of the Lazio of his goals related to the Italian national team: "Being part of the national team is always something fantastic. My goal is always to be in the group. I will always respect the coach's choices. My goal, however, is to always be there and I will do everything to achieve it":