The fans are delighted, the press are going head over heels and manager Stefan Pioli is rubbing his hands together. Rome is celebrating the “rebirth” of World Champion Miroslav Klose after his brace in the space of 60 seconds in his side’s 4-2 win over Cagliari. The 36-year-old has brought an end to his dip in form after winning the World Cup and wants Lazio to stay at the top of the table.
“We worked hard in order to get into third place and we now want to stay at that level,” said Klose, who managed to secure the points in the space of a minute with his goals to make it 2-0 and then 3-0 in the 25th and 26th minutes respectively. Stefano Mauri opened the scoring in the 7th minute after a pass from the World Cup record goal scorer, before Ederson added another goal in the 92nd minute to give the side from Rome their sixth win of the season. Klose went on to analyse the game with a level head: “We played at a high level in the first half and it’s not easy to keep up that tempo throughout the game.”
“All the defenders conceded victory to Miro”
Manager Pioli started the experienced striker for only the third time this season. The Italian media was delighted with what “Super Miro” had to offer. “Klose is back and is going up and up,” wrote the sports newspaper from Rome, Corriere dello Sport. “In the first half he ran around like a madman and he looked ten years younger than he is.”
The editors at Tuttosport also paid homage to the German World Champion: “All the defenders conceded victory to Miro,” they wrote, whilst the pundits in Gazzetta dello Sport were impressed by the attacking potential of the whole team: “Lazio have the best attack.”
Third behind Juve and Roma
With 19 points, Lazio now sit six points behind leaders Juventus and are within touching distance of local rivals AS Roma, who currently occupy second place with 22 points. The Blues are now in the mix to qualify for next year’s Champions League, with their biggest strength their attacking potential. Lazio have already scored 20 goals so far this season, which is the best in the league. And Klose is now joint second in the goal scoring charts alongside Stefano Mauri (3 goals), with Filip Djordjevic top with five.
Manager Piolo gave the Germany star time to recover after they won the World Cup in Brazil. The now retired Germany international, who has 135 international caps to his name, has repaid that faith from the manager with three goals in his last three league games. “He’s an extremely important part of this team,” said Pioli. “And he has shown that on more than one occasion.”
The fans are delighted, the press are going head over heels and manager Stefan Pioli is rubbing his hands together. Rome is celebrating the “rebirth” of World Champion Miroslav Klose after his brace in the space of 60 seconds in his side’s 4-2 win over Cagliari. The 36-year-old has brought an end to his dip in form after winning the World Cup and wants Lazio to stay at the top of the table.
“We worked hard in order to get into third place and we now want to stay at that level,” said Klose, who managed to secure the points in the space of a minute with his goals to make it 2-0 and then 3-0 in the 25th and 26th minutes respectively. Stefano Mauri opened the scoring in the 7th minute after a pass from the World Cup record goal scorer, before Ederson added another goal in the 92nd minute to give the side from Rome their sixth win of the season. Klose went on to analyse the game with a level head: “We played at a high level in the first half and it’s not easy to keep up that tempo throughout the game.”
“All the defenders conceded victory to Miro”
Manager Pioli started the experienced striker for only the third time this season. The Italian media was delighted with what “Super Miro” had to offer. “Klose is back and is going up and up,” wrote the sports newspaper from Rome, Corriere dello Sport. “In the first half he ran around like a madman and he looked ten years younger than he is.”
The editors at Tuttosport also paid homage to the German World Champion: “All the defenders conceded victory to Miro,” they wrote, whilst the pundits in Gazzetta dello Sport were impressed by the attacking potential of the whole team: “Lazio have the best attack.”
Third behind Juve and Roma
With 19 points, Lazio now sit six points behind leaders Juventus and are within touching distance of local rivals AS Roma, who currently occupy second place with 22 points. The Blues are now in the mix to qualify for next year’s Champions League, with their biggest strength their attacking potential. Lazio have already scored 20 goals so far this season, which is the best in the league. And Klose is now joint second in the goal scoring charts alongside Stefano Mauri (3 goals), with Filip Djordjevic top with five.
Manager Piolo gave the Germany star time to recover after they won the World Cup in Brazil. The now retired Germany international, who has 135 international caps to his name, has repaid that faith from the manager with three goals in his last three league games. “He’s an extremely important part of this team,” said Pioli. “And he has shown that on more than one occasion.”
