Reja warns his team against complacency and targets Europa League glory
Lazio manager, Edy Reja, has warned his team against complacency ahead of their UEFA Europa League game against Macedonian side, Rabotnicki.
The first leg of the preliminary round game will be played at the Stadio Olimpico Rome on August 18, 2011. Though, the Biancazzurri start the game as favourites but Reja has told his team that the Macedonian side is ahead of them
in terms of match fitness.
The 65-year-old added that Rabotnicki have three or four clever players in their squad and they can disturb the opposition on any day.
“They are a side who have already played three League games this season and they are at a more advanced stage than us physically. They have two or three very quick players who have a good eye for goal. We have to face the game
with maximum concentration. They defend and counter-attack well, but we have characteristics and the potential to put solid sides in difficulty.”
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 boss wants to win this year’s competition but has targeted it game by game. Reja has set an initial priority to qualify for the group stages.
"We want to honour the Europa League and I am thinking of getting to the group stages. I remember when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 in the final in Paris [in 1998]."
The manager is still gutted to miss out on UEFA Champions League football in the upcoming season and wants to make amends of that loss by winning the Europa League. Reja is confident that he has the right mix of players who can
help the team to compete for trophies this season.
Lazio have signed several new players during the summer transfer window and have strengthened their problematic attacking department. The Rome based side struggled to score goals in the later part of the 2010/11 campaign and it
cost them a fourth placed finish.
The Biancocelesti have signed Djibril Cisse and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miroslav-Klose-c26049 to add experience to their strike force.
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