Lazio crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Chievo on Sunday with defender Emilson Cribari taking the defeat particularly badly.
The 29-year –old Brazilian defender was substituted with 8 minutes to go and was booed off the park by his own fans.
This resulted in Cribari breaking down in tears after the match.

Following the game, Cribari said: “I will leave Lazio at the end of the championship, I have decided that I will speak with the President. If Lotito wants he can even keep the last three or four months of my wages, it’s honestly not a problem with me.”
Cribari added: “I will do my bit if I come to be selected from now until the end of the season. But when the campaign comes to a close I will ask to leave. I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. I no longer feel wanted here.”

Cribari has been a Lazio player since the 05/06 season when they bought him from Udinese. His contract with the club runs until the summer of 2012 but with the player keen to move then a bid of around 2.5 million Euros should be enough to get the defender.

By Sandy

Just a quick note, with regards to some issues floating around my thoughts, when I think of our situations recently.

I think JP Carrizo should be worried. The current form of Muslera, which is growing match after match, is reallyt impressive.

His saves against Napoli yesterday, were one of the best seen this season in Serie A. If he continues this run of form, there is no need to bring back Carrizo, which will result in the latter demanding a transfer.

I have received messages requesting from me not to write about yesterday`s match we lost to Cagliari. And I am ready to comply with such a request, because there is little one can say about that awkward match.

First and foremost, I want the entire defense that started yesterday to sit on the bench for the next few games. Especially Carrizo, who appears to be over-confident, while his capabilities are certainly not Buffon`s or other goalies who play in the elite. While we were excited to see Diakite develop (and me supporting him publicaly via this blog), I am afraid I have to say that he is not what I was thinkg he might become. This guy is average defender at best. We were ready to forgive his fatal mistake against Inter and than against Reggina, but yesterday, it became clear that he is unable to defend low balls and guard smaller forwards. With regards to Rozenhal, he has also proven that he is not as consistent as one central defender needs to be. He either prefers to team with Cribari or Siviglia or something must be wrong with him. We need him to be more confident and stable. About Kolarov, he is the most brainles player to ever play for us. It is a pitty to see such a powerfull left foot and overall amazing body defend so poorly and generaly read the game so weak. I said it from the beginning that he is no Lazio material. If he was good, he would have played for Partizan Belgrade or Stella Rosa (like all Serbia footballers do) before making an international move to Serie A. About Lichsteiner, he has lost the initial pace and focus he had, which impressed all of us. He also needs more defensive lessons. When Delio Rossi decides to field a formation with 3 forwards + Mauri, than De Silvestri should play I think. He is better defensively.

Based on all that I`ve said, it became obvious I guess that we need to sign an authoritative central defender these days. Just bring in Ayala and team him up with Siviglia and oponents will get scared away.

Through its web page, Chievo Verona just announced to have signed on loan our forward Stephan Makinwa. You can read here the official announcement.

With the arrival of Zarate and Simone Inzaghi scoring 2 important goals for us, Makinwa became out of favor and lost that status as Delio Rossi`s option for our attack.

In case you missed the latest news and things related to Lazio, I am posting a shorty here:

Brocchi will miss our next match through suspension;

Matuzalem and Firmani are finally fully fit and are expected to be in the team that will play Udinese this Sunday;

Pandev has suffered a less serious injury against Inter than previously though. It is however certain that he will miss too the Udinese match;

Lichsteiner is expected to play in midfield this match, accompanied by Ledesma and most probably Dabo.

Lazio is appartently interested in Man.City`s Brasilian midfielder Elano. Having seen him play last season, I would personally welcome him in our team. He is a fantastic midfielder worth investing in.

Most probably, Mobido Diakite does not need defending at all, but nevertheless, given him criticized a lot in Lazio forums about his own goal against Inter, I take this opportunity to take his side.

First of all, I rate Diakite very high, and from the first moment I saw him play, I though that this guy has everything needed to play for Lazio. He is tall, strong and fast, the majority of skills and features needed for a central defender. Of course, he still needs improvements in some areas but I doubt he`ll get them if he keeps being benched by Deli Rossi.

Instead of him being given the chance against other teams earlier during the season, Delio Rossi made it hard for him and played him against strongest teams such are Milan and Inter. And in my eyes he did pretty well. Against Milan, he was fantastic and praised by everyone, but against Inter, he was criticized way too much for that own goal.

Now we must agree that even if he did not score that own-goal, there was no way for us to grab a better result against Inter. They are a far better team than Lazio right now. Diakite kept an eye on Cruz earlier during the match and than Ibra. He did not delude at all. Diakite is the future of Lazio and such he should be treated. He should be given priority ahead of Cribari and Siviglia, as the former is not strong and fast enought, and the latter is getting older. He should play much more in the rest of the season that he did thus far. Only by playing he will mature and convince everyone that he is to be trusted in the future.

Quite a blog title a ? I was forced to write regarding this issue as it is all over the Italian and international sport web sites, including goal.com and channel4.

As usual, media had made this issue much bigger than it actually deserves to be. But journalists like these things when a player critisizes his coach/team or vice-versa.

Nevertheless, even though in principle I dislike when players go public speaking instead of resolving issue personally with the staff, this time I tend to sympathyze with our captain, as I think (and you could notice in my latest blog posts) that Delio Rossi is quite confused latetly as to his first team choices. Fact of the matter is that Rocchi was tipped to start from the beggining with Zarate and Foggia because Pandev had a mid-week match with his NT and was rightfully considered that he would be more tired. He was coming back only later Thursday and available for training only the next day. Meanwhile, Rocchi was in the training all the week and fully fit. So far so good, but on Saturday, Delio Rossi changes his mind and inserts Pandev into starting 11 leavig Rocchi on the bench! That is why I completely understand his outburst or an honest conversation with the media (call it as you wish).

I really hope such situations don`t repeat anymore cause instead of concentrating on matches, now the team is focused on this issue. Delio Rossi must have better ideas regarding what he wants. Rocchi has been our best striker in the last years and he is capable of scoring at any given chance. Therefore, I don`t mind if Zarate or Pandev have to sit to make room for him.

Delio Rossi calls for all of us to forget about the derby and concentrate on other upcoming matches. But somehow, I can`t do that. At least until the kick off against Genoa, this Sunday at 3 PM. Defeats or wins in derbies include just too much emotions to forget them easily. For instance, when we lost 5-1 in a derby few seasons ago, I suffered a trauma, I could not concetrate at work and my boss noticed that. I was devastated to say the least. It took me a week to get over it. The oposite happened the last season`s derby when Behrami scored in the last minute to clinch a win. I was just too happy for the whole week. Never mind, I guess you have had enough of it with me this week.

On other news, it appears that Siviglia got injured and could miss the Genoa clash. The same goes for Ledesma and Radu who will miss through suspensions. Also, Rossi is thinking of resting Pandev and playing with Foggia-Rocchi-Zarate upfront. It will also be interesting to see our midfield without Ledesma. Dabo is expected to replace him. Brocchi and Meghni may start as well in the middle of the park. And if Siviglia doen`t make it, Diakite may see some playing minutes.

In an interesting story at corrieredellosport.it, it says that Lazio is trying to sign Javier Mascherano from Liverpoo. According to the same papers, the contacts with his manager have already been established. However, given his salary demands, I doubt he would join us. If he was available, I think many clubs would be after him.

Latest reports from Formello indicate that Delio Rossi may include Stefano Mauri in midfield instead of Ausmane Dabo, who was initially supposed to start. With Mauri and tridente, the team would be too offensive oriented and they may catch us in the breaks.

Nevertheless, as both Udinese and Napoli lost today, a win in the derby would have a double impact: would send us third on the table just one point shy of Milan and 2 of Inter. We would surpsass Napoli and Juve. The other effect is that the win would send rioma third from bottom.

So, avanti ragazzi and give it a push tonight.

I was inspired to write this blog entry mainly for our new star Mauro Zarate who has started to gain recognition.

In an editorial at Goal.com regarding the Top 10 Serie A signins for the current seasons, Mauro Zarate tops the list, in front of the like of Milito, Amauri, Gilardino, Ronaldinho, Zambrotta etc etc.

Considering the strength of Serie A, as well players arriving each season, just being on this list represents quite an achievement. Let alone standing on spot no.1

The entire list and justifications can be found on this link.

Despite this, Zarate has been included on the team of the week for the last Serie A matchday. However, he is accompanied by our two other players: goalkeeper and his co-patriot JP Carrizo and Swiss newcomer Lichtsteiner. Serie A team of the week can be found here.

So, what else is left to say: avanti Mauro and all other players. The fact that you are getting inlcuded in such lists means that we are being watched carefully and more then any other seasons since post-Cragnotti era.