After a great weekend of results I don't think anyone expected us to make a jump 3 spots from 11th to 8th but technically tied for 7th with Cagliari. We are now in pole position for the UEFA qualification once again but the two games are not enough to convince us of the strength of this team because lets be real .. we just beat Lecce and Bologna who are in relegation zone. What this team needs right now is a solid win against a big team and wednesdays our chance.

Juventus didn't have the most convincing victory over napoli but still they stand in 2nd place in Serie A.  I think the coppa is not among juve's best interests and CL qualification and scudetto are definately priority. That being said I  think they won't be fielding their best much like we will to try and come out with a victory.

Lichsteiner, Rozehnal, and Radu all were rested on Saturday and should give our defense the added edge. I think Rossi has changed his faith in keepers and will most likely feature Carizzo in the coppa match where he would otherwise have featured Muslera.

Hopefully Brocchi and especially Matuzalem who put out great performances on the weekend will pass their physicals tommorow and can play.

Zarate has definately found his form but I'm wondering if Rossi will feature the 1 striker who played the entire 90 minutes over a more rested rocchi or pandev.

I'm wondering what happened to Meghni because we could probably use him in the mid.

This is the formation I expect to see us start out with.

                  Carizzo

Lichsteiner   Siviglia  Rozehnal   Radu

                 Ledesma

      Dabo    Matuzalem    Foggia

           Pandev        Rocchi
             

This is our ticket into UEFA and lets hope the boys give us a win at the Olimpico and turn the season around to make it a memorable one.

FORZA LAZIO!  00 00

After I saw last two matches, I am hopeful against juve. I wonder whether juve will really care this matches and fight with their full energy. I dont think so, they focus on league and Cl now and I think juve's coach can let best players rest and we can see a young team. This can seem well but youngs will play to show themshelves. So, no matter how juve's team will be, we should play carefully and seriously.

As to squad, Rocchi and Foggia should play in 11 Pandev as well. I saw Rocchi were eager against bologna, played effective and I want to see him against juve. Pandev should show himshelf and I want him to score anymore and to play one of his best matches. Come on boys, you can reach final.

Forza Lazio 00 00 00

Been away for some time, happy about the last two games.
I think this is a great test now that is seems we have hit form again.

Claudio Ranieri: Juventus Will Fight Lazio In The Coppa Italia
The 'Tinkerman' means business as he prepares for a Roman rumble against the high-flying Aquilotti...
Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri insists his side will be all fired up for the Coppa Italia first leg semi-final against Lazio tomorrow night.

The Bianconeri will be hoping to place one foot in the final of the competition when they travel to Rome on Tuesday. Ranieri is likely to make wholesale changes for the clash, with Alex Manninger likely to start in goal.

Lazio will be confident of getting a result following the 1-1 draw between both teams in Serie A back in January, but Ranieri believes his players will prevail.

"The Coppa Italia is not a boring competition and we have said this before," Ranieri told Sky Sport Italia.

"We have to fight and we will not be holding back. Fortunately I have all my players available for this match and so we will go to Rome to fight against Lazio.

"It will not be easy, nothing ever is in football. Lazio are flying at the moment and therefore this game will be more difficult than the one in Serie A.

"Our strength is our team and everyone has always contributed well, even those who have come in for injuries. Manninger will play, but I don't think Jonathan Zabina will be ready

We have to take some sort of advantage to Turin. I heard 3 - 0 mentioned, i hope so but I think that may be optimistic. Juve are back in the title hunt, and with Inter going to Genoa next weekend Juve may close the gap on Inter even more, and with their champions league game against Chelsea still very winnable I expect to see them rest some stars 2morrow. We have a great chance to get to the final if we can keep a clean sheet. I agree that at the moment this game may not be very important to Juve, we have to capitalise on that and put the tie to bed in the first leg. I hope Carrizo gets a chance to prove himself again in goal.

I have no doubt the team will go out there and fight tooth and nail. This is probably the most important game of the season. I have a good feeling about this match. It's not even the win but how they played saturday was great to watch.

You make some valid points. We have been fickle in terms of our play, we have expressed our game well against the smaller sides but been dreadful against the likes of Inter and Milan at home when the time actually came to show how we really measured up. The game is being show on the TVU player network which is downloadable from http://tvuplayer.alltvsoft.com/uk/programa

It is being shown on channel 65217 (Gol tv). I recommend this TVU player as not only does this channel show Coppa Italia but spanish la liga also. Also, channel 21500 shows serie A games on sat and sunday. Forza Lazio

Na I'm never pessimistic I always expect the players to do their best and I never think we shall get beat or even slightly hope we lose as our friend in Istanbul has said many times; always support fully support and I think that's the best way to look at our role as supporters.  I think we'll win because I always believe we'll win no matter what.
Forza Lazio! Lazio per sempre!