Ex-Salzburger Valentino Lazaro showed it on Sunday, defeating AC Milan 2-1 with Torino in Serie A. He keeps his fingers crossed for his former club against the “Rossoneri” tomorrow and hopes for a courageous performance. He says: “I trust the people of Salzburg to create a sensation!”
Three days before the duel with Salzburg, Milan experienced a rude awakening in Serie A, losing abroad for the first time in 17 games. A former Salzburger played a big part: Valentino Lazaro was one of the best in his team in Torino’s 2-1 home win over the “Rossoneri” and prepared the 1-0 with a cross worth seeing. Strong note The “Gazzetta dello Sport” honored the Performance of the ÖFB team player with a strong grade of 7.5 and wrote: “His dribbles often served as a can opener.” Lazaro was of course happy: “We never let up, even after the early 2-0 lead we put a lot of pressure on Milan. Tomorrow he will keep his fingers crossed for Salzburg: “I spent my youth in Salzburg, matured there to become a professional and played over 120 games. It’s my second home after Graz.”Followed all games on TVHe followed all the games of Ulmer & Co. in the Champions League: “I was really happy when the draw was made, these are exactly the opponents you’ve wanted for years .” The fact that his former club made it into a final on the last day of the game against strong rivals Chelsea and Milan “surprised me too. But Salzburg certainly don’t have bad cards, I believe they’re capable of causing a sensation.” In view of the 2-1 lead, the question arises as to how Milan can be cracked. Lazaro says diplomatically: “I think Salzburg has enough specialists in the coaching team and its own plan for that. We showed a lot of courage on Sunday and proved that anything is possible, even against the Italian champions.” Lazaro knows the atmosphere in the San Siro only too well from his time at Inter: “It’s special, it’s extremely loud.” But also he’s not worried: “The boys now have a lot of experience with big stadiums, they know how to go through with their match plan in front of such an impressive backdrop.” Christian Reichel
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