{"id":841555,"date":"2025-04-17T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/lazio-head-coach-showcases-promising-belief-in-nigerias-dele-bashiru\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:12:02","slug":"lazio-head-coach-showcases-promising-belief-in-nigerias-dele-bashiru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/lazio-head-coach-showcases-promising-belief-in-nigerias-dele-bashiru\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazio head coach showcases promising belief in Nigeria\u2019s Dele-Bashiru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Lazio head coach Marco Baroni has admitted the two-time Serie A winners need the magic possessed by Super Eagles midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and the club\u2019s other youngsters,<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\"> Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old joined the one-time UEFA Super Cup winners during last summer\u2019s transfer window. Fisayo hasn\u2019t been his coach\u2019s go-to midfielder in the league, as he\u2019s started just 11 of his side\u2019s 32 Serie A games.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, he\u2019s scored five goals and provided three assists in 28 games for <em>Le <\/em><span lang=\"en\"><span><em>Gli Aquilotti<\/em> this season across all competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_130656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130656\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167367564-1140x759-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130656\">Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in action during the Serie A match between Lazio and Venezia at Stadio Olimpico. 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[Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ahead of Lazio\u2019s second leg fixture of the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals against Norwegian side, Bodo\/Glimt, Baroni has urged the club\u2019s youngsters to step up following their 2-0 first leg deficit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our young people on whom the future will be based. \u2013 We need them. We have to play this game, live it, feel it, we need that,\u201d the Italian gaffer said in his pre-match conference as relayed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lalaziosiamonoi.it\/primo-piano\/rivivi-la-diretta-lazio-baroni-e-la-partita-piu-importante-della-stagione-video-223058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lalazio<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While <em>the Eagles<\/em> are two goals down in the tie, Baroni backed his side to give their all at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome tomorrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe team has to play a centred game. Then there are moments of the modalities. The ability of a team, which knows the importance of a race, must also have the ability to this reading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked to the guys, I know what advantages the atmosphere and crowd can bring, but I don\u2019t want an alibi. Tomorrow we must achieve the performance with the right energy and presence. We find a great team, strong. We have to play like I said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have to give everything and expend all energy without saving and without remorse. When an athlete and a team come out empty-pockets, it means that they gave everything and did what they could,\u201d the former Hellas Verona boss concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1058742511-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153419\">Fisayo Dele-Bashiru during the match between SS Lazio and AC Monza in Rome, Italy, on February 9, 2025, at Stadio Olimpico.[Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Should Lazio fall to a defeat in the tie, they\u2019ll fall back to focusing on a finish in the Serie A top six as they look to feature in European competitions next season. They\u2019re currently sixth, five points away from top four with six games left till the end of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/lazio-dele-bashiru-nigeria.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Lazio head coach Marco Baroni has admitted the two-time Serie A winners need the magic possessed by Super Eagles midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and the club\u2019s other youngsters, Soccernet.ng reports. The 24-year-old joined the one-time UEFA Super Cup winners during last summer\u2019s transfer window. 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