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<div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="match-recirculation" data-fco-embed-id="fco-dynamic-placement:match-recirculation"><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-recirculation">{"type":"match-recirculation","data":{}}</script></div><p><b><strong>Alberto Aquilani</strong></b><span>, </span><b><strong>Sassuolo</strong></b><span>'s manager, spoke at a press conference after the 6-2 home defeat by Lazio.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>"That's very true, but the other side have the ball sometimes too, and that's not good. There's little to say; we have to apologise. We lack that determination to defend fiercely," reports </span><i><em>TMW.</em></i></p><p><br></p><div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="fcplayer-semantic"><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","embedType":"SEMANTIC","embedId":"5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","publisher":null,"playerId":null,"fallbackChannelId":null}}</script></div><p><span>"It could be mental, tactical, individual or collective. We've lost two important players, but if I came here looking for those excuses, I'd be a very small man, and you'll never hear me say things like that."</span></p><div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="match-schedule" data-fco-embed-id="fco-dynamic-placement:match-schedule"><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-schedule">{"type":"match-schedule","data":{"matchScheduleId":"bltf4406513115079dd"}}</script></div>

Sassuolo, Aquilani: “We have to apologise. We lack the attitude to defend with aggression”

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Lazio

Cagliari

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Fiorentina

<p><span>"There is too little protection, we don't sense danger, and there's this idea that, because we're dangerous when we have the ball, that's enough. That's a limitation."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>"Matic is 39 and sometimes you have to consider that he won't be there. He had a problem today, but you also have to consider having someone else play from time to time. Lipani and Bakola have potential, but they need to develop."</span></p>

Sassuolo, Aquilani: “We have to apologise. We lack the attitude to defend with aggression” | Goal.com India

The manager speaks after the heavy defeat against Lazio

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