Gattuso: Lazio 'Not Yet Perfect' Ahead of Coppa Italia Clash With Mantova

Lazio coach Gennaro Gattuso has warned his side they are "not yet perfect" as they prepare to face Mantova in the Coppa Italia, urging the right approach and attitude for the match at the Stadio Olimpico. "We hope to start well. It will be an important match in terms of approach and attitude, Gattuso told the club's official channels.

"We will play against a team that goes at a thousand miles an hour, that applies ultra-offensive pressure, and we will need a lot of personality, as well as great desire. We must not get the approach wrong. "We are not yet perfect, we still have to understand when to do something or when to go on the references, he added.

Gattuso admitted he will feel nerves upon arriving at the Olimpico: "I will certainly feel butterflies in my stomach on arrival at the Olimpico. But for now we work, there is a lot to prepare. Reflecting on the team's pre-season training camp, the coach said he is very satisfied because I was aware that this was a squad that wanted to work, but they surprised me.

Our skill must be to shorten the times and make clear what we want to be. We must not make the mistake of being neither fish nor fowl, he concluded.