Sarri: "The Feeling Is The Same In The Locker Room Too. The Players Feel Frustrated, It’s Clear They Could Get Upset. It’s Beyond Our Control, It’s A Worrying Situation.”

Maurizio Sarri did not hide his frustration after Lazio’s draw against Fiorentina. In his post match press conference, the coach painted a picture of a squad that feels increasingly powerless, caught between controversial decisions and a transfer window that is stripping key pieces from his plans.

Sarri was asked whether the bigger disappointment was Lazio losing control of the game or the refereeing controversies. His answer went straight to the mood inside the dressing room.

“The feeling is the same in the locker room too,” Sarri said. “If it were just the two incidents tonight, you’d think it was a bad night, but there were many incidents.”

He insisted the frustration is building because the players feel it has become a pattern, not an isolated episode.

“The players feel frustrated, it’s clear they could get upset,” he added. “We can’t influence it… it’s beyond our control, it’s a worrying situation.”

When asked if Lazio should simply accept the mistakes as part of the game, Sarri suggested he could only do that if the errors were evenly distributed.

“I would understand if there were mistakes on both sides, even with a couple of incidents in our favor,” he said. “But that’s not happening.”

On the incoming striker Petar Ratkov, Sarri chose honesty over easy statements. He admitted he does not personally know the player, mainly because he does not follow the Austrian league closely.

“I don’t know Ratkov, I don’t follow the Austrian league,” he said. “If the club signed him, they probably know him.”

Sarri also explained why this is normal, pointing to how modern clubs work.

“There aren’t many coaches who have time to watch the Austrian league,” he noted. “It’s no coincidence that clubs have seven or eight scouts… at Chelsea, there were more than thirty.”

Sarri also addressed the topic that worries fans the most: key players leaving, and why Lazio struggle to keep them when richer offers arrive.

“Castellanos and Guendouzi were very important to us,” he said. “If wage offers come in that we can’t match or even come close to, it’s clear they want to leave.”

On Guendouzi, Sarri made it even more personal, revealing how central the midfielder was in his long term vision.

“Guendouzi was one of the seven or eight players I was thinking of building the team around,” he said. “The player explained all his reasons to me, and they’re understandable.”

Sarri also confirmed he has been in contact with Giacomo Raspadori, but he was careful to frame it as a discussion about football, not a transfer operation.

“I spoke to him a while ago,” Sarri said. “Simply telling him what I think is a centre forward… I haven’t negotiated for him.”

Sarri’s words delivered two clear messages. First, Lazio feel the weight of controversial decisions and the coach senses the players are close to losing patience. Second, the transfer market is creating a new Lazio in real time, with Sarri forced to adapt, even while he openly admits he may not have full knowledge of every incoming profile.