Lazio FC

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Reja ready for Lazio battle

12 Feb 2010 - 07:17:32

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New Lazio head coach Edy Reja is relishing the challenge of trying to pull the club away from the Serie A relegation zone.

Reja has taken charge at Lazio following the sacking of Davide Ballardini and is ready for a tense first few months in the Stadio Olimpico hotseat.

He told reporters: "Lazio doesn't deserve this position in the league. We know these players well, they are good and the value is there.

"This team deserves better and I am happy to have accepted this task. I am sure it will be challenging."

Meanwhile, club president Claudio Lotito has claimed that he had to make a change, despite holding Ballardini in high regard.

He told Calciomercato.it: "Unfortunately football is about results and the first to go under the spotlight when things go wrong are the coach and the president.

"We chose Reja when it became clear the team needed a radical change of direction to find the strength and hunger to fight. Reja is experienced and a great coach.

"Unfortunately this was a necessary choice, but Ballardini remains without doubt a wonderful tactician and a good man."