Romagnoli against Udinese became the fifteenth different Lazio scorer in this Serie A season. Despite inconsistent performances in the early months of 2025, the Biancocelesti are confirming themselves as a goal-scoring cooperative this season. Coach Baroni’s team philosophy, involving all squad members, is bearing fruit: all four central defenders, all forwards, and even attacking midfielders have scored at least one goal this season across league and cup competitions. However, one statistic clashes with these numbers: in the last 6 matches, only one goal has come from a player who started as a central forward.
Dia’s 2-2 goal against Napoli is the only one of Lazio’s last 7 goals scored by the central striker in Baroni’s 4-2-3-1 formation. The other goals in the last six games were scored by Zaccagni, Isaksen, Pedro, and Romagnoli, during matches played without Castellanos (who was substituted in the first half against Napoli). Noslin and Tchaouna have both disappointed in that role, while Dia himself has only played a few cameos there. Moreover, even before Taty’s injury, from January to today, among the other players deployed in that role from the start or as substitutes, only Dia scored against Como. The other goals have all come from attacking midfielders’ runs, wingers’ incursions, or in any case, not from the main striker. Often, however, Castellanos himself was useful in the final pass for teammates, even providing assists (two against Monza). Without him, not even those are happening. Fortunately for Baroni and all of Lazio, the Argentine is on his way back: he could return to the pitch as early as tomorrow against Viktoria Plzen. For the future, however, it seems increasingly urgent for the Biancocelesti coach to find solutions to improve the attack’s output.