Gattuso warns Lazio not to cool off during long break

Lazio's best-ever Serie A start has Gattuso smiling, but a 20-day shutdown has him worried about losing momentum.

What happened. Gennaro Gattuso used a 2-0 friendly win over Arezzo to experiment during the international break and deflected praise for Lazio's record start onto his squad. He admitted concern that a 20-day inactive spell could see his team's intensity drop.

• Lazio are joint top with 13 points from five games, their best ever Serie A start.
• Gattuso paired Andrea Pinamonti and Tijjani Noslin in attack as one option.
• He praised his four centre-backs and the Primavera players who featured.

“When you're inactive for 20 days the adrenaline drops, and we have to be good at not letting the temperature fall”

— Gennaro Gattuso

Lazio return to action after the break hoping to preserve the form that has them level at the summit.

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