The winger and the Serbian, out with an intestinal virus, will miss the second leg of the playoffs as will Romagnoli, Pedro and the suspended Patric. Sarri has called up three Primavera players
February 22 – Cluj (Romania)
Lazio in Cluj in an emergency. The Biancoceleste team moved to Romania this afternoon in view of the Conference League match that will be played tomorrow against Cluj.
We have to defend the 1-0 of the first leg to go through, but Sarri will have to do it with a largely reworked formation. In addition to the injured Romagnoli and Pedro and the disqualified Patric, Milinkovic and Zaccagni also remained in Rome. Both due to an intestinal virus. The Serbian has been dealing with it since last Saturday and in fact he already missed last Sunday’s championship match against Salernitana. It was thought he could recover in time for the Cup match, but the player is still weakened and so it was preferred to leave him in the capital. Zaccagni, on the other hand, was fine up until yesterday, he started having problems last night and thus he too was dropped from the squad for the match in Romania. A mockery within a mockery, because the former Verona player had missed the championship match against Salernitana due to disqualification and tomorrow he would be one of the few fresh players to field.
THE CHOICES
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Sarri will therefore have to do without five starters (Patric, who is a backup, would have been so given the absence of Romagnoli). It will not be easy to field a formation that is up to the task. Maximiano will return between the posts, who has now become the cup goalkeeper, the defensive line will be made up of Lazzari, Gila, Casale and Hysaj, in midfield there will be Cataldi, Luis Alberto and one between Basic and Vecino. In the offensive trident, space for Felipe Anderson, Immobile and one between Cancellieri and Romero. In order to complete the bench, Sarri was also forced to add three boys from Primavera: Renzetti, Ruggeri and Floriani Mussolini. Many young players, therefore, and several reinforcements to face a game that does not appear easy at all and which is decisive for Lazio’s European path.
February 22 – 18.00
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