Verona-Lecce opens the 19th matchday of Serie A on Saturday at 3 pm, the last match of the first leg of the championship
Strengthened by six consecutive useful results, coach Marco Baroni's team will try at 'Bentegodi' to extend the positive streak, and start a triptych (Verona, Salernitana and Cremonese) on the right foot which, if passed positively, would keep Lecce at safety distance from the bottom of the standings.
In the usual conference on the eve of the match, the Giallorossi coach framed the match as follows: "It's a direct match that we're going to play at Verona, but we have to think about ourselves and our performance. We'll find an opponent who doesn't deserve points in the standings which he has. These are our matches, in which it is necessary to have compactness and the ability to sacrifice".
"We look at the opponent with confidence and respect - he adds - with the aim of winning and achieving results".
on the
starting eleven, the coach is not overwhelmed: "The boys are fine, everyone will need to keep up the pace and race. Verona have aggression, and it's a difficult formation to face. I still have some doubts about the formation, because the team is doing well".
Baroni is back on a field and in a city that saw him as a protagonist as a footballer: "Verona - confirms the coach - was an important step in my career".
Probable formations of Verona-Lecce.
Verona (3-4-2-1): 1 Montipò;
29 Dawidowicz, 6 Hien, 17 Ceccherini;
29 Depaoli, 61 Tameze, 14 Ilic, 3 Doig;
30 Kallon, 8 Lazovic;
19 Djuric.
(16 Chiesa, 22 Berardi, 34 Perilli, 21 Gunter, 23 Magnani, 32 Cabal, 42 Coppola, 24 Terracciano, 10 Hrustic, 11, Lasagna, 4 Veloso, 77 Sulemana, 7 Verdi, 9 Henry, 20 Piccoli).
All.: Zaffaroni.
Disqualified: none.
Beware: none Unavailable: Pharaohs.
Lecce (4-3-3): 30 Falcone;
17 Gendrey, 6 Baschirotto, 93 Umtiti, 97 Pezzella;
29 Blin, 42 Hjulmand, 16 Gonzalez;
27 Strefezza, 9 Colombo, 11 Di Francesco.
(1 Bleve, 21 Brancolini, 7 Askildsen, 13 Tuia, 14 Helgason, 22 Banda, 25 Gallo, 28 Oudin, 31 Persson, 32 Maleh, 77 Ceesay, 83 Lemmens, 84 Cassander).
All.: Barons.
Disqualified: none.
Be wary: Di Francesco, Gonzalez, Umtiti.
Out: Dermaku, Pongracic.
Referee: La Penna of Rome.
Snai shares: 2.40: 3.05;
3.25.