More stick than carrot. On the eve of the Olimpico match against Inter, Maurizio Sarri tries to stimulate the proud reaction of his Lazio after the Bologna knockout: "For tomorrow I expect a response from men rather than players, in Bologna we made a superficial team competition ". The Biancoceleste coach asks Lazio to return to play his football, even if the opponent is prohibitive and the 15-day stop for the national teams certainly did not make a field man like the Tuscan happy, who today in a press conference returned to underline: "Unfortunately, this is today's football, it probably doesn't belong to me, I'm a field technician. Every month we play seven games in 19 days, the remaining eleven players are in the national team. They train more there than with the clubs.We are no longer facing a sport but a show, where all the participants try to squeeze money from football fans. "
Many doubts, perhaps a bit of strategy and above all a lot of emotions just a few hours after "returning home", as Simone Inzaghi defined him. Inter prepares the match against Lazio at the Olimpico with more unknowns than certainties. The Nerazzurri coach is waiting to speak with Lautaro, Correa and Vecino after the commitments with the national teams and the long away matches. A condition he would have preferred to do without and Inzaghi does not hide it, even if he never raises his tone: "I'll see how they will be. La Liga is good at postponing matches, we had to talk about it at the beginning of the season. For tomorrow we have to grit our teeth and evaluate how the three South American players will arrive. It had already happened after the last stop but we had played on Sunday. This time it is special.Sanchez and Vidal will not come with us to Rome because they would have returned at 3 am ... ".
Probable formations
Lazio (4-3-3): 25 Reina;
77 Marusic, 3 Luiz Felipe, 4 Patric, 23 Hysaj;
21 S. Milinkovic-Savic, 6 Leiva, 10 Luis Alberto;
7 Felipe Anderson, 17 Building, 9 Pedro.
(1 Strakosha, 29 Lazzari, 26 Radu, 19 Vavro, 32 Cataldi, 5 Escalante, 8 Akpa Akpro, 88 Basic, 20 Zaccagni, 94 Muriqi, 18 Romero, 27 Moro).
Coach: Sarri.
Disqualified: Acerbi.
Be wary: none.
Unavailable: none.
Inter (3-5-2): 1 Handanovic;
37 Skriniar, 6 De Vrij, 95 A. Bastoni;
36 Darmian, 23 Barella, 77 Brozovic, 5 Gagliardini, 14 Perisic;
9 Dzeko, 10 Lautaro.
(97 Radu, 2 Dumfries, 33 D'Ambrosio, 13 Ranocchia, 20 Calhanoglu, 32 Dimarco, 11 Kolarov, 8 Vecino, 19 Correa, 91 Satriano).
Herdsman: S.Inzaghi.
Disqualified :: none.
Be wary: none.
Unavailable: Eriksen, A.Sanchez, Sensi, A.Vidal.
Referee: Irrati from Pistoia.
Snai odds: 3.35;
3.25;
2.25.