"You can win or lose but mentality and attitude must not change. We cannot make mistakes, we cannot relax, even when we go to sleep we must keep an eye open". Thus the coach of Venice, Paolo Zanetti, in the pre-match against Sassuolo. The match against Fiorentina leaves positive aftermath, making the Venetians fly on the wings of enthusiasm, but the coach takes care of bringing everyone back to earth, without sparing the bad news. In addition to Johnsen's injury (out for two weeks): "Cow - he says - has stretched his calf, he's out for four games, Aramu has a fever and Heymans has flown to Belgium for a death in the family". Observing the glass half full, Zanetti clarifies that "those who have waited for this moment have the opportunity to show off".Ninth different formation, therefore, in the ninth game. "I'm honest - he notes -, I would have liked to confirm the team that played against Fiorentina, but this is football". In defense Caldara is respected, but "I saw Svoboda super good". As for the match against Sassuolo, Kyine and Haps will be sure to play, while Ampadu and Busio play in the direction: "The first can act as a dam, while the second when he plays from the mid-wing is decisive". Sigurdsson could also play part of the race. "We have to find out - he confides -, Okereke must explode, Henry is at 60-70%. We still have room for improvement". The ranking sees Venice and Sassuolo on equal points. "I think they have fewer points than they have shown they deserve on the pitch.We - he admits - must make up for the technical gap, I'm trying to make it clear that there are many ways to get to the result, there is not only quality, but tactics, physics, strategy, many components. We cannot ignore being those of Monday, otherwise we risk 'scoppole' from everyone ".
Probable formations of Sassuolo-Venice.
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): 47 Tips;
17 Muldur, 21 Chiriches, 31 Ferrari, 6 Rogerio;
8 Lopez, 16 Frattesi;
25 Berardi, 10 Djuricic, 7 Boga;
91 Scamacca.
(56 Pegolo, 3 Goldaniga, 5 Ayhan, 13 Peluso, 22 Toljan, 77 Kyriakopulos, 4 Magnanelli, 20 Harroui, 23 Traore, 97 Henrique, 92 Defrel, 18 Raspadori. All .: Dionisi. Disqualified: none. Warning: Lopez. Unavailable: Obiang.
Venice (4-3-3): 88 Romero;
7 Mazzocchi, 30 Svoboda, 32 Ceccaroni, 55 Haps;
27 Busio, 5 Vacca, 44 Ampadu;
10 Aramu, 77 Okereke, 14 Henry.
(1 Maenpaa; 3 Molinaro, 13 Modolo, 22 Ebuhei, 32 Caldara; 8 Tessmann, 18 Heymans, 23 Kiyine, 33 Crnigoj, 42 Peretz; 9 Forte, 11 Sigurdsson).
Coach: P. Zanetti.
Disqualified: none.
Beware: Heymans.
Unavailable: Ala-Myllymachi, Johnsen, Lezzerini.
Referee: Di Martino di Teramo.
Snai odds: 1.60;
4.25;
5.50.