Serie A returns with the sixteenth day, the first of the new year and after the long break for the World Cup in Qatar won by Messi's Argentina.
On the pitch at 12:30:
Salernitana-Milan DIRECT
and
Sassuolo Sampdoria
DIRECT
THE EVE
Pioli, Maignan?
He certainly won't be back anytime soon
- "Maignan? We don't know when he'll be back. All the assessments we're making tell us that it's not yet possible to push. We can't give a timeline but he certainly won't be back anytime soon": Milan coach Stefano Pioli told the on the eve of the match against Salernitana, commenting on the injury of the Rossoneri goalkeeper who had to postpone his return.
"The scar - explains the coach - is not yet in place and therefore we cannot risk it. In friendlies I gave more minutes to those who had played less. Tatarusanu will play tomorrow and he has all my confidence".
Nicola, Milan arrives we must have fun -
"During this long break we worked hard, now there is curiosity and the desire to get back to work. Tomorrow we face the reigning Italian champions, we have prepared ourselves well with patience and perseverance ".
This is how Davide Nicola, coach of Salernitana, presented the match against Milan scheduled at the Arechi.
"Milan faces off - he explains - by equalizing the ability to keep up from an athletic, organization and dribbling point of view. Each team tries to play its own game, we have to try to play our game by limiting their strengths. We will have to be organized and present,
Stankovic, now a hot heart and a cold head
- "A new league is starting for us. There will be 23 matches and 23 finals".
Coach Dejan Stankovic says this to Sampdoria's official channels as he shows his boys the way to seek salvation: "You need feet on the ground, a warm heart and a cold head", the coach continues, underlining the importance of long stop for the World Cup.
"The stop came at the right time, it certainly helped us. We got ready to fight, we have to be much stronger than before in the face of the difficulties that will surely come. It was 50 days of great work, we had to change many things. starting from the mentality: facing each opponent as if he were the last and looking at ourselves, always being compact, a group. I have seen good things and good responses,
