Genoa - Lazio
on the pitch at 6.30pm on Friday 19 April LIVE for the 33rd matchday of Serie A
THE CALENDAR
THE RANKING
EVE
"We will face a team with great qualities, which has recently started a new path. We will have to be able to limit their individuality by exalting ourselves through the collective and the balance." Thus the Genoa coach,
Alberto Gilardino on the eve of the match at the Ferraris with Lazio, who will have to face without Bani and Messias, stopped by physical problems, while Malinovskyi and Vitinha have not yet recovered
. So it will be a Genoa in emergency, but Gilardino is focusing on his group: "To the absences of the last few weeks, after the last match there are added those of Bani and Messias. As I have always said, whoever has taken the field has always shown great availability and desire. It will be important to see them again tomorrow, in front of our people, who have followed us with affection in the last two weeks and tomorrow will support us and carry us along with their usual passion", underlines the coach, aware of the fact that salvation is now a possibility. archived practice. "We want to approach the match with the right attitude, aware of the path we have taken together so far and to be able to gain great satisfaction between now and the end of the season", adds Gilardino. The victory in the first leg at the Olimpico represented a significant crossroads for the rossoblù season, recalls the coach: "That match was the first important step in the championship, a test of strength and mentality after a difficult debut in which we were confronted with the category for the first time. It will be important to take the field with the same hunger and determination, both in the defensive and finishing phases", concludes Gilardino who will aim for a 3-5-2 with the attacking duo of Gudmundsson and Retegui.
Having found the three points in the bittersweet evening against Salernitana, Tudor and his Lazio do not want to stop, continuing to dream of a Champions League placement that has not yet faded
. This time the opponent of the day is called Genoa and the Croatian coach has the objective of restoring peace in an environment shaken by the certain farewell of Felipe Anderson, who will be a Palmeiras player from July, and by the announced farewell of Luis Alberto, probable after the exit at the end of the match against Salernitana, but only on condition that a team arrives with the offer invoked by president Lotito. Despite this, however, both will be part of the starting eleven that will challenge Gilardino's team by positioning themselves behind Castellanos. Furthermore, to remove the clouds, Tudor will try to look at the happy notes, starting from the return of Romagnoli, who has overcome the calf problem and will go to the bench, while for Immobile another shift in the pits is likely to present himself in good shape for the next one I commit. On the horizon, in fact, there is Juventus, to be challenged on Tuesday in the semi-final return of the Italian Cup, and the search for the feat by overturning two goals against the Bianconeri - victorious in the first leg - which would allow the Biancocelesti to play the last act of the event. Removing the discontent that is shaking the environment - so much so that the fans have started a petition asking Lotito to sell Lazio - is therefore the manager's imperative, albeit with an eye on the more immediate future represented by Juventus. The formation, therefore, will follow the one seen against Salernitana with the same eleven, there will be time for rotations. Among those absent there will still be Guendouzi, Provedel and Zaccagni with the freshly renewed winger representing one of the certainties from which to start again next year, the same in which Tudor hopes to be able to taste that Europe which has not yet completely faded away.
Probable lineups
Genoa
(3-5-2): 1 Martinez; 4 De Winter, 14 Vogliacco, 22 Vasquez; 90 Spence, 32 Frendrup, 47 Badelj, 8 Strootman, 3 Martin; 9 Retegui, 11 Gudmundsson. (16 Leali, 39 Sommariva, 20 Sabelli, 23 Cittadini, 2 Thorsby, 55 Haps, 18 Ekuban, 30 Ankeye, 53 Pittino) All.: Gilardino.
Suspended: none
Notified of a booking: Strootman and Gudmundsson
Unavailable: Matturro, Malinovskyi, Bani and Vitinha
Lazio
(3-4-2-1): 35 Mandas, 4 Patric, 15 Casale, 34 Gila; 77 Marusic, 5 Vecino, 6 Kamada, 29 Lazzari; 7 Felipe Anderson, 10 Luis Alberto, 19 Castellanos (33 Sepe, 59 Renzetti, 23 Hysaj, 3 Pellegrini, 13 Romagnoli, 32 Cataldi, 65 Rovella, 68 Coulibaly, 28 A.Anderson, 9 Pedro, 18 Isaksen, 70 Saná Fernandes) . Coach: Tudor
Suspended: none
Notified of a booking: Pedro
Unavailable: Provedel, Guendouzi Zaccagni, Immobile
Referee: Feliciani from Teramo