A runoff that would have been crazy to even imagine up to two months ago. Ahead of Sunday’s match at San Siro Igor Tudor finds himself faced with an extremely complicated choice. In fact, against Inter he will be definitively recovered Provedel after the now abundant two months of stoppage. Two months in which Mandas aggressively grabbed the headlines, reaching the pinnacle of his performances last Sunday against Empoli.
The situation
This situation came to pass because Provedel was involved in Lazio’s injury time last March 13th. A severe sprained ankle kept the former Spezia player out of action for around two months, despite good performances in training. In these two months he has risen to the chair Mandas, who as a mysterious object had already done well against Roma in the Italian Cup derby. However, in the last two months there has been a huge leap in quality and now removing Mandas from the field is almost impossible.
The Tudor Dilemma
Do I let the starting goalkeeper play or do I trust Mandas and effectively end the championship with the Greek? This is the big question Tudor will have to respond in the next 48 hours. Ahead of Inter there will be a significant run-off, with Provedel expected to play after Tudor’s investiture last week. “Provedel is and remains our number one. He’s not at his best yet: but I hope to have him soon.” Tudor’s pre-Empoli words are in favor of Provedel. But at this moment, and Tudor knows it, removing Mandas is impossible.
