The last Lecce – Monza disputed in via del Mare is firmly engraved in the minds of many red and white fans. Sixth matchday of Serie A, 2022/2023 season: the eleventh of Mister Stroppa is last in the rankings, stuck at zero points. In Salento the match started on an uphill climb, with the home team coming close to taking the lead at least three times in the first 30 minutes. Then Stefano Sensi takes care of it: ballistic feat from a free kick and the ball in the back of the bag. In the second half, with gritted teeth, Pessina and his teammates will score their first historic point in Serie Awhich will help move the rankings but not to save the bench of Giovanni Stroppa, replaced by Raffaele Palladino.
New life
“I had that match seen on television” remembers the current Monza coach “It was the first historic point in Serie A for Monza, and honestly I really didn’t expect it it would have been me entrusted with the bench. For me it started like this a new, wonderful life. I am happy to represent this company and to have achieved such important goals”
This afternoon – kick-off at 3pm – the red and whites will face the Salento team in a completely different context: the salvation is acquired long ago, and the single point gained in the last 360 minutes of the game made Europe an increasingly blurry goal. Just to be clear: it’s fine, fine like this, but with 5 games the obligation is still to be disputed try to do the best you can:
“My team must not lose hunger to continue to improve, playing every match openly. We face a team that last season it has removed the possibility of arriving in Europe, while they were saved. This year at our home we weren’t able to win… well, I’m there Lots of motivation to play an important game, from “hungry”. It will be difficult given that Lecce is experiencing an excellent moment of form.”
All important
Palladino recover Akpa Akpro who served the disqualification round, while in the median Machin remains absent: “I’m lucky to have recovered someone in midfield. As I can choosedo some rotations and let someone rest. Everyone can play, everyone must feel important. The goal was salvation, Europe was a dream that could still come true. The championship is strange, balanced: we can score points in all the next matches or lose them all. The important thing is to maintain the mentality”.
Welcome back Gianluca
The only information on the Campania coach’s choices comes from the list of players called up: in addition to the aforementioned Akpa Akpro, there is the return of Gianluca Caprari to the group, against exactly the same opponent against whom he was seriously injured at the beginning of the season. It’s difficult to hypothesize the playing time for the number 10 from Monza, but undoubtedly a very important stage for his full return to the team group.
Mota is also unavailablestill struggling with an ankle injury, and Andrea Carboni, held back by a muscular problem. Still problems also for Ciurria. In the case of 4-2-3-1, in front of Di Gregorio there will be room for Izzo and Pablo Marì, with Birindelli on the right and at least three players in the running for the role of left back (Kyriakopoulos, Caldirola, D’Ambrosio). Bondo and Gagliardini are the favorites in midfield, with Pessina moved to the attacking midfield in a unit completed by two Maldinis, Zerbin and Valentin Carboni. Djuric reference striker.
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