Maurizio Sarri has refused to reveal if he would play Juventus’ much-vaunted attacking trident against Sampdoria tomorrow.
After catching the eye in back-to-back games against Udinese and Bayer Leverkusen, fans are now clamouring for Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo to stick together.
However, Sarri said at a press conference: “I still don’t know if I will play the trident again tomorrow, I want to see how the players are first.
Maurizio Sarri has refused to reveal if he would play Juventus’ much-vaunted attacking trident against Sampdoria tomorrow.
After catching the eye in back-to-back games against Udinese and Bayer Leverkusen, fans are now clamouring for Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo to stick together.
However, Sarri said at a press conference: “I still don’t know if I will play the trident again tomorrow, I want to see how the players are first.
“Yesterday, we did some light training, I must do another training session before the match to figure out how to deal with Sampdoria.
“They’re a team that comes from an enthusiastic success in the derby and the teams of Mr. Ranieri is always difficult to play against.”
Lazio beat Cagliari 2-1 on Monday and their next game is against Juve in the Supercoppa, giving them two extra days to rest before the showdown in Saudi Arabia.
“That’s the calendar and it’s OK,” assured the coach.
“The mistake was to make the Biancocelesti play on Monday. Now they’ve chosen to do it like this, and it’s useless to linger on this issue.”
Ronaldo has played in four successive matches for the Old Lady, so is he about to make it five?
“Let’s see, I still have to decide. In general, those up front seem fine. Douglas Costa and [Aaron] Ramsey are also returning.
“[For Adrien Rabiot] it seems like he still needs more time to play. If he has completely recovered, he can safely enter the pitch.
“We are asking for a lot of sacrifices from [Blaise] Matuidi, maybe he will just do a little bit this time.”
The Bianconeri were drawn Olympique Lyonnais in the last 16 of the Champions League yesterday, but the former Napoli made it clear he was not thinking about that right now.
“I don’t care right now, there are other games in between them and there’s also the transfer market. It wouldn’t be fair to give a judgement right now.
“The biggest fear was to face Real Madrid and we avoided it, so it could have been worse, yes. But, anyway, it’s always difficult in the Champions League.”