Maurizio Sarri warns Torino ‘characteristics make them particularly tricky’ for Lazio to play against and they must be wary.
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“Torino are complicated for everyone, they caused us huge problems in the two matches last season and their characteristics make them particularly tricky for us to play against,” Sarri told Sky Sport Italia.
The coach has again dropped Luis Alberto to the bench, this time in favour of Matias Vecino rather than Toma Basic.
Meanwhile, former Shakhtar Donetsk player Marcos Antonio is still waiting for his Serie A debut.
“He comes from the Ukrainian league and has only been here for a month, so he needs time to settle in. We only didn’t play him off the bench in the first match because we were a man down.”
Mattia Zaccagni and Felipe Anderson again start flanking Ciro Immobile, but Pedro is back on the bench after injury.
“Zaccagni is improving, Felipe Anderson didn’t have many big moments in the first game, but he showed a lot of sacrifice and hard work for the team. We’re slowly getting Pedro back to fitness.”
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