Luciano Spalletti doesn't like the word turnover, but on the other hand, when you change six players compared to the previous match and half the starting team is resting waiting for Barcelona, even a coach who has few rivals in terms of dialectics like the Tuscan will struggle to find an effective synonym.
Maybe there's no need to do so after the comfortable Saturday afternoon that the Nerazzurri experienced against Genoa, overwhelmed 5-0 in the first advance of the eleventh day of the championship. Because if talking openly about second lines on the eve of an important match could seem indelicate, after a resounding success like the one against the Rossoblu the assumption of the day before, the classic "Everyone's a starter here", takes on more value, a hero's day for Roberto Gagliardini, on the pitch for the man of destiny Matias Vecino and author of a brace. Goals not memorable in terms of technical workmanship, but which give a sign of the rediscovered enthusiasm of the former Atalanta player, on the sidelines this season: his was the goal that opened the scoring, in a melee in the 14th minute, and his the hat-trick in an empty net at the start of the second half after a parry by Radu on Perisic. In the 17th minute of the first half, the doubling was scored by Matteo Politano, one of the regular starters, on an assist from the reborn Joao Mario, in his second consecutive start, who scored in the final minutes for the poker and was ready to put Spalletti in difficulty in view of the Barcelona match: Nainggolan, who came on in place of the Portuguese and scored the fifth goal in the last second, can return with complete calm.
Article published on November 3, 2018 - 17:28 PM - News Desk
