Italian Cup: Lazio-Roma LIVE AND PHOTOS – Football

Lazio-Roma on the pitch at 6pm LIVE AND PHOTOS at the Olympic Stadium for the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup. The Capital derby is worth direct access to the semi-final of the tournament

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There are matches that can change the course of a season and the Coppa Italia Capital derby is one of them. “It’s a championship within a championship”, said the president of Lazio, Claudio Lotito, speaking of the little girl. “It’s an important event in which our fans must be our twelfth man on the pitch”, continued the Biancoceleste owner, present on the sidelines, together with the director Fabiani, in the finishing touches in Formello. A final training session which was also attended by around a hundred Lazio fans. The ultras leaders then stopped to talk with Immobile (who will be absent) and loaded up the team in view of a match which, unlike the first leg of the championship, does not include a draw. Here then is one of the most heartfelt sporting rivalries in Serie A, which has grown dramatically since the 2013 Italian Cup final won by Lazio, precisely to the detriment of Roma.. There are no longer any of those teams, but the referee, like ten years ago, will be Orsato. A whistle that Mourinho likes, still silent after last Sunday’s expulsion. He prefers to entrench himself in his Trigoria and Sarri does the same. Two coaches who, if they are experiencing opposite moments in terms of results, are united by the difficulties of a squad to manage given the many injuries.

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Because if at Lazio they have to deal with the less than optimal conditions of Isaksen, Zaccagni, Luis Alberto and Provedel, in Roma there is the usual emergency between defense and midfield that keeps Mourinho busy on the eve of the match. But the assessments to be made are different, starting with the fact that since it is a quarter-final of the Italian Cup, the two coaches will also have to think from the perspective of possible extra time and penalties. But if it is difficult for Isaksen and Zaccagni to even think about being called up, Luis Alberto is even hoping for something more than playing during the match in progress. Provedel will grit his teeth, struggling with a flu condition which shouldn’t compromise his ownership, while the attacking trident will necessarily be made up of Felipe Anderson, Castellanos and Pedro. But despite the aches and pains, Udine’s victory is the third in a row in the championship and if Lotito hopes to see in 2024 “a team that maintains the profile of the last few games”, on the other hand the Friedkins hope for a change of direction seen as in the last few Roma only won five matches before Christmas against Napoli.

Lukaku

This is why the cup is the classic sliding doors of the season, but what keeps Mourinho anxious are the usual problems in the infirmary. Llorente did not present any injuries after coming off with adductor discomfort against Atalanta, but he is destined to raise the white flag. The young Huijsen is ready in his place and will complete the department with Cristante and Mancini. Back tests, however, for Lorenzo Pellegrini, after the blow suffered in the clash with Scalvini, but nothing that should preclude his presence in the middle of the pitch where Paredes will return to the starting lineup together with Bove. In front, then, the Dybala-Lukaku duo again to try to reverse a trend in which Roma have won just one derby of the five played in the Mourinho era. Tomorrow’s game, however, will have the highest stakes at stake of those played so far: the semi-finals of the Italian Cup.

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2024-01-10 12:45:42
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