Kalulu, called to overtime, will partner with Gatti while Koop is increasingly at ease on the left
Alarm returned to the defense, at least partially. Spalletti has recovered two defenders in recent days: Kelly and Cabal. Both have returned to work with the group and are available with Fiorentina, thus easing the emergency due to the suspensions of Rugani (out for the next twenty days due to a low-grade lesion of the soleus of his right leg) and Bremer (who is targeting Napoli). The bench in Florence is probable for those returning from the infirmary, but a very useful presence for any problems to be managed during the match in progress.
TOWARDS FIORENTINA
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Together with Koopmeiners, who is increasingly comfortable in the left arm position, the ones chosen to protect Di Gregorio should be Gatti and Kalulu. The latter is the player with the most minutes since the start of the season: 1350 minutes, in 15 appearances. Together with Vlahovic the defender has played in all the matches scheduled so far, but unlike the attacker he has held out for the entire playing time. In the next series of races he will probably have to work overtime, so as to regain the condition of his teammates who have just returned from the stops.