Europa League, Lazio, Immobile and Acerbi towards the return with Porto

Confidence is growing for the returns of Immobile and Acerbi. Lazio focuses on their recovery for Thursday night’s match against Porto. At the Olimpico the 2-1 of last week in Portugal will have to be overturned: to access the round of 16 of the Europa League it will be necessary to win with two goals. The challenge against the team coached by the former Sergio Conceicao thus becomes a crossroads for the Biancoceleste season. It is essential for Maurizio Sarri to be able to recover two pillars of the caliber of Francesco Acerbi and Ciro Immobile.

SITUATION

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The defender yesterday returned to training at full capacity after the stop suffered in the match against Empoli on 6 January. A second degree strain to the left thigh flexor that deprived the rear of its leader for nine games. Acerbi is re-assembling the athletic outfit after the pit stop. In tomorrow’s refinement, the situation will be assessed to decide whether he can be relaunched from the first minute against Porto. And the last training towards the match against Conceicao’s team will also be decisive for evaluating the chances of Immobile. The goalscorer missed the matches in Porto and Udine due to flu. He has recovered and wants to return to the field on Thursday. It is possible that he can start from the start, but it is also true that given the non-optimal conditions in the post, it influences his use of him is then balanced during the race, especially in consideration of the possibility of the overtime queue. A speech that also involves Acerbi looking at the next championship match, that of Sunday night at the Olimpico against Napoli, a big match that involves the prospects of qualification in the European cups for next season.

YOU WERE TRAINING

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Against Porto Sarri he will have to give up Pedro. The Spanish winger stopped in Udine with a tibial tendon problem in his left leg. Yesterday the controls in Paideia have opened some glimmers but only for the match against Napoli. In these days Pedro will undergo various therapies and then will be evaluated. In the meantime, for Thursday Sarri will be able to count on the returns of Leiva and Luis Alberto, stopped due to disqualification in Udine. Thus the midfield will find the full version.