Monza go host Sassuolo for Serie A match tonight, and the game don carry plenty weight for coach Ivan Juric and him boys. The match dey set for Brianteo, 20:45, as Monza dey find first win for this Serie A season. Before kickoff, Sassuolo coach Alberto Aquilani also talk about Esposito national team call.
For Monza side, talk say dem dey with back against wall after only four matchdays fit be too much. But the truth be say dem need win. The table currently put Monza for eighteenth position with one point. A win go help dem straighten classifica small before national break, and e go also give Juric and him players better peace of mind.
Juric face Sassuolo wey dey motivated after their performance against Juventus. The coach no hide say e know the game no go easy. But e still believe say him team must go for victory. For him, result no dey come, even though e feel say performance and play don dey okay.
For press conference, Juric talk say: “For football, I don used to everything, but this week no be turbulent one, I dey calm. We dey fourth as expected goals; for me we dey do well for play and performances. So e dey harder to see say results no dey come. We must improve for back. Sometimes we defend well because opponents no shoot plenty, but we collect eleven goals from seventeen shots, na simple reasoning. Now head to Sassuolo, dem strong well well. But we want win.”
Juric still yan about the kind attitude e want from him players. E say work don dey excellent, but dem need the correct aggression, using Chiellini and that type of defenders as model. E add say only some players get that character. One of them na Pessina, and e say dem miss am well well because e get experience and e sabi him game. Monza no get luck with Pessina injury, plus the injuries of Ziolkowski and Touré.
For team selection, change for goal na expected. Tornqvist go play im first time, as e replace Thiam, wey no really shine for recent games. Juric talk about Demba: “Demba don do good things and some things wey no good, we know am because na him first year for Serie A. Now Noel go get chance.” For defense, Goglichidze fit enter, but the usual trio Carboni, Lucchesi and Kouadio still dey favored, even after bad outing for Lecce. For midfield, main doubt na Mangas on left flank. The Portuguese look say e recover after physical problem wey e get for Salento, but if e no fit start, Bakoune dey ready. For attack, Robinson and Varela dey go toward confirmation. Colpani and Zeballos dey fight for the other place for trequarti. Juric talk about Colpani: “E get great technical qualities, for some matches e do well, but I expect more from am.”
Before the league clash against Monza, Alberto Aquilani congratulate Esposito for the national team call. The Sassuolo coach talk say: “Seba na strong footballer, e get natural quality, and for am this call suppose be starting point. E get everything to play for the Azzurri, but e must keep him feet for ground.”
Official formation for Monza show say Tornqvist go start; Kouadio, Lucchesi, Carboni dey defence; Birindelli, Folorunsho, Akinsanmiro and Mangas dey midfield; Cutrone, Robinson and Varela lead attack. Sassuolo official lineup na Muric; Cinquegrano, Caleta-Car, Leysen and Doig; Thorstvedt, Matic and Bakola; Berardi, Esposito and Laurienté.
