Lazio name depleted squad for Arezzo friendly and outline likely XI | OneFootball

Lazio host Arezzo behind closed doors at the Formello Training Centre on Sunday, with kick-off at 15:00 CET. A stretched squad is set for the friendly.

Gennaro Gattuso wants momentum preserved during the extended international break, so Lazio will play two Serie B friendlies, against Arezzo then Juve Stabia. According to The Laziali, the club have named their matchday squad for the first fixture.

Eight players are away on international duty. Nicolo Rovella and Matteo Cancellieri are injured, while Adam Marusic, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and Danilo Cataldi are being rested as they step up towards full fitness. Patric is also absent, reportedly in Dubai hoping to finalise a move to Al-Ittifaq before Monday’s Emirati transfer deadline.

Squad list, by unit: goalkeepers, Edoardo Motta, Pannozzo, Renzetti. Defenders, R. Bordon, Ciucci, Danilho Doekhi, Romano Floriani Mussolini, Manuel Lazzari, Diogo Leite, Alfonso Pedraza, Luca Pellegrini. Midfielders, Reda Belahyane, Canali, Valerio Farcomeni, Gatto, Milillo, Morelli, Santagostino. Forwards, Montano, Tijjani Noslin, Andrea Pinamonti, Federico Serra, Sulejmani, Mattia Zaccagni.

With Christos Mandas away, Motta should start. Doekhi and Leite could partner in central defence, with Floriani Mussolini and Pedraza favoured at full-back ahead of Lazzari and Pellegrini, the latter omitted from the Serie A squad. Belahyane is the only senior midfielder available, so he could join Farcomeni in a four-two-three-one, with Noslin behind Pinamonti and Zaccagni and Serra on the flanks.

Source: The Laziali

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