That was seen in their last game being 3-1 at ht and then win 4-3. They will be buzzing. This is a big test to see just how much the last 2 games are really something to build on.
If these two are going to share minutes on the right until Under comes back then I would try and keep it as fair as possible for both especially now that Kluivert has shown promise on the right. So since Justin started against Sass I would start Zaniolo here and sub him in when the moment arises. Fresh legs was needed 10 mins earlier in the last game and I dont think we would have conceded that second goal.
I'd start Spina at LB. Florenzi had the EL game off now it's time to give Kolarov a game off. We can't play him every game like we have done in the past.
We play Atalanta midweek as well. So I'd play florenzi and spinny at fb, and hopefully spinny and kolarov Wednesday for Atalanta. Flo can come back in for lecce next weekend. I'd also consider resting Pellegrini and put Zaniolo at treq. LoPe can be a second half sub if we need/want.
Doesn't discredit the point. 3 goals is still a big climb in one half despite the man advantage. The group will have taken a lot of confidence from that to carry forward into this match.
I think we'll see the same line-up as against Sass with the exception of possibly Zaniolo coming in for Kluivert. Extremely hard to leave Nicky Zan out of the starting XI I'd have said.
#Ufficiale ⚽ 4-2-3-1 Pau Lopez Florenzi Mancini Fazio Kolarov Cristante Veretout Kluivert Pellegrini Mkitaryan Dzeko