Spezia-Verona, the official line-ups of the salvation play-off: the inside or outside that is worth a season. Prediction of goalscorers, cautioned players and shoot-out
What will materialise in a few hours at the Mapei Stadium will be the most important 90 minutes of the championship for Spezia and Verona. In fact, Semplici and Zaffaroni’s teams will face each other in the heartfelt salvation play-off. At stake, of course, the permanence in Serie A.
Semplici largely confirms the line-up that played at the Stadio Olimpico against Roma: N’Zola will play in attack and will have the task of breaking through a defensive wall made up of the trio of Magnani, Hien and Dawidocz. Zaffaroni relies on his star point from the first minute: Djuric will be the offensive terminal, supported by Ngonge and Verdi. Here are the complete choices of the two coaches:
- Spezia (3-5-2): Dragowski; Wisniewski, Ampadu, Nikolaou; Ferrer, Bourabia, Esposito, Zurkowski, Reca; Shomurodov, Nzola
- Verona (3-4-2-1): Montipò; Magnani, Hien, Dawidowicz; Faraoni, Tameze, Sulemana, Depaoli; Lazovic, Ngonge; Djuric
Spezia v Verona, goalscorer prediction
In the most important match, it will have to be the forwards who will magnetise the biggest chances and take their respective teams on their shoulders. Apart from the injury that kept him in the pits for several weeks, N’Zola’s season has finally been worthy of the name. Spezia’s totem could put his stamp on the match, taking advantage of one of the crosses the Ligurian outfielders will try to put into the heart of the opponent’s penalty area. On the opposite side, watch out for Lazovic, who has often managed to carve out a non-trivial role for himself in the decisive matches: the midfielder could hurt Spezia, perhaps by betting on his ballistic skills in shooting from the medium-long distance.
