Brevi and Rosina to replace Cioffi and Muzzi

"di Andrea Rosselli

"Last training session for the Granata before boarding on the plane to Cagliari, where Zaccheroni's troops will face the rossoblù on Saturday evening.

"The Granata coach called 20 players for the Sardinia trip: goalkeepers Abbiati and Taibi, defenders Balestri, Brevi, Doudou, Franceschini, Di Loreto, Martinelli, Comotto, Orfei and Pancaro, midfielders Barone, Gallo, De Ascentis, Rosina, Fiore, Music and Lazetic, strikers Stellone and Oguro.

"Bad news then from the infirmary, as the number of sidelined players raised to seven. The main problems are on the offensive side, as Stellone and Ogurio are the only healthy strikers: Abbruscato is still suffering by a knee inflammation, Muzzi by the muscular injury that forced him to leave the pitch last Sunday and Konan by an ankle problem.

"Furthermore, the Granata will miss defender Melara (congestion), midfielder Ardito (back spasm) and former Cagliari winger Ferarrese (calf problem), while Cioffi will need a couple of weeks in order to recover from his cheekbone fracture.

"Even though the training session was a closed-door one, just like yesterday, it's not too difficult to figure out which lineup will enter the Cagliari pitch tomorrow evening. Zaccheroni should field the same eleven of last week's win over Chievo, with the obvious exception of injured Cioffi and Muzzi: the substitutes will likely be Muzzi and Rosina respectively, although the former Milan coach could bench once again the Italy under 21 international and choose a more offensive option with Japanese Oguro, who impressed during the week as well as in the 40 minutes he played against Chievo.