‘We are improving’, Zaccheroni says

"di Andrea Rosselli

"No injury problems for Toro: against Lazio Alberto Zaccheroni will have the entire roster at his disposal, with the lone exception of Diaw Doudou, as the Senegalese defender will serve the last of his 5-matches ban for elbowing Cioffi in last season's playoff final against Mantova.

""We must build on what we did last Sunday" Zaccheroni said today at the end of the training session, "but in front of us there will be a very good opponent: they are a team, they know what they want and made the right moves during the transfer market. Toro is growing, now we know each other much better and the players are in a very good shape, but we need to collect more points in order to improve on the mental side as well. There won't be any special emotion in facing my former team, usually this counts more for the players, like Fiore and Pancaro".

"As for Lazio, none of the three regulars who missed last week's clash with Atalanta is supposed to recover in time for the Olimpico match: long-term injured Swiss midfielder Berhami won't be back before a couple of months, while veteran goalkeeper Peruzzi hasn't fully recovered from his wrist problem (his substitute will be 42 year-old Ballotta), midfielder Mutarelli is still sidelined with a muscular problem and Nigerian striker Makinwa (who only played five minutes against the Orobici before leaving the pitch with a thigh injury) should be out for at least one month.

"This means that most likely coach Delio Rossi will imitate his colleague and field exactly the same lineup of the previous rounds against Atalanta and Chievo: the only doubt concerns the right winger, who will be either Manfredini or Foggia. Anyway the guests will surely field a classical 4-4-2 formation with Oddo, Stendardo, Siviglia and Zauri on the defensive line, Manfredini (or Foggia), former Granata Gaby Mudingayi, Ledesma and Mauri in the middle, Pandev and Rocchi upfront. The bench should count on reserve goalkeeper Berni, Belleri, Cribari, Firmani, Baronio, Foggia (Manfredini) and Tare.