21 days gone by, 17 still to be played: the Serie A championship enters the hot phase of the season and from next week the European cups will also return. For the seven Italian teams in the running, it’s already time to think about a few rotations, in order to get to top form for the first knockout round of the year. Below are the latest from the fields of the 22nd round of Serie A collected by TMW correspondents:
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MILAN-TURIN – Friday 10 February, 8.45 pm, Meazza stadium
MILAN (3-4-2-1): Tatarusanu; Kalulu, Kjaer, Thiaw; Saelemaekers, Tonali, Krunic, Theo Hernandez; Brahim Diaz, Leo; Giroud.
Coach: Pioli.
TORINO (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Djidji, Schuurs, Buongiorno; Aina, Adopo, Vlasic, Vojvoda; Miranchuk, Karamoh; Sanabria.
Coach: Juric.
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EMPOLI-SPEZIA – Saturday 11 February, 3.00 pm, Castellani stadium
EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicar; Ebuehi, DeWinter, Luperto, Parisi; Akpa Akpro, Marin, Bandinelli; Baldanzi; Caputo, Satriano.
Coach: Zanetti.
SPICE (3-5-2): Dragowski; Amian, Wiśniewski, Nikolaou; Holm, Bourabia, Esposito, Agudelo, Reca; Gas, Shomurodov.
Coach: Gotti.
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LECCE-ROME – Saturday 11 February, 6.00 pm, Via del Mare stadium
LECCE (4-3-3): Falcon; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Umtiti, Gallo; Blin, Hjulmand, Gonzalez; Strefezza, Colombo, Di Francesco.
Coach: Barons.
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Zalewski; Matic, Cristante, El Shaarawy; Dybala, Pellegrini; Abraham.
Coach: Mourinho.
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LAZIO-ATALANTA – Saturday 11 February, 8.45 pm, Stadio Olimpico
LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel; Lazzari, Casale, Romagnoli, Marusic; Milinkovic, Cataldi, Vecino (Luis Alberto); Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni.
Coach: Sarri.
ATALANTA (3-4-3): Female; Toloi, Djimsiti, Scalvini; Hateboer, De Roon, Koopmeiners, Ruggery; Boga, Hojlund, Lookman.
Coach: Gasperini.
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UDINESE-SASSUOLO – Sunday 12 February, 12.30, Dacia Arena
UDINESE (3-5-2): Silvestri; Becao, Bijol, Nehuen Perez; Ehizibue, Samardzic, Wallace, Arslan, Udogie; Success, Beto.
Coach: Sottil.
SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Advice; Zortea, Erlic, Ruan Tressoldi, Marchizza; Frattesi, Obiang; Berardi, Bajrami, Laurienté; defrel.
Coach: Dionisi.
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BOLOGNA-MONZA – Sunday 12 February, 3.00 pm, Dall’Ara stadium
BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Substitutes, Posch, Sosa, Kyriakopoulos; Dominguez, Schouten; Orsolini, Ferguson, Soriano; Zirkzee.
Coach: Motta.
MONZA (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio; Izzo, Pablo Mari, Caldirola; Ciurria, Pessina, Rovella, Carlos Augusto; Caprari, Mota Carvalho; Petagna.
Coach: Palladino.
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JUVENTUS-FIORENTINA – Sunday 12 February, 6.00 pm, Allianz Stadium
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Szczesny; Danilo, Bremer, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Fagioli, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Church, Vlahovic.
Coach: Merry.
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodò, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Duncan, Amrabat; Gonzalez, Barak, Saponara; Jovic.
Coach: Italian.
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NAPLES-CREMONESE – Sunday 12 February, 8.45 pm, Maradona stadium
NAPOLI (4-3-3): Takes; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Lozano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
Coach: Spalletti.
CREMONESE (3-5-2): Carnesecchi; Ferrari, Chiriches, Vasquez; Sernicola, Benassi, Meite, Pickel, Valeri; Tsadjout, Dessers.
Coach: Ballardini.
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HELLAS VERONA-SALERNITANA – Monday 13 February, 6.30 pm, Bentegodi stadium
HELLAS VERONA (3-4-2-1): Mount; Dawidowicz, Hien, Ceccherini; Depaoli, Duda, Tamez, Doig; Ngonge, Lazovic; Gaich.
Coach: Zaffaroni.
SALERNITANA (4-3-3): Ochoa, Sambia, Troost-Ekong, Bronn, Bradaric; Nicolussi Caviglia, Coulibaly, Vilhena; Candreva, Dia, Bonazzoli.
Coach: Nicole.
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SAMPDORIA-INTER – Monday 13 February, 8.45 pm, Ferraris stadium
SAMPDORIA (3-4-1-2): Audero; Murillo, Nuytinck, Amione; Zanoli, Winks, Rincon, Augello; Djuricic; Gabbiadini, Lammers.
Coach: Dejan Stankovic.
INTER (3-5-2): Onana; Skriniar, Unripe, Staves; Darmian, Barella, Brozovic, Calhanoglu, Dimarco; Lukaku, Lautaro.
Coach: Inzaghi.
