by Salvatore Riggio
The Saturday of the 31st matchday begins with Milan hosting Lecce and continues with the derby between Rome and Lazio. Closing out was Torino, chasing points for Europe A on the Empoli pitch
Three advance matches of the 31st day of the championship will be played today, Saturday 6 April. Spotlight on the Capital derby.
Milan-Lecce (3pm on Dazn)
Milan is in an excellent moment and has no intention of stopping. «The desire is there. We arrive at the important period of the season in good mental and playing conditions. He happened to win four in a row in the championship, never the fifth. Lecce have never conceded a goal since the change of coach and they have put Roma in difficulty, we will need a good performance”, explained Stefano Pioli. Instead, Luca Gotti said: «It will be a difficult match like all those in Serie A. Milan are a top-ranking team in an excellent moment. He manages the pitch differently and will force us to change some of the things that helped us against Roma.”
Roma-Lazio (6pm on Dazn)
It is Daniele De Rossi’s first derby as a coach, after having played in many as a player. And it arrives a few days before the Europa League quarterfinals against Milan. But Daniel De Rossi doesn’t want distractions: «Since it will be his first as a coach, his first as a footballer comes to mind. I took over in the derby where Mancini scored with his back heel and at the end of the match I was the happiest man in the world. If I’m not mistaken, I was 20 years old, but since then there have been so many that bringing out just one would be an understatement.” Same fate for Igor Tudor, his first as Biancoceleste coach: «It’s an important match for Europe. I am in love with my players, I consider them the strongest. I don’t want to comment or make controversy on the words of the other coach. I don’t like the definition of “last chance” which journalists instead like for headlines. It’s clearly an important match, but I always try to play down this world which for you is always black or white, but for me it’s grey.”
Empoli-Turin
(8.45pm on Dazn, Sky Sport, Sky Sport Calcio and streaming on Sky Go and Now) Empoli wants to forget the postponed defeat at San Siro against Inter on Easter Monday (2-0, 1 April). Davide Nicola needs safety points to get out of the gray area of the standings. Instead, Torino is looking for a third success in a row after those against Udinese (2-0, 16 March) and Monza (1-0, 30 March): «We always have to be on the ball, but he seems like a mature Toro: Even in difficulty we are always tough. We are solid and perform well, we must continue like this. Sometimes we win and sometimes we don’t, but we’ve been right for several months now. The ranking is always right. There are no regrets other than the injuries: you can’t do anything, captain”, the words of Ivan Juric.
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April 6, 2024 (modified April 6, 2024 | 06:58)
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