Grit your teeth for the first two games of 2022, on 6 January against Sampdoria and on 9 against Bologna, waiting for everyone to recover and for reinforcements to arrive from the market capable of turning a disastrous season up to now.

For the Befana match at Marassi Walter Mazzarri between Covid, injuries, suspensions, Africa Cup of Nations and purges will have the men numbered.

The rossoblù coach has to do without the various Nandez, Godin, Caceres, Strootman, Dalbert, Keità, Oliva and Ceter, in addition to the usual Rog and Walukiewicz. Small consolation, he can count on Matteo Lovato and Luca Gagliano, two more pawns who can prove useful in this shortage.

The squad is therefore decimated, in these two close matches you have to grit your teeth. Also because, given the ranking situation, every match is very delicate.

THE LIKELY FORMATIONS

Sampdoria (4-4-2): Audero, Bereszynski, Yoshida, Ferrari, Murru, Candreva, Ekdal, Thorsby,

Gabbiadini, Caputo, Quagliarella.

Cagliari (3-5-2): Cragno, Lovato, Ceppitelli, Carboni, Bellanova, Deiola, Grassi, Marin, Lykogiannis, Joao Pedro, Pavoletti.

(Unioneonline / L)

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