Andrea Mandorlini is confident Verona’s Europa League hopes are still alive ahead of today’s early kick-off with Catania.
It starts at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT), click here for a match preview.
Andrea Mandorlini is confident Verona’s Europa League hopes are still alive ahead of today’s early kick-off with Catania.
It starts at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT), click here for a match preview.
“Catania are gambling with their last chance to stay in Serie A, so I am sure we’ll face a team that is determined, tough, combative and difficult to beat,” warned the Hellas Coach.
“We have only one result that will suit us: victory.”
Juan Iturbe has shaken off a right ankle injury to be part of the squad, though Romulo, Massimo Donati and Raphael Martinho miss out.
There is a massive fight for Europa League spots, as Parma, Milan, Torino, Lazio” data-scaytid=”9″>Lazio and Verona are all within a two-point radius.
“We are up there, but have to take it one game at a time without making any more calculations. We must ignore the other teams until we’ve got our own result.
“We had that mentality against Atalanta” data-scaytid=”18″>Atalanta last week and it worked, as we came away with three points.”
Verona squad for Catania: Rafael, Nicolas; Cacciatore, Moras, Marques, Pillud, Agostini, Albertazzi, Gonzalez, Maietta; Donadel, Marquinho, Cirigliano, Hallfredsson, Donsah, Sala; Cacia, Toni, Iturbe, Jankovic, Rabusic, Gomez Taleb