Vincenzo Montella says young goalscoring hero Manuel Locatelli 'is fresher' than the other squad members and could start on Tuesday versus Genoa.

"If possible, I would like to make one change to the team and no more, excluding the goalkeeper, the Coach continued in his pre-match press conference.

Vincenzo Montella says young goalscoring hero Manuel Locatelli 'is fresher' than the other squad members and could start on Tuesday versus Genoa.

"If possible, I would like to make one change to the team and no more, excluding the goalkeeper, the Coach continued in his pre-match press conference.

"Niang? On his return against Juventus there was a misunderstanding: he thought that someone from the medical staff I had recommended he should be substituted. But I decided on my own, against Juventus we could not afford to have anyone on the pitch that was even at 80%.

"Yesterday he was fine, today I have not seen him yet. Locatelli instead is fresher than the others: I think there is no need to replace him The group are guided, supported and helped, especially the young ones, who count a lot on their families."

Montella was asked again about whether the goal scored by Miralem Pjanic for Juventus, which was subsequently disallowed should have stood.

"The goal of Pjanic? Against Sampdoria there was a clear penalty on Bonaventura, in Florence it seemed like the foul on Luiz Adriano was a clear penalty, but it was outside the box.

"This shows how difficult it is to do the referee’s job. Sometimes decisions are favourable, sometimes they are unfavourable . The goal of Juventus would have been correctly judged with a Video Assistant Referee, and I am in favour of this technology."

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