On the prospects of Jota’s involvement…
This is, for me, also the positive aspect of the League Cup because, as you have seen so far, we haven’t played with many starters yet. Mostly they were matches in which those who didn’t play much started the match. It’s really important. For Wata Endo, for example, he hasn’t played much, but fortunately for us he plays for his national team and the few times he can play in the League Cup also help him maintain the rhythm.
Diogo would definitely have been ideal for him, but after the match [con il Fulham] he wasn’t fully fit, so he didn’t train with us yesterday. Let’s see if he can train with us today. Don’t expect it to start. Hopefully he can get a few minutes, but don’t expect him to start tomorrow
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If Chiesa will be present…
It’s definitely a time where he can get minutes. The amount of minutes is a question mark. You can’t expect him to play at 90, I think, especially at his level, where the intensity is so high because he’s been out for five or six months now. But if he trains well, he will earn minutes, but it will be a game in which not all of our starters will start, so we have to manage the minutes.
If we want to use a few starters not for 90 minutes, we have to find a balance. I can only make five substitutions. So there can’t be more than five of those who gain minutes and come off perhaps at half-time because only five substitutions can be made. Federico will earn minutes tomorrow, regardless of whether he starts, comes on or plays in the second half, it’s something we have to make a decision on
during this day.
If “we can expect” Kelleher to start… Yes, you can
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