Con Lazaro in forte dubbio e Gineitis squalificato, ecco le possibili soluzioni per la sfida contro il Napoli
Vanoli’s irreplaceable might again be missing from the roll call for the match against Napoli. The name can only be that of Valentino Lazaro, momentarily absent due to a calf injury from the match with Verona, has not yet returned to the group and his presence at the Maradona remains in strong doubt. An absence that weighs and will continue to weigh heavily, because the player has proven to be a key pawn in the Granata chessboard. The Austrian side had started 2025 well, but yet another physical problem has kept him off the field longer than expected.
Vanoli, who considers Lazaro to be one of his staples, will therefore have to find a credible alternative in the short term in order not to compromise the team’s tactical balance.Torino has everything to gain from trying to end the championship in the best possible way. That is also why losing a key player like him right now would not be an easy blow.
La carta Karamoh
If he had not been disqualified, the hottest name would have been Gineitis, having often substituted for the Garnet number 20. Once again Vanoli has to twist his strategies. Keeping the usual 4-2-3-1, one solution could be to move Elmas to the right – as has happened previously – and Karamoh to the left.
Pedersen più avanzato o un centrocampo più robusto
With the redemption obligation triggered right after the last challenge against Udinese, the second solution could be dictated by the graft of Pedersen, who returned against Udinese to wear the starting jersey. The Novarese man would go to act in an unusual position, the one usually covered by Lazaro, allowing Vanoli not to change the set-up.
Last alternative to Lazaro’s absence, Vanoli could instead launch a 4-3-2-1 with Ricci, Linetty and Casadei and with Elmas and Vlasic (assuming the Croatian recovers) behind Adams.
Eljif Elmas
