Inter coach Luciano Spalletti and his Sassuolo counterpart Roberto De Zerbi have decided to field the following 22 players in the opening match of the 2018/2019 Serie A season at the Stadio Mapei in Reggio Emilia.
Spalletti has decided to rest Milan Skriniar and Ivan Perisic which means that new signing Kwadwo Asamoah will play on the left wing with former Sassuolo player Matteo Politano playing on the right wing and Lautaro Martinez playing between the two behind Mauro Icardi up front.
Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Lirola, Magnani, Ferrari, Rogerio; Bourabia, Magnanelli, Duncan; Berardi, Boateng, Di Francesco.
Substitutes: Pegolo, Satalino, Sernicola, Dell’Orco, Adjapong, Sensi, Locatelli, Djuricic, Boga, Matri, Odgaard, Babacar.
Inter (4-2-3-1): Samir Handanovic; Danilo D’Ambrosio, Stefan De Vrij, Joao Miranda, Henrique Dalbert; Matias Vecino, Marcelo Brozovic; Matteo Politano, Lautaro Martinez, Kwadwo Asamoah; Mauro Icardi.
Substitutes: Padelli, Berni, Skriniar, Ranocchia, Vrsaljko, Gagliardini, Borja Valero, Candreva, Karamoh, Keita Baldé, Perisic.
Referee: Mariani.
Assistant referees: Carbone and Ranghetti.
Fourth Official: Di Paolo.
VAR: Valeri and Del Giovane.
