Inter coach Simone Inzaghi and his Empoli counterpart Aurelio Andreazzoli have decided to field the following 22 players in tonight’s Coppa Italia Round of last 16 clash at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, with kick-off scheduled for 21.00 CET.
The Nerazzurri coach has made quite a few changes that drew Atalanta away on the weekend in the Serie A with Andrei Radu starting in goal, Roberto Gagliardini starting in midfield with Joaquin Correa joining Lautaro Martinez up front.
Inter (3-5-2): Andrei Radu; Danilo D’Ambrosio, Andrea Ranocchia, Federico Dimarco; Denzel Dumfries, Matias Vecino, Arturo Vidal, Roberto Gagliardini, Matteo Darmian; Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa.
Substitutes: Samir Handanovic, Alex Cordaz, Stefan De Vrij, Milan Skriniar, Alessandro Bastoni, Aleksandar Kolarov, Ivan Perisic, Nicolo Barella, Stefano Sensi, Hakan Calhanoglu, Alexis Sanchez, Edin Dzeko.
Suspended: Marcelo Brozovic (1 match).
Empoli (4-3-2-1): Furlan; Fiamozzi, Romagnoli, Viti, Marchizza; Asllani, Stulac, Bandinelli; Zurkowski; Cutrone, Pinamonti.
Substitutes: Vicario, Ujkani, Tonelli, Ismajli, Stojanovic, Pezzola, Bajrami, Ricci, Damiani, Henderson, Mancuso.
Suspended: La Mantia (1 match).
Injured and unavailable: Luperto, Parisi, Haas, Di Francesco, Ekong and Baldanzi.
Referee: Sacchi.
Assistant referees: Bottegoni and Margani.
Fourth Official: Colombo.
VAR: Giua and Vivenzi.
