Inter coach Antonio Conte and his Lecce counterpart Fabio Liverani have decided to field the following 22 players in tonight’s Serie A season opener at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, in Milano’s San Siro district with kick off scheduled for 20.45 CET.
The former Juventus and Chelsea manager has decided to field 2 if Inter’s new summer signings, including Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku who arrived from Manchester United.
Moments ago, Inter released a statement that Andrea Ranocchia will replace Stefan de Vrij, no reason has been given but it is widely believed that the Dutchman injured himself during the warmup.
Inter (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Danilo D’Ambrosio, Stefan de Vrij, Milan Skriniar; Antonio Candreva, Matias Vecino, Marcelo Brozovic, Stefano Sensi, Kwadwo Asamoah; Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
Substitutes: Daniele Padelli, Tommaso Berni, Andrea Ranocchia, Alessandro Bastoni, Valentino Lazaro, Federico Dimarco, Henrique Dalbert, Borja Valero, Roberto Gagliardini, Nicolo Barella, Matteo Politano, Sebastiano Esposito.
Injured: Diego Godin.
Lecce (4-3-1-2): Gabriel; Rispoli, Rossettini, Lucioni, Calderoni; Petriccione, Tachtsidis, Majer; Falco; La Mantia, Lapadula.
Substitutes: Vigorito, Bleve, Riccardi, Vera, Benzar, Haye, Mancosu, Shakov, Farias, Dubickas, Tabanelli, Dell’Orco.
Injured: Fiamozzi, Meccariello and Lo Faso.
Referee: La Penna.
Assistant referees: Giallatini and Prenna.
Foruth Official: Volpi.
VAR: Mazzoleni and Fiorito.
