Against Como many absences for Patrick Vieira’s Genoa

Genoa tomorrow in Como to redeem the midweek defeat to Lazio but with many important absences. Patrick Vieira has to reckon with sure unavailable players such as Onana, Ekuban, Malinovskyi, Otoa (disqualified), Cornet and with some elements in doubt such as Vitinha and Zanoli “we will evaluate them tomorrow at the’last”.

It will be a Premier-flavored challenge between Vieira and Fabregas, the two Genoa and Como coaches in turn by players and ‘flags’ of Arsenal. “Cesc l’met him in his Arsenal days – Vieira explains – he was very young but already very mature for his age. He always liked proactive soccer and it shows, as a coach he is doing very well. Como is playing with confidence, they have a clear game identity and he is doing a good job. And he is a coach who likes his team to manage possession”.

Not an easy challenge for the Grifone also because Como is coming off three consecutive wins. “Como is a team with quality and has won the last three and winning is always difficult but when it happens it brings confidence and helps you play better. We will have to be focused, aggressive play with intensity”, Vieira stressed.

“The message from our side is clear: – he continues – we still have a lot to play for both collectively and individually and the next competitions both for me and my staff will be important to follow the behavior of the players, we want to create a group with elements that never give up and always work with concentration and determination. I will need this period a lot because I will ask a lot of them and I want to see how they behave”.

The goal is to repeat the start against Lazio but avoiding the red card that then affected the match. “To compete, balance will be important’he adds -. I liked the first 20 minutes against Lazio very much, both with Vitinha next to Pinamonti and for the work done by the midfielders, unfortunately we didn&#8217t score otherwise the match would have changed”.