There are 30 million euros on the plate. This is the economic value of access to Champions League group stage, the goal that the Lazio to be played this evening from 20 and 45 on the field of Bayer Leverkusen.
The Biancocelesti start from the 1-0 victory obtained last week at the Olimpico: a positive result, but which does not leave Pioli's team alone, orphaned not only by Marchetti, Djordjevic e Klose (who was injured in the first leg against the Germans), but also the Argentine Lucas Biglia, who last Sunday – after scoring the Biancazzurri's first goal in this Serie A against Bologna – had to leave the field due to a muscle problem that will keep him out for at least a month.
In midfield, therefore, space for one between Onaz e Cataldi (the Nigerian has the advantage), while in attack it is obvious that he will be at the center of the trident once again Keita, who, starting at the beginning of the market, scored Lazio's goal in the first leg of the playoffs and is now an essential point of reference for Pioli's 11 players. The biggest doubts are in defense, where Lazio could switch from the 4-man line-up used up to now to the 3-man one.
Here are the probable formations that will take the field tonight:
Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1): Leno; Hilbert, Tah, Papadopoulos, Wendell; Bender, Kramer; Bellarabi, Calhanoglu, Son Heung-Min; Kiessling. Subs: Kresic, Boenisch, Donati, Ramalho, Kruse, Brandt, Seung-Woo, Mehmedi. Coach: Schmidt.
Lazio (3-4-3): Berisha; Mauricio, de Vrij, Radu; Basta, Onazi, Parolo, Lulic; Candreva, Keita, Felipe Anderson. Unavailable: Guerrieri, Braafheid, Patric, Hoedt, Konko, Gentiletti, Cataldi, Milinkovic-Savic, Morrison, Oikonomidis, Kishna. Coach: Pioli.
