The new additions. Bonifazi also at the 'Mapei Center'

SASSUOLO Kevin Bonifazi, taken over by Sassuolo in loan by Bologna (who owns his contract and had temporarily sold it to Lecce) right on the last day of the transfer market, he joined his new teammates yesterday at the Mapei Center, where the team held an afternoon training session in view of the away from home on Saturday at Mantova. The centre-back has therefore met his new teammates, including Simone Verdi who, in turn, had already started training with Sassuolo during the morning session on Tuesday. Now only Mazzitelli is missing, struggling with the after-effects of a minor injury, who will join the group in the coming days. Yesterday, meanwhile, Lecce's sporting director, Pantaleo Corvino, spoke about the transfer of Bonifazi, not entirely expected by the fans since, upon his return from injury, coach Giampaolo had called him "a new purchase": "For a question of lists, we had to free up a place and we decided to make a sacrifice in the department in which we were most covered", he explained. ll