Towards Saturday's match in Mantua. Romagna is eligible. Thorstvedt will not be there

SASSUOLO Sassuolo began yesterday the approach march to the challenge against the team of the returning player Fabio Grosso – who served the suspension against Juve Stabia – at Mantova of the former Davide Possanzini, who awaits the Neroverdi at the pass. And, together with the week, the 'counting' of the available players has also begun since, net of the market negotiations that you read about elsewhere, there is no shortage of work for the Neroverdi medical staff. Compared to Saturday, it is possible to expect the availability of Romagna – absent since the end of November, the central defender was on the bench on Saturday – at least for a bit of the match and also that of the Dutchman Velthuis, who the January market added, about ten days ago, to the black-green defense but was stopped by an attack of flu. Certainly absent Christian Thorstvedt – it was Grosso himself who announced his absence in view of the trip to Mantua following tests that the Norwegian is undergoing and which, let's admit it, are worrying – while the object of evaluation are also Nicholas pierini, Matteo lovato e Laurs Skjellerup. The first, tired, has already 'skipped' Sassuolo-Juve Stabia, a match 'fatal' also for the defender and the Danish attacker, both of whom left early due to physical problems. We are not in an emergency, also considering the extra-large size of the squad available to Fabio Grosso, but certainly the black-green coach's choices will inevitably be conditioned by what the training sessions that will accompany Sassuolo towards the away match at the 'Martelli' will tell him. Which, in the meantime, has opened pre-sales for the away sector: tickets, which can be purchased on the Ticketone circuit, are on sale for 20 euros. Stefano Fogliani