Spalletti: 'Vermaelen has a sports hernia, Jesus will be benched against Torino'
“When we talk about Torino I feel a particular respect stir up in me, those who love this sport remember what the Grande Torino did”.
“It’ll be a difficult game, Sinisa [Mihajlovic] is the coach of Torino and he fits the bill, he’s got great character, he’s shown it both as a player and as a coach, we’ll have to fight hard in this one.”
There was some bad news however, with the former Sampdoria and Zenit Coach confirming that Thomas Vermaelen has a sports hernia. “The situation is the same as it’s been for weeks. Vermaelen is out, he has a sports hernia.
“That said there are many types of hernia, some which can heal in 15 days, others which need more time. A lot of things have written, for now it’s a sports hernia”.
Talk turned to the team selection, where we found out that Juan Jesus will be benched./
“I trust Juan Jesus but Fazio and Manolas will play in the middle”.
The Coach finally made a joke about Francesco Totti’s upcoming birthday party...
“He invited me to his party and I think I’ll go and say hi, wish him Happy Birthday and leave… when they see me come in I won’t be welcome (laughs).
