The Curva Nord of the Via del Mare stadium in Lecce has displayed a controversial banner against the club on the occasion of the match currently underway against Empolimatch valid for the 12th matchday of Serie A. “US Lecce: between balance sheets and capital gains, respect these people”, it says on the banner. It is a clear reference to what – for the Giallorossi people – were the too many transfers made by president Sticchi Damiani’s company in the last transfer market sessions.
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In the pre-match, the Giallorossi sporting director Stefano Trinchera launched an appeal to the team which after eleven matchdays is in the relegation zone: “Tonight we need to rediscover our identity, over the years we have achieved extraordinary results with our spirit and recently this spirit has been missing. The data is a bit disconcerting, the scoring phase is very precarious and we concede too many goals. At home we have never lacked so far in spirit, we start from a solid base with nine starters from last season and therefore the conditions are there, but we need to improve on obvious critical issues.”
Lecce-Empoli, the official lineups
Lecce (4-2-3-1): Falcon; Guilbert, Gaspar, Baschirotto, Gallo; Ramadani, Rafia; Dorgu, Oudin, Banda; Krstovic.
Coach: Luca Gotti
Empoli (3-5-2): Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Haas, Maleh, Cacace; Colombo, Pellegri.
Coach: Roberto D’Aversa