Sampdoria coach Claudio Ranieri has claimed Serie A will be concluded ‘due to force majeure’ and expects ‘an intense two months’ to keep the Blucerchiati up.
Inter host Ranieri’s men on Sunday to recover the games in hand during the first weekend back in Serie A and the Sampdoria coach hopes to see his players react well to the ‘tough’ programme.
“The championship will be false, anomalous, but one that must be concluded due to force majeure,” Ranieri told the Corriere dello Sport. “We have two intense months ahead; we’ll see what happens.
“The fixture list is tough, if all goes well, we will hit form immediately. We must face these two games with a positive mindset, knowing that we are facing two giants.”
Ranieri has claimed the five substitutions will help Sampdoria compete and rotate the squad and he believes he can keep the team-up.
“At Sampdoria, I have a squad that allows me to rotate the players, I can’t let the same team play every three days.
“Thanks to the five substitutions I can give minutes of rest, then in the next games, we will see who recovers.
“We know that the great teams have champions on the bench. We have a good side, I’m confident we can stay up, even if we have to work hard.
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“We already had to get out of the relegation zone. We knew from the beginning that we had to fight for every game. It will be the same now, all the way.”