Juric believes Lasagna adds to ‘a squad that can fight’

Verona

lost their last two games with the same result of 3-1 to

Napoli

and

Roma

. While the inconsistent form continues for the Gialloblu, they prepare to show doubters wrong in a trip to

Udinese

this weekend.

“I expect a tough match. Last year we would have deserved much more in the double header, but this year we started well,”

he said at a press conference

. “And that was despite being in full emergency.”

Verona

won the reverse match at the

Bentegodi

in September, who the manager believes shows the quality of his side.

 “They arrive after many useful results and hardly concede. They are well organised at the back and organised well in general, really.

“A difficult match awaits us, then we lost [Federico] Ceccherini, while [Ronaldo] Vieira and [Stefano] Sturaro are recovering. But in the end, we’ve had a good week.”

Juric

believes the President ‘gave a signal’ when he signed

Kevin

Lasagna

from

Udinese

this January.

“With the purchase of Lasagna, the President gave a signal,”

he said

. “It’s difficult for me to place ourselves somewhere.

“At the moment, I think we have a squad which can fight.”

Although

Kalinic

has only scored once in 11 games,

Juric

insists he sees ‘

a phenomenal player’

in his fellow Croatian.

“I understand your judgments, but I have more patience

,” he continued.

“It’s normal. I see a phenomenal player.

“He has movements, timing. We all expected more, but he can become decisive. He’s working well.”