Cioffi with Sampdoria will give the starting shirt back to Pereyra

During the week he tried the solutions with the “Tucu”. In defense, however, great attention is paid to Quagliarella-Caputo

UDINE. Raise Udinese’s technical and personality rate by returning the starting shirt to Roberto Pereyra, but also look for specific defensive measures so as not to suffer from the inspiration of Sensi and the potential of “Ciccio” Caputo and the great former Fabio Quagliarella, simply deadly in the penalty area. Here are some of the macro tactical issues on which Udinese worked this week, with Gabriele Cioffi now sure of the eleven starter to be deployed tomorrow at Friuli.

Late February, early March. These were the expected times for Pereyra’s return after the surgery on his dislocated collarbone with Genoa at the end of November. Then Tucu anticipated that prognosis by degrees, went on the bench in Verona, played 28 ‘with Lazio and 35’ of great quality (90% of passes completed) with Milan, and is now finally ready to regain ownership.

Good for Udinese and good for Cioffi, who not by chance worked on it during the week, focusing above all on the quality of the dribble close to the opposing trocar and on the understanding with Gerard Deulofeu, to be found also between the lines as under the tip for shoulders of Beto.

From what has been prepared, therefore, we could also see the 3-4-2-1 with Walace and Arslan lined up “even” in the median. But it will not be a dogma, because Cioffi is ready to trust the free interpretation of the “Tucu”, who will be able to decide where to go according to his sense of the game, including the pressure work to be carried, in turn with Deulofeu, on Ekdal , the low play of Sampdoria from which Giampaolo asks for phosphorus and geometries, and immediate verticality for Sensi.

Strange that a single player can, at least in intentions, change a lot in the search for the game, but the Florentine coach’s orientation is also to create a launching pad to the opponent’s area much closer for Beto. The Portuguese should therefore benefit from the more advanced position in support of Deulofeu and Pereyra, ready to trigger him even in the penalty area, where at Juventus they expect a very low Sampdoria not to concede one-on-one in the open field with Beto .

But the presence of Pereyra should also benefit Destiny Udogie on the left axis, who will return from the start after the last 35 ‘of San Siro with a built-in equalizer. Bereszynski will not be an easy customer, but he also worked on the one-two between the 2002 class and the “Tucu”, to evade the Pole.

Analyzing how Udinese could change from the waist up, the defensive phase must now be examined, with Rodrigo Becao, Pablo Marì and Nehuen Perez called to a great job on the Caputo-Quagliarella couple.

Defensive phase that will obviously have to be born outside the Juventus area and for this week we also worked on the position of the external players, with Nahuel Molina and Udogie ready to tighten to help Walace and Arslan, with the Turk who will most likely be sent to man on Sensi. The distrust component should also be mentioned, with Walace, Molina, Perez and Soppy all at risk of disqualification.