First the management of the ball, then the mistakes in front of goal. «Makengo’s change for Nestorovski? I wanted a game 10-15 meters higher ”
UDINE. Those 10-15 meters more (towards Pepe Reina’s goal) that changed the game but not the result and those 7 points still to be pocketed, as soon as possible. Luca Gotti speaks of numbers immediately after having swallowed the second defeat of a second round which remains positive, but which must not go out too soon, risking to leave those who follow Udinese passionately in the dark.
«It cannot be said that we have not tried: we have had our chances. To resume the game and play a slightly different ending “, says the Contarina coach to Dazn who edited the live broadcast yesterday. streaming from the Friuli stadium.
To this thoughts he adds some concepts in the press room of the stadium, words that better define Gotti-thought: “We were facing a quality opponent, but if I look back on the game, I’m not sorry about the defensive phase, but the management of the ball: there we could put them more in difficulty, in the spaces. In the second half the spirit of the team changed, but we lacked in details ».
It goes without saying that the name around which the questions are moving is that of Makengo, yesterday’s intangible owner replaced in the interval with Nestorovski. “The game had started in a certain way, I wanted a center of gravity of the game higher than 10-15 meters with Walace also moved forward, at the risk of risking”, says Gotti without giving an explicit judgment on the young Frenchman. Even if, in hindsight, there is a rather clear sentence concerning the poor quality of the midfield at the start: “Defending as we did in the first half we should have managed the ball better.”
From an accounting point of view it can be said that yesterday Udinese missed a point and a lot of conviction that seemed to be the strength of this team in view of a final sprint in crescendo. “Nothing changes”, explains Gotti instead to trace the route during the stop. “We still have to score 7 points to reach our goal.” In short, the so-called “salvation quota” reappears, those 40 points to be reached as soon as possible, for which, however, “the opportunities created must be better realized”.
From this last point of view, the return of Gerard Deulofeu, who has been out for more than a month for a knee ailment, would be an important injection after the break: «I’m not talking about this because it wouldn’t change the situation. I expect everyone to be available and as soon as possible ». Above all “Geri”, but not only “Geri”.
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