The coach wants to go from 3-5-2 to 3-4-2-1 but at least 3-4 key pieces are needed
UDINE. There are a few days left until the meeting, there are still too many pawns on the Udinese board to understand if Luca Gotti’s idea, to change the tactical plot, can be “wonderful” and above all capable of enhancing what should be the top player of the HCL year after a season spent mostly in the infirmary: Gerard Deulofeu.
In short, now the transfer market men have to take the field, those of the signings, given that so far Udinese has practically only sold, considering the sale of goalkeeper Juan Musso to Atalanta for 20 million and the deal already defined (35 million plus bonus), but not announced, with Atletico Madrid for the passage to the court of Simeone by Rodrigo De Paul, the number 10, the soul of Gotti’s team in the last two years, an element capable of influencing for leadership, as well as for the number of goals and assists dealt on the pitch.
And precisely to remedy the absence of a pivotal player of 3-5-2 that the Contarina coach should converge on the tactical project he had already cherished on the second day of the second round of the last Serie A championship, against Verona, when Udinese found themselves remedying the absence due to disqualification of Don Rodrigo, his right half-winger.
So, in the first half, with Deulofeu on the pitch and a center forward acting as a point of reference up front (Llorente), Gotti advanced Pereyra on the trocar, practically drawing a 3-4-2-1 on the green rectangle of the Friuli stadium. Unfortunately, an experiment during a very short time, given that in the interval the “Tucu” came out due to injury and in the following week Deulofeu accused the knee problem that forced him to have the operation and stop until the end of the season.
It will recover from there, then, but the question marks will have to be swept as soon as possible. For example, Stryger Larsen should also be coming out, with his contract expiring in 2022 and the desire to prove himself elsewhere: this is an important element, in the second part of last season he was employed on the left, now he is being played. a spectacular European on the right (in the match that brought Denmark to the semifinals their corner for the advantage) and his sale would deprive Gotti of another important pawn.
There is talk of a deal made for the Portuguese Pedro Pereira from Benfica (after a loan to Crotone), but he plays mainly on the right. And we are already three, considering that Daniele Padelli, who returned to Udinese after his experience at Inter, was hired to be the second goalkeeper and that Musso will have to be replaced, in addition to the aforementioned De Paul for a quality midfielder to support. to Walace and Arslan.
The fourth missing piece is a bit of a Udinese classic in the summer: the center forward. In the “stable” there is a series of strikers that never blossomed, from Teodorczyk to Baijc (it will end up at Brescia), passing by Felipe Vizeu and the injured Nestorovski. Stefano Okaka could also stay (even if his departure is taken into consideration by the Juventus owners due to engagement and contract expiry), but to make the reserve.
We need a real owner. Possibly “performing”, we are talking about the viola Kouamé and that’s why Maxi Romero of PSV was rejected after a knee injury. There Gino Pozzo knows that this time he cannot be wrong. –
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