Hunt for 3 points in Friuli: Udinese for “50”, Spezia for salvation

Last at home for the bianconeri who are chasing the goal that can be worth 10th place. Problems in attack and defense without Becao and the doubt of a Marì who wants to be there

UDINE. It’s time to say goodbye at the Friuli stadium. It’s time for the verdicts in Serie A, given that the championship and relegation have yet to be decided 180 minutes from the end of the season. And if on May 1 the sprint for the tricolor made a stop at the Rizzi with Udinese defeated but a proud opponent of Inter, today in one of the advances of the penultimate day a piece of salvation will be up for grabs, the one that Spezia hopes to achieve. add to the rest of the spoils collected during the season by Thiago Motta’s team to definitively guarantee their stay in Serie A.

Let’s start with the guests. With a victory linked to the simultaneous defeat of Salernitana – who will play in Empoli before kick-off at 18 today in Friuli – the La Spezia players will have achieved their second salvation in a row. A small business for a reality that seemed to be passing through and that instead managed to carve out a space in the top flight, becoming among other things one of the American-owned clubs.

Spezia would like to support the subsequent battle next week with the registration for the A in hand: at the Tas in Lausanne, in fact, the appeal of the Ligurian club against the stop for four market sessions for having illegally entered Italy will be discussed , 13 minors from Nigeria, in order to evaluate their membership at the age of 18.

Among these – ironically – also Okereke, Venice striker who today, after the 20.45 advance with Roma, could be arithmetically relegated.

Udinese? He will play to get to “50”, the wall he hasn’t touched since 2013: all 6 points up for grabs are needed between Spezia and Salernitana and could also be worth 10th place even if to overcome Sassuolo and Turin we will also have to wait for the results of these, given that they have a three-point advantage over the bianconeri.

Among the difficulties of the route, alongside the La Spezia motivations, we must also mention the absences that will force Mr. Gabriele Cioffi to move and adapt with the help of a pinch of good luck. Take defense for example. There is not only the disqualification of Rodrigo Becao to put on the scales. It will also be necessary to deal with the physical conditions of Pablo Marì, one of the Juventus surprises after the January transfer market.

The central on loan from Arsenal stopped during the week and needed to check before knowing if his desire to be there at all costs to greet the Friuli fans can be satisfied. Yesterday he made himself available to Cioffi who will have to decide whether or not to risk him from the first minute: a “conservative” tactic or all-in poker-like? We gladly leave the choice to the Florentine coach who over the months has often proved to be centered in the choices. He will also have to do it in attack without Beto and Success, out for muscle problems. He could bet on Nestorovski, who is at the farewell step and never a starter this year.