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From Austria to France, returning to Italy in the evening. There are quite a few kilometers in between and above all a nice tough friendly in today’s rich Udinese program, expected tonight at 6pm by Lens, for a test that will not be broadcast as expected by Sky but only on the official club channel. , the bianconeri will face after leaving the Austrian training camp in Sankt Veit in the morning and before returning to Ronchi dei Legionari in the evening. Lens is the club where the former Seko Fofana decided to go exactly a year ago, taking everyone by surprise (including Pozzo) for having chosen a club that is certainly not among the French football elite, but which can count on a fan base. among the hottest in the Alps.
And the proof will be given again tonight, with over ten thousand spectators expected in the stands of the Bollaert, where access will be guaranteed only by showing up with a health card and masks. In addition to the environmental factor, it should be emphasized that Lens, coached by fifty-year-old Franck Haise, is already “hot” and ready to debut in the league on August 8 against Rennes that at the end of last season blew them their qualification for Europe, with Fofana and his companions able to brand a seventh place, coming from the second series as newly promoted.
All this, to remember that if on Wednesday the Sturm Graz was to be considered the first reliable test bench for Luca Gotti’s team, tonight’s test is a test that definitely raises the level both from a technical and athletic point of view, without forgetting that the friendly was also organized for the transfer of a Fofana who tonight will greet many people from the club with whom he played 119 games in the four years spent in Friuli from 2016 to last year.
At tonight’s appointment Udinese will present itself in the best possible guise, even if from the last session conducted yesterday in Austria, it was understood that Rodrigo Becao will still be left at rest, and that the defense will therefore have to do without the central Brazilian who had already missed the test with Sturm, later returning to the group. Same goes for Gerard Deulofeu, also among the unavailable. The Catalan is always training alternating between personalized sessions and those with his teammates, but without playing the matches. Gotti will present the 3-5-2 with Pussetto and one between Okaka and Forestieri in attack. –
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