Udinese also lacks the decisive push to move up in the standings from the outside

Molina is not the one of last season, Larsen disappoints Udogie and Soppy discontinuous, Zeegelaar ended up on the sidelines

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In 3-5-2 the most important interpreters are the outsiders. They have to cover the entire wing, be sharp on offense and careful on defense. Udinese gave Luca Gotti a package of five players in this position at the beginning of the season and at the moment almost none of them have kept a performance up to expectations. Not Molina, now a permanent fixture in the Argentine national team, and not even the other national, the Danish Larsen, who, on the contrary, has particularly disappointed. The situation is different with regard to the latest arrivals: Udogie and Soppy are still very young, the first is a semi-rookie for the category, the second until a few months ago was playing in France. Discontinuity is part of their baggage and it could not be otherwise. As for Zeegelaar, he ended up on the sidelines and presumably will change the air in January.

The Molina we have seen in these first eleven days is not the player admired in the first part of the second round of last season, the one who thrown into the fray in Parma overturned the challenge with the Emilians like a sock. The Argentine is a praetorian of Gotti who used him even when he was returning from a commitment in South America just over 48 hours before the match against Spezia. Decisive with Venezia (assist for Pussetto’s 1-0 and 3-0 goal), the Argentine made a bad impression with Napoli and Roma where he naively lost the duel with Calafiori in the action of the goal-match. He doesn’t seem to have the leg of the best days. in February he played on par at San Siro with Teo Hernandez, last Sunday he saw little with Perisic.

If Molina does not convince, the disappointment is called Stryger Larsen. The Dane is the classic performance player, from 6 in the report card. In these first eleven games, except for the match against Venezia (assist for Molina’s 3-0) he struggled a lot. Larsen has his contract expiring and last summer he refused Udinese’s offer to renew, but it would perhaps be too hasty to explain his performance with this alleged lack of serenity.

We refer to Udogie and Soppy. The first did all the preparation in Udine and the detail is not just, the second arrived in the last hours of the market. Potentially they are tomorrow’s Udinese starters and can play both in a five-man defense and in a four-man defense. The Italian player (who was called up again yesterday in the Under 21 team) has personality and physical strength, but he must find continuity and have a greater impact in the push phase. Soppy when he started in the starting line (with Fiorentina) did less well than when he entered the race in progress (with Roma and in Bergamo). As for Zeegelaar, in the summer Gotti tried it above all in the three-man defense where, however, Samir has grown a lot. The problem, however, is neither he in the newcomers but Molina and Larsen. Sassuolo are a team that travels which is a pleasure on the flanks. For them tomorrow is the right match to prove they are there. Udinese’s rise in the standings must also start from them. –