Udinese and the strength of a bench that scores more than the others

Against Sassuolo he tore the draw thanks to Nuytinck, who entered the second half. It is the 13th goal scored by a “change”, only Inter have scored as many in Serie A

UDINE. There is a Udinese that has remained alive in Reggio Emilia, the usual home of Sassuolo signed by Mapei, the one that despite the salvation obtained for a long time still tries to reach “50”, where the Bianconeri have not sailed since 2013, when in these parts there was Francesco Guidolin on the bench.

All 6 points still up for grabs between Spezia (at home) and Salernitana (at Arechi) will be needed to hit the target, maybe Cioffi’s team will not succeed, thanks to the strong motivations of the opponents (still in the balance between A and B , some more, some less), but at least having forced Sassuolo to equalize on Saturday evening feeds this sporting hope.

Next, then, there is a Udinese who, in certain aspects of their championship, has already drawn comforting numbers, even in the future.

The second lines

Well yes. Because you need to know that the Juventus bench has produced more points than all the other Serie A formations thanks to the goals scored by those who entered the match in progress.

As if to say: the quality available to Gabriele Cioffi is scattered over the whole range of choices available to the technician who, however, must also have the ability to find the right man at the right time. On Saturday it happened with Nuytinck.

The Florentine coach perhaps had caught some not very encouraging signals from Nehuen Perez, already warned, among other things, and then sent the Dutchman onto the field in his place who placed himself on the left flank of Pablo Marì and supported the defense. , without forgetting to place the paw at the right time on an action that has developed after a corner kick. It is not the first time.

In the previous match Pussetto had scored for Inter, but his change was dictated by the injury of Success, but the Argentine with the number 23 had hit the mark by entering from the bench already with Turin and on the same occasion Molina did the same . An intuition of the coach who drew at San Siro with leaders Milan by inserting Udogie.

All the numbers

At a statistical level, 13 goals have already been scored by the Udinese “benches”. Only Inter can keep up with the pace of the Bianconeri who have done more in this special classification than Roma (which, however, has one less match, given that they have to play today against Fiorentina) and Torino, with 10 goals from each other. second lines; further behind are Naples (9), Sassuolo (8), Empoli and Genoa (7).

But as a testimony that this is not a pure statistical data, it must also be emphasized that they are heavy goals: in this championship Udinese in fact obtained 9 of its 44 points with its “benches”, more than all the other teams in the series. A, with Roma once again behind with 8, in front of the surprising Salernitana with 7.