Udinese fails to celebrate with Genoa ends up in the whistles

On the day of their 125th birthday, Gotti’s team did not go beyond a draw, showing themselves pale and without ideas

UDINE

Udinese is in no man’s land. Not exactly the best of life with two away matches in the span of four days, between Rome (Lazio side) and Empoli. He is in no man’s land after a dull zero to zero with a Genoa that for more than 70 minutes proposed Mr. Bianchi and Mr. Ekuban as attackers. It is in no man’s land, 5 points away from the hot zone of the standings, but at this pace it risks being sucked in and the 11,537 of the Friuli stadium have noticed this and have not missed copious buckets (frosts) of whistles. And don’t say that they were ungenerous on the day of the party for the 125th anniversary of the Juventus colors, because for all 90 minutes of play they incited Udinese in the hope that it would unlock, but then lose patience when the referee Meraviglia has started the triple final whistle, the first of the trip that greeted the bianconeri headed to the locker room.

It is difficult to hide the disappointment for a performance that was channeled in the wake of the first hour of the last trip, that of Turin, when Udinese offered very little despite the “offensive battery” placed in the opponent’s half: Deulofeu and Pussetto at the behind center forward Beto, the same line-up on which Luca Gotti chose to aim after Pereyra’s injury, who got out due to a battered collarbone with just 12 minutes of the game behind him. His absence – which could also recur in the midweek shift, even if the first tests in the hospital were comforting – was heavy, as the Contarina technician himself revealed in the commentary, but the choice of the tactical script cannot be neglected. in trying to understand why Udinese yesterday was pale and essentially without ideas.

It was said before the attackers that Shevchenko had to deploy given the forfeits of Destro and Caicedo: if to stem Genoa light artillery you resort to the “three” defense it is logical that in front of Dzeko-Correa you will then place “five” with the risk – as happened at San Siro against Inter – practically never leaving your half of the pitch.

A question of messages. Yesterday, with all the respect of those who are experts in climbing which for the normal users of football are still those of Messner and Ardito Desio, it would have been better to start “four”, just to give a voice to the team and the opponents. For the series: we have one less pure defender, in midfield and in attack they will be “bitter birds” for you. Remaining on the defensive with Becao, Nuytinck and Samir Udinese instead chose not to risk, at least in the proclamations, only to run the only real danger precisely on a carelessness of one of the three.

After thanking the good luck for the gift granted by Ekuban, Gotti decided to change: out of Nuytinck (for granted), in Samardzic to field the 4-2-3-1 that would have been more advisable from the start. But it was unfortunate there. Because at the beginning of the second half Molina, already booked, from right-back committed a savage on Rovella that required a preventive substitution after a few minutes and with the Argentine (inside compatriot Nehuen Perez) Arslan also came out, now gasping, and you know that with Makengo the quality on the pitch travels downhill.

Moral of the story, even with the champagne module Udinese produced little (a shot by Udogie on rebound and a percussion by Beto deflected on the pole) or nothing, also because if you do it for Deulofeu and the Catalan is in a ghost version you want to say that it is the fault of the schemes. Or the coach. Coach who is on the grill, for someone he risks big, so much so that names of possible or probable substitutes are already circulating. The usual names. But the truth is that for the moment “Radio London” is still silent. –