UDINE. The curtain on the new Udinese Calcio season officially rose today, Monday 4 July, under the orders of the new coach. Andrea Sottil, on his debut in Serie A as a coach after having played as a footballer in the ranks of the Friulian club for four years (from 1999 to 2003), in a period of great satisfaction for the club and the Friulian fans, even on international stages. The welcome to the new coach arrived on the social profiles of the Friulian company with some photos depicting the former defender with the club scarf.
The team met already in the morning at the Friuli stadium, for medical examinations, while the first training session is scheduled for 6 pm at the Bruseschi sports center. There will also be new purchases. No big name, but young people with high hopes like James Abankwah18, hailing from Saint Patrick, Password Lovric24-year-old former Lugano midfielder, Festy Ebosele20-year-old side arriving from Derby County, Leonardo Buta20-year-old lateral from Braga, e Axel Guessand18, defender who grew up in Nancy.
Waiting to understand the developments of the market for the very courted Molina (who can enjoy a few more days off having been involved with the Argentine national team until 10 June, and Deulofeu (but also Udogie), there will not be some protagonists of last season.
Between the end of the loan and the end of the contract, the striker Nestorovski, Pussetto, Pablo Marì, Perez, Zeegelaar and Stryger Larsen left Udine.
From 11 to 27 July the retreat will move to Lienz, Austria, where numerous friendlies are scheduled with prestigious opponents, including the German Union Berlin, Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen, in addition to the Qatar national team that will play the next Cup. of the World as hostess and the Cypriots of Paphos.
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