UDINE. How much are the 7 points that Udinese collected between Juventus, Venice and Spezia are worth? So much in terms of enthusiasm: after years of lean, stammering starts, an injection of optimism was needed at the beginning of the season, capable of fueling the expectation for the next responses from the bianconeri, even the “trappolone” is lurking there.
It is easy to fall into football, especially after a few days, and the responses of Luca Gotti already hot, in the belly of the Alberto Picco stadium, with the three points just won, are enlightening. The Contarina coach, who started from Udinese’s defects before complimenting his team for the full spoils away from home, also sought the balance so loved on the pitch (the tactical one) during the commentary phase.
«The dissatisfactions come from the lack of clarity in some phases of the game: there we risked. We could have read some situations better and we forced some plays unnecessarily, while usually we do not miss these aspects ». As if to say, we have 7 points but we are not perfect, a clear message addressed to the locker room.
Memories
In these days, immediately after the Juventus blitz, many protagonists of the years spent on the bench have been mentioned. Francesco Guidolin, for example, the last to remain undefeated after three days (7 points too) now ten years ago, when he then closed the season with a prestigious third place in the standings, the highest point of the Pozzo era in the second millennium – Zaccheroni got there in 1998 -, but since you can fish a long way back, we must also remember Udinese’s shooting start in 2000, when he collected 13 points in five days, only to drop the pace and end up victim of the injuries that brought the company to the exemption in the following spring.
In short, the departures launched are no guarantee of success, in more recent times the Juventus experience of Andrea Stramaccioni has also said that in the first six days of the 2014-’15 season, before the second stop of the championship, he took 13 of the 18 points to be won.
From there, however, all the contradictions of that team exploded, which in the following 32 days collected 28 points to close at 41, with safety in hand. And what about Beppe Iachini in 2016? Six points in three days, also beating Milan at San Siro and an exemption after 7 rounds and another punticino collected in the following four days?
The calendar
In short, it is better to listen to the “fireman” Gotti, even if the Contarina coach himself, scanning the horizon, admitted: “Presenting to the next matches with 7 points is better than zero”, referring to the quality of the opponents he will have to meet from here to the next stop, the one in early October.
Next Monday, in fact, Udinese will face the leaders Napoli and then challenge another Roma – regenerated in the enthusiasm by the Mourinho care – in the following midweek tirno, then the return to Friuli with Fiorentina, the team that with the change of coach, relying on Vincenzo Italiano, he is not a little convincing. In short, the menu for next week will be difficult to digest. –
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