The Dutchman, a key element in defense, will be subjected to an audition. Its performance grows from a central pivot, a role linked to the former Bonifazi grenade
UDINE. Fifteen appearances in twenty-nine days, of which fourteen as a starter (he only took over with Inter). When Bram Nuytinck did not take the field it was always for physical problems, never for technical choice. Luca Gotti has never given up on his defense standard, the player with the highest performance and experience in the back department, the one who raises the performance of his teammates who play near him. For tomorrow night’s match against Torino the presence of the Dutchman is in doubt: the audition that the player will support this morning will be decisive. It will be much better if he responds to this given what the numbers say: with Nuytinck on the field Udinese have won twenty-six points, in the remaining fourteen just seven. An abysmal difference. With him on the pitch came seven wins, five draws and three defeats. Without Bram the bianconeri have won only once, in the first leg against Parma.
Nuytinck started the season in the pits. He hurt himself on the third to last day of last season in Cagliari and only returned on the seventh day against Sassuolo when the first arrived clean shet of the season for the bianconeri. The second stop coincided with the first leg against Torino: it was the sunset of the first half when the calf betrayed Nuytinck. In his place came Bonifazi who in fact almost never left the starting eleven from that race.
Nuytinck in the defensive trident was almost always employed in the center of defense. He slipped to the left when Gotti had to give up Samir. Inevitable since in the construction phase it is important to have a natural left-handed in the center-left position.
In the role of central he has almost always replaced Bonifazi, who otherwise slipped to the right, winning the competition from Becao. As far as we have been able to guess in the last training sessions Bonifazi will play only if Nuytinck will raise the white flag as Samir has recovered. Against Sassuolo and Genoa, De Maio was at the center of the defensive trio. Bonifazi acted with Lazio and Atalanta who, after some good tests, ran into a bad day in Bergamo, highlighting some concentration problems. He did not “shorten” on Muriel on the occasion of the first goal, he was badly positioned on the second on Malinovskyi’s assist to the Colombian and did not go to protect Nuytick’s exit when Zapata went to sign the 3-1. He will be called to ransom.
In choosing the defensive trident Gotti, as always, will also take into account the characteristics of the opponents. The return of Samir, the fastest defender at the disposal of Contarina’s coach, is certainly precious since in front of him there will be a breakthrough like Belotti and another striker like Sanabria very shrewd in the unmarking. But also pay attention to Verdi. Nicola used him for the first time as a mezzala and starting from behind could be very dangerous. Now, however, we have to wait for Nuytinck’s audition. And hope the Dutchman says: present.
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