Udinese-Roma: final exam to be taken without Walace

After the encouraging signs with Sampdoria, another match in Friuli. Bianconeri without the Brazilian in the direction, ready Jajalo (or Arslan)

UDINE. This is already a day with positive sides for Udinese, a day that could become exemplary tonight, depending on the result against Roma, in the second match in a row at the Friuli stadium after the one with Sampdoria, won by exhibiting plots and courage. encouraging aspects of the game for a team that must put hay in the farmhouse in the fight for salvation, beyond those recoveries – against Salernitana and Fiorentina – which represent only two bonuses that could vanish like soap bubbles if next month the team of Cioffi will not have triggered the driving “wheels and wheels” to avoid ending up in quicksand, considering that seven matches could be staged in less than thirty days, with quite a few opponents involved in the fight for salvation on the menu.

In this regard, yesterday in the advances he cannot fail to have welcomed with a pinch of satisfaction the little point of Salernitana against Sassuolo and all in all also the internal victory of Spezia over Cagliari which, in strictly numerical terms, was at a lower ranking and that thus remains within reach of Venezia, currently third from bottom (with one game less) who will face Lazio only tomorrow.

Okay, the distances down there are small, only the last two seem not to be able to make any real steps forward, and certainly Sampdoria, yesterday defeated by Juventus, is faring worse than Udinese who have 29 points, a +7 in the relegation zone, leaving aside the recoveries that lead to now also include Empoli, overtaken by Milan in the last advance yesterday, among those who are not having a great time.

That’s why putting three points in your pocket tonight wouldn’t be bad for the bianconeri.

It won’t be easy. Roma is in good shape, despite the efforts of the “cup”, the newborn Conference League that forced the Giallorossi to make a commitment with Vitesse that kept them in Holland until yesterday, when they landed directly in Friuli. Mourinho’s team has compacted, responded on the pitch to some refereeing “mistakes” and is now really ready to launch the sprint for Europe, given that fourth place is not far away.

In Udine he will be without Kumbulla and Mkhitaryan, disqualified, he must administer his forces in view of the cup return and the very heartfelt derby with Lazio but he really has an enviable depth in terms of changes and possible substitutes for the owners.

Cioffi’s team will have to do without the Brazilian Walace in the control room, the player around whom the entire Juventus midfield revolves due to the physical presence he manages to put in the two phases. Of course, he doesn’t have the easy goal (far from it), sometimes he jumps too much with the ball at his feet, but he has become precious by now.

He could be replaced by Jajalo or Arslan, moved to the center with the inclusion of Makengo in the median alongside the indispensable Pereyra. We’ll see. As will be seen if Deulofeu continues to score and will take Beto with him, fasting for 520 minutes.