Udinese: the three-card game to replace Pereyra, the prince of assists

In the last 6 matches he has scored his teammates 4 times. Arslan, Jajalo and Samardzic are running for his post

UDINE. Only one defeat since he returned after almost three months of absence and now Gabriele Cioffi will have to do without him for the trip to Venice.

We are talking about Roberto Maximiliano Pereyra that the sports judge Gerardo Mastrandrea has included in the list of players disqualified for the next round of Serie A: he was among the warned and the warning remitted by the referee Rosario Abisso at the stroke of the hour of play, when the result was already 4-1, it was perhaps the only discordant note of the Sunday of glory experienced against Cagliari.

Okay, sooner or later it could happen, given that the Argentine was in warning from the match against Sampdoria, but numbers in hand it is clear that this is an absence not just for the class rate and the leadership that the ” Tucu ”manages to guarantee Udinese.

Pereyra’s impact on the Juventus championship in the 2022 calendar year was truly remarkable.

Back on the bench last 13 February on the occasion of the beating remedied against Bentegodi (4-0), in which he did not participate by taking the field, the number 37 has seen his work again for the first time since the injury remedied on 28 November against Lazio: 28 minutes to lead the 1-1 final.

In short, a parenthesis lived in the sign of 28, a number that for the cabala represents the female breast, source of life and beauty. And it is no coincidence that since then the “Tucu” has literally fed Udinese with really fascinating plays: in 6 games, not even complete, he has fanned 4 assists.

The one for Udogie against Milan (also in this case as a substitute in the second half), those for Deulofeu against Sampdoria and Napoli, the one for Beto’s return to goal on Sunday against Cagliari. For the Serie A league which provides the official statistics of the championship, the “Tucu” is 12th in the ranking of assist-men with 5, where Berardi del Sassuolo is at the top with 10.

Considering that he missed 9 games for the operation on his left collarbone, these are very important numbers.

In the last six games with Pereyra on the pitch for 451 minutes, Udinese have lost only in Naples, collecting a total of 9 points between Lazio, Milan, Sampdoria, Rome and Cagliari.

The same spoils of the 9 games without the “Tucu” between December and mid-February, a period however also conditioned by the positivity to Covid. Having read this last warning, however, it cannot be denied that the Argentine is an impactful player that is difficult to replace.

For Cioffi another challenge in the challenge after the one last Sunday, when he was able to do without Deulofeu by placing a positive Success alongside Beto. In the end, in the commentary, the Juventus coach in this regard emphasized the depth of the squad available to him, talking about 20, 22, 24 even 25 potential holders. But squeezing experience and footballing knowledge in place of the “Tucu” will not be easy.

The simpler alternative solution leads to Arslan, recently less used, but in the past Cioffi has also deployed Jajalo together with Walace, moving him to the internal position, while Makengo seems to be a “fixed” choice.

The surprise could instead be represented by Samardzic, the “German” who, according to the confession of the same coach, was penalized in terms of choices in the last period.