Immediately the Old Lady in Friuli, Spalletti’s Napoli arrives in the fourth The bianconeri will conclude the season in Salerno
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On 2 May Juventus, winning in a daring way to say the least in Friuli against Udinese, remained in the running for a place in the Champions League, on 22 August (unless anticipated on Saturday 21) they will return to Udine to hunt to the Scudetto. Yes, the match of the first day will be all black and white. The calendar packed yesterday with biblical times on the screens of Dazn (we have not really eh!) Proposed a thrilling start for Luca Gotti’s team who then, rather curiously note, will also play at home the second match against Venice of the ‘ ex Paolo Poggi. At the end of August there will already be important saving points as on the 5th September, after the first stop, in La Spezia against the team coached by Thiago Motta. On the fourth day, another big in Friuli: Luciano Spalletti’s Napoli, a combination that is anything but loved in these latitudes.
Juventus in the last ten tournaments have always won their first league match except once: it was August 24, 2015 when Colantuono’s Udinese beat the Stadium thanks to Cyril Thereau’s goal. Being able to hit such a feat would be something epic for Gotti and his boys.
A thrilling first day, we said for Udinese, but overall it’s the whole start that is complicated. After the match at home with Napoli, the first midweek round (22 September) will arrive at the Olimpico with Roma. Followed by the home match against Fiorentina which, thanks to the novelty of the asymmetrical calendar, will be Udinese’s first opponent in the second round on 6 January at the Franchi where the Friulians have been losing continuously for thirteen years.
The first round will end before the Christmas break on 22 December when Udinese will host the Salernitana. This was possible because there will be four midweek rounds before the halfway point: in addition to those already mentioned with Rome and Salernitana, we must add those of 27 October at home with Verona and that of 1 December at the Olimpico with Lazio. Four days after the match with Sarri’s team, Udinese will again be away to Empoli.
With Rodrigo De Paul who has packed his bags for Madrid (Atletico side) the only great ex who will return to play at Friuli as an opponent will be Juan Musso. For him the appointment is January 9 (second return) when he will arrive under the arch of the Rizzi with his Atalanta full of many other ex like Muriel in Zapata.
Wanting to indicate a key block of games with a view to salvation (in the hope that the bianconeri will deny us and can travel higher) one cannot fail to consider the poker of matches which goes from the 31st to the 35th day. Cagliari at home, Venice outside, Empoli in Friuli, Bologna at Dall’Ara. The hope is that the bianconeri are already safe in the last 180 ‘of the season that they will play at home with Spezia and in Campania with Salernitana. Going to Arechi to gamble for survival is not advisable. Waiting to understand when and how much public will be able to attend the matches, good season to all. –