After the surprise results on Sunday Spalletti can take the lead alone, but also for the bianconeri a victory would mean the connection to Inter and Milan
UDINE. The first place is worth. Not only for Napoli which, by conquering Friuli, could jump to the top on its own, thanks to Sunday’s results. The first place is also valid for Udinese, after having saved the ghirba against Juventus, after having beaten Venice and Spezia in succession, not without suffering, but making the most of the tactical compactness, a 3-5-2 that is now a safety, the strength of a group that is a mix of experience and youth, ingredients that Luca Gotti is shaking with the balance of a barman. Yes, balance: it is the ingredient that must never be lacking tonight, just look at the lesson that Bologna has undergone – which have 7 points like Udinese – against Inter.
The choices
Pereyra under the spot, as they say in the jargon to tell of a playmaker behind a center forward, or two forwards? Udinese’s tactical project revolves around this question, which will also have to deal with the midweek shift and the subsequent internal commitment all within six days, thanks to this Monday postponement.
It is clear that Gotti will not be able to manage the perhaps of his squad – or rather, of his very titularis – with the pharmacist’s budget, he will be carried away in the replacements even by the moment, by the result, by the competitive contingencies, but already now one can imagine that some calculations it must be done. For example, Pereyra could start in midfield this time with Deulofeu next to Pussetto in attack, so that Thursday night the two could share the task in attack with one of the two on the bench at the beginning.
We will see the choice of Contarina’s technician, for sure with Pereyra’s quality in the middle Gotti could afford, for example, a Makengo to close the circle around the Walace “steering wheel”, an option that would see Arslan as a reserve, always with a view to a sort of reasoned turnover (and anything but exaggerated).
The defense should not change, however: there are few variables in Becao, Nuytinck and Samir. And the hierarchy on the flanks is equally clear, especially with the full recovery of Stryger Larsen, owner of the left-handed lane, while Molina will act on the other side.
The dangers
It is worthwhile, however, to take a look into other people’s trenches. Because Napoli has absences, but also offensive potential to be carefully evaluated, by virtue of that “trident” behind the center forward Osimhen: Politano, Zielinski and Insigne close to the area not only the best of life for a team that is used to close like a hedgehog and then start again. Password: maximum attention. On the other hand, it could not be otherwise for a match that is worth first place. –
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