L’Udinese he found his eighteenth draw of his year with a 1-1 draw against Napoli. A match where the Friulians showed their usual limits, but the end of the story this time was a little different than usual. Normally it is the Bianconeri who concede goals in the final minutes, but yesterday it was Success to find the decisive center for the final score, following the last moments of the away match in Bologna, where Davis had hit the post and came close to the sensational victory. Match where, however, the zebras struggled quite a bit to stingthe point may carry weight depending on how the next three races go, but the race was pretty bland to watch.
Cannavaro reserves a surprise on the initial board. Zarraga and Joao Ferreira take the place of the suspended Payero and Nehuen Perez, but the news is Brenner paired with Samardzic behind Lucca. In fact, after the match the coach explained that Pereyra is suffering from a knee problem which during the week led him to have discomfort in the adductor area, hence the decision not to risk it. A match that offers few emotions, Udinese in fact struggles a lot to find a Lucca who is always either poorly positioned or poorly served.
Everything happens in the second half, Napoli essentially proposes two outbursts, in one Osimhen scores, in the other the goal is disallowed. Udinese is struggling and then Cannavaro decides to substantially change the attack, Lucca and Brenner out, with Samardzic returning to midfielder, Success and Davis in. The two have a discreet impact on the race, demonstrating that they have a great desire to change the history of a decidedly bad season. In the final it was the Nigerian who broke free by capitalizing on a pass from Kristensen.
Therefore, both negative and positive aspects weigh on the scales. On the one hand it is still there a palpable fear which leads to banal errors and also to very passive stretches of the match, such as the one after Osimhen’s goal, where Udinese seemed decidedly stunned. On the other hand, however, it must be underlined how Cannavaro is concretely trying to recover all the elements available, leveraging guys like Brenner, Davis and Success which with Cioffi seemed really unusable. This can be an important factor to give the right variety to a team that is finding concrete difficulties from the waist up with only Lucca as a reference.