Serie A, Cremonese-Udinese 0-0 – La Gazzetta dello Sport

From our correspondent Francesco Velluzzi

October 30
– CREMONA

It ends without goals, the Cremonese continues to navigate in bad water, but smiles, in view of the play-off in Salerno, Udinese jams. But five games in a row without a win (counting the Italian Cup), they mean something. Coaches are often not very careful and hasty assessments. Okay, Cremonese has never won in this championship in 12 matches and hasn’t done so even this time, at home against Udinese, but Massimiliano Alvini, strongly desired by the ds Giachetta, won this match on points ( and it is not the first time this has happened), blocking a team that has enormous potential, with a decidedly superior offensive quality if he can afford to insert his bomber Beto in the 31st minute of the second half. Instead Alvini, due to necessity, Dessers injury, had to insert Buonaiuto after 24 minutes and the Neapolitan attacking midfielder, hitherto not particularly considered, made the difference in his own way. Success up front is tough for any opponent, but the goal just doesn’t look at it. Udinese risks winning in the 4 ‘minute of added time, but Deulofeu kicks out.

the match

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Sottil chooses Arslan in place of Makengo and confirms Success in attack with Deulofeu. Alvini is more or less like Udinese, except that Okereke (who made his debut in Serie A with Venezia against the Friulians) is behind Dessers in a sort of 3-5-1-1. There are no special markings, Pickel and Meitè flank Ascacibar in the median to counter the physicality of the bianconeri who start very strong and it takes the best Carnesecchi to not slip immediately. Bravo of foot on Deulofeu that combines with Pereyra. Udinese insists, makes Meité warn, but the conclusions are to be forgotten and only make their supporters happy, over two thousand, settled in the North who grab two or three balls and at the interval show a colorful choreography. At 2 ‘ends the game of Dessers, victim of a strain. Alvini is forced to change and inserts Buonaiuto moving Okereke further ahead. Cremo gains confidence and changes attitude and Udinese, which had been in total control, must resort to the profession, even risking something. The very active Valeri, who pushes so much to the left, sends Okereke to jump high who sends out, then Silvestri checks with confidence, but at 44 ‘an error by Bijol risks costing dearly with Buonaiuto lurking. The Slovenian himself remedies in the corner.

the recovery

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It starts with the same men, but Udinese, who didn’t like it in the second half of the first half, starts with the ball in hand. That is to attack. But the first danger is still created by Buonaiuto who drinks anyone and forces Silvestri to corner with a super intervention. Then after 8 ‘Udinese have to give up Lovric like Cremo in the first half in Dessers: stretching. Sottil dares, inserting the quality of the German Samardzic. And from the 21st the real changes begin, the tactical ones: Alvini throws in Escalante and Quagliata for Meitè and Valeri, Sottil adds offensive weight with Ehizibue for Arslan moving Pereyra in his role as mezzala. But Udinese never passes, no punch, no dangerous conclusion, with Pereyra, Samardzic and Deulofeu not able to come up with any play. Indeed it is always the Cremo restarting to light up: at 29 ‘he earns a frontal free kick that Buonaiuto kicks around, but out, then the Neapolitan attacking midfielder always hits on the fly on a nice cross by Lochoshvili, but finding Ebosse’s leg that he sends for a corner . Sottil plays the Beto card plus Makengo at 31 ‘and obviously raises Success, physical, but harmless, and Pereyra, not at the top as on other occasions. At 37 ‘Samardzic lights up from the edge but Carnesecchi blocks in two halves. It is the last flash of a match that Cremonese drew with full merit against a Udinese in which something and Bra got jammed. Indeed, no, in the final Udinese on Samardzic’s descent has the undeserved opportunity to win it, but Deulofeu kicks out.