Armand Lauriente he arrived at Sassuolo last season, after starting his career in France, between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 with the shirts of Orleans, Rennes and Lorient.
The impact with our football was immediately positive, also thanks to the 4-3-3 set up by Dionisi, which managed to enhance his characteristics. At least last year, when everything seemed to be going right for the black and greens too.
Everything asks for salvation
In the 2022/2023 season, the Frenchman made 28 appearances and achieved 7 goals and 6 assists, also taking advantage of the excellent balls served to him on the silver platter by his captain Domenico Berardi. This year, however, everything got complicated: first the negative results, then the dismissal of Dionisi and finally the serious injury of the black-green number 10. In short, all hopes for Sassuolo’s salvation are placed in the feet of Armand Laurienté, a fast and quality player who, however, has yet to find continuity of performance at the level of Serie A.
Yes moment!
In this championship Laurienté has scored 4 goals and provided 5 assists in 32 games, playing practically all of them from the start. 3 of the 4 goals, however, came in the last two matches, against Salernitana and Milan, an unmistakable sign of the positive period he is going through. Against the Rossoneri, as long as his legs held up, he was the most dangerous man, and not just because of the brace he scored. In any case, he made a serious mistake on the occasion of the 3-2 goal for Pioli’s team, frustrating an excellent counterattack with a wrong choice in the possession phase.
Yes, but how do you stop?
Sassuolo will certainly push a lot on Laurienté’s side, trying to take advantage of his speed. Valentin Gendrey should be in that portion of the pitch, but we are very curious to understand who will play in front of the French full-back. In fact, with Almqvist’s absence, Gotti will have to decide differently than usual and it is not excluded that he could choose to move Dorgu to that side to guarantee greater physicality and coverage. Exactly as happened at San Siro to try to limit Rafael Leao’s offensive gusts.
