Udinese-Napoli 0-0 on the pitch for Monday Night which closes the 35th day of Serie A LIVE
The Udinese coach. Cannavaro
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The Napoli coach, Calzona
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Napoli, in the hunt for a place in Europe, has to deal with end-of-season ailments: against Udinese, who are playing for survival, they will have to do without Raspadori and Kvaratskhelia is also in doubt. The Georgian trained in the gym today too, doing personalized work with the Italian medical staff in an attempt to recover from the muscle strain that torments him in his left thigh. However, the Georgian winger should start the match from the bench, in which Raspadori will not participate as he underwent treatment today due to a contusion-sprain trauma to his left ankle. Kvaratskhelia will do everything he can to recover but if he doesn’t make it he will leave little choice to the Italian coach Calzona, ready to focus on Lindstrom on the left wing, to complete an attacking trio that also includes Politano and Osimhen. For Lindstrom it would be yet another opportunity to try to revive an anonymous season, the first in the blue shirt: arriving last summer from Eintracht for 25 million, with a contract until 2028, the Danish winger only played parts of the final matches this season year, starting in the starting eleven only in the victory against Lecce in the championship when Garcia was still on the bench and in the defeat against Frosinone in the Italian Cup with Mazzarri as coach. With Calzona he played only 37′ in ten championship games, demonstrating that he had not gained the coach’s trust: this is why any chance will have to be exploited to the fullest to convince the skeptics in view of next season in blue. Dendoncker, a ghost midfielder on loan at Napoli from January to today, will also not be at the match, having had a grievance and will watch the match on TV instead of from the bench. To continue to believe in a place in Europe, a different Napoli will be needed on the pitch than the one seen at the end of the season: a positive result would allow them to overcome Fiorentina, beaten today by Verona, and move to -3 points behind Lazio, seventh in the table. classification. Napoli dreams of four victories in the remaining matches to see where they can get, and then think about re-founding next season: beyond the new coach, with Pioli remaining in pole position in the transfer rumors, the new names who will arrive at the club in fact, the blue also passes for the possibility or not of playing in Europe with the blue shirt. All that remains of last year’s scudetto won in Udine these days is only the memory, but today there will be little space for commemorations, only the three points are worth continuing to hope for.
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