Revolution: yes or no? For Gaetano D’agostino there are no doubts. In fact, the former Udinese midfielder spoke to Messaggero Veneto as follows about the situation relating to the Juventus team in terms of the transfer market: “Apart from Okoye and Bijol, all the others are salable. In fact, I would start from scratch trying to build a team that go back to playing football.” A clear stance taken by the class of 1982, who continues: “This year we took a big risk and it went truly luxurious. For the good I want for Udinese, I would no longer want to see a fan that suffers and a team that doesn’t play in football. On the contrary, I would like to find an Udinese that is entertaining again and climbing positions in the table. We haven’t been on the left of the table for more than ten years.”
For D’agostino, the revolution should also continue from a tactical point of view: “Mainly I would change the tactical structure, because even if disguised as 3-4-2-1, in reality it is always a 3-5-2 that we have seen for years, while I believe that Udinese could find their true identity by starting from a 4-3-3. The team is made up of clones, elements that are all the same role by role: they are all physical but they are not there. It’s nobody who invents a play, nobody who knows how to put in a cross.”
And on Samardzic: “He doesn’t even give the feeling of being able to light up the game. In fact, I believe that he can’t give more than this to Udine so I would sell him to raise cash and then go and get those players who can invent, because the runners in team are already there.”
D’Agostino is then asked about the midfielder, a role he knows well, and about the departing Walace: “I don’t think it’s a serious loss. He’s a hybrid player who gives you physicality, but he’s neither dynamic nor a builder. He’s a positional and You can find as many midfielders like this in Italy as you want.”
Finally, on the Juventus attack instead: “I would keep Davis, but in a squad of twenty-two members, therefore in support. On Lucca the decision must be made based on the choice of how you want Udinese to play. He must be served in the area because he is good in the air and knows how to get the team up but I also don’t consider him a ready starter.
