Udinese...

18-05-2012
A great group at the basis of success (“base of success”?)

Nowadays, 14 or 15 players are not enough to complete a whole season anymore. The 20-team championship and the marathon-like European competitions have brought a consistent increase in the number of matches. As a consequence, squads have been widened a lot (as in weight?).

Let’s take Udinese, in which (??) 26 different players have played over the course of the season, passing from the workaholic Handanovic (51 appearances) to German Denis’ 8 minutes.

A vaste (“vast”?) squad, a proof of the essentiality of shifting (like quicksand?) and of how much this Udinese have grown (“has grown”?). We need a large number of players because Udinese have conquered themselves the access to a lot of international events thanks to their brilliant performances in Italy.

Those who have made the highest number of appearances are Handanovic, Danilo and Di Natale. We know everything about them. But also who played less have given their contribution to reach the Champions League (“Champions’ League”?) play-off: Diego Fabbrini, for instance, 25 matches, 2 goals and a continuous growth that makes him one of the players to rely on next year. But also “El Tucu” Pereyra, who has scored (“had scored”? seeing that game was some time ago?) the 2-0 in the delicate match against Lazio. It’s good to see 7,8,9 appearances made by Coda, Barreto and Ferronetti (“respectively”?), who have suffered severe injuries. Without forgetting the young, the future first string players: Ekstrand (19 appearances), Badu (18), Battocchio (7) and Neuton (9).