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Udinese ended their recently poor result in Serie A with a convincing fashion after beating Bologna 3-1 at Renato Dall’ara, albeit some controversy did sparked the Friulani’s success.
Antonio Di Natale who returned from an injury was the one involved in the controversial decision when he earned a spot kick which eventually started his team’s victory on the day.
Udinese maintain Italy’s pedigree in the Europa League after successfully trashing Greece representative, PAOK 3-0 away from home and simply earned a passage to the next round for the Zebrette.
Playing without their two important players, Antonio Di Natale and Mauricio Isla, the Friuli outfit simply showed their strength and prove that they still take the competition seriously despite only picking up a 0-0 draw in the first leg at home.
Lazio continue their woeful form after getting themselves battered by Palermo 5-1 in Serie A making lives obviously difficult for them although Edy Reja’s team still maintain the third place spot after their rival, Udinese, only managed a draw against Cagliari.
In other match, Roma previously picked up an important three points that keeps their chance in chasing the final Champions League spot after winning 1-0 against Parma.
Big blow for Udinese as Mauricio Isla and Antonio Di Natale with both miss Thursday’s UEFA Europa League round of 32 opener against PAOK after picking up injuries during the 2-1 loss to AC Milan on Saturday.
Isla left on a stretcher just after the hour and subsequent scans have revealed ligament damage to his right knee. The Chilean international midfielder is expected to require surgery and could be out for the remainder of the season.
AC Milan returned to the top of Serie A after scoring twice in the last 13 minutes to come from behind and beat Udinese.
After losing two of their last three matches in all competitions Milan were in need of a victory to restore confidence and breathe new life into their title challenge. However, once Antonio Di Natale had scored his 17th league goal of the campaign in the 19th minute following a smart one-two with Gelson Fernandes, it appeared as though Udinese would be joining the Rossoneri, playing without their suspended Ibrahimović, on 44 points.
The Week 22 in Serie A apparently hasn’t been a good one for the top four teams in the competition as none of them picked up three points this weekend, but fifth place Inter Milan got the worse result from the big teams.
First place, Juventus couldn’t put any goals passed low table, Siena, while Ac Milan were also held by Napoli in a full pack action and somewhat controversial match which also saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off, adding more woes for the Red and Black squad.
Juventus succesfully widen the point margin with one of their close title rival, Udinese, after beating Francesco Guidolin’s side 2-1, in the direct clash on Saturday evening, which saw the Turin giant gather a six points lead.
Antonio Conte’s team must be thanking their Italian international striker, Alessandro Matri, who bagged all of the “Old Lady” goals on the match, edging the game as the visitor only managed to pull one back from Antonio Floro Flores’ strike.
Juventus managed to keep their place in the half way of the Serie A season after picking up a solid 2-0 victory over Atalanta with goals from Stephan Lichtsteiner and Emanuele Giaccherini.
This result puts the Turin giant one point above Ac Milan in the standing and maintain their excellent form in the halfway of the new season as the are still unbeaten so far, despite not leading by much points with the teams below them.
Another changes happened in the Serie A table as Juventus moved up in the standing despite only picking up a point against Cagliari since their arch rival, Ac Milan, surprisingly beaten by Inter Milan at the Derby.
Meanwhile, Udinese held their ground after disappointingly beaten by Genoa, forcing them to stick at third place and must start worrying the resurgence of Inter and also Lazio, who are also winning this weekend.
As Roma carried their fine form in the league to Copa Italia as the Giallorossi stunned Fiorentina 3-0 in Rome, repaying their defeat in the league not long ago from the same team.
Meanwhile, a surprise arrive at Friuli where home team Udinese, were beaten in front of their fans by Chievo Verona, giving the Flying Donkeys a passage to the quarter final against Siena.
