Udinese emerges from the results crisis of the last month and a half and instead makes us sink deeper into Monzawhich returns to savor a defeat in Serie A after two draws in a row and does not move from the penultimate position in the table. A wild Lucca opened the ball in the first half and saw the potential double canceled out immediately afterwards. In the second half, the Brianza team reacted with Kyriakopoulos but Bijol’s solitary strike midway through the second half condemned Nesta’s team to defeat and instead brought three points to the cause of his Udinese, who returned to the left side of the table.
The Friulian coach Runjaic looks beyond the performance and takes the result: “Every victory is important, every point is important. Udinese won a very difficult match in Monza, we certainly played better matches than this one. We were good at scoring when we had the chance to do so, I’m happy with the fact that we reached 20 points. Now let’s try to do well in the next ones in front of our fans.”
His colleague in red and white Nesta, however, is forced to lick his wounds: “It’s difficult to explain this result, we created a lot. We conceded two goals on the counterattack following a turnover, situations in which we can do better. The team tried in every way to score. I believe that if we had taken the lead, we would have put Udinese is in difficulty.”
SERIES A – UPDATED RANKING
Atalanta 34 points (15 games)
Napoli 32 points (15)
Inter 31 points (14)
Fiorentina 31 points (14)
Lazio 31 points (15)
Juventus 27 points (15)
Milan 22 points (14)
Bologna 22 points (14)
Udinese 20 points (15)
Empoli 19 points (15)
Roma 16 points (15)
Turin 16 points (15)
Parma 15 points (15)
Genoa 15 points (15)
Cagliari 14 points (15)
Lecce 13 points (15)
Como 12 points (15)
Verona 12 points (15)
Monza 10 points (15)
Venice 9 points (15)