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Played
September 19, 2010 2:00 PM BST
Stadio Communale Friuli — Udine
Referee: M. Bergonzi
Attendance: 20757
September 19, 2010 2:00 PM BST
Stadio Communale Friuli — Udine
Referee: M. Bergonzi
Attendance: 20757
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| Udinese | 2.37 | 61.00 | 0.00 | 2.55 | 2.50 |
| Draw | 3.25 | 21.00 | 0.00 | 3.20 | 3.30 |
| Juventus | 2.80 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.75 | 2.80 |
Serie A Preview: Udinese - Juventus
The Bianconeri are struggling once again...
By Subhankar Mondal
Bottom Of The Pile
Udinese had striker Antonio Di Natale to thank last season as they conjured up a late rally to finish outside the bottom three in Serie A. This season the Bianconeri have started the season with two successive defeats in the league and are at the foot of the table.
In fact, the Udine-based side are the only team in the Italian top flight without any point. A narrow 1-0 defeat to Genoa at home in their first league fixture of the season was followed by a 2-1 defeat to Inter in Milan, although Udinese president Giampaolo Pozzo thought that they didn't deserve to lose to the Nerazzurri.
"We don't have any luck against Inter, they are a great team, but we matched them tonight," said Pozzo after the game. "There were two things that unblocked the game and a penalty that was not given to Di Natale.
"But there is no point going on about it. We go home with zero points but I am not worried. The championship is still long."
Same Old Same Old
After Juventus' disappointing but thrilling 3-3 draw with Polish champions Lech Poznan in the Europa League at home, former club director Luciano Moggi claimed that the Italian giants are losing their pride.
"Maybe not many people will believe me, but seeing Juventus concede three goals at home to Lech Poznan hurts," Moggi wrote in his Tuttomercatoweb.com column. "It hurts the pride, the memories of Champions League games and Scudetti.
"Three goals last night, three on Sunday, I feel like a locked up lion. If I could I would help this team that for me meant almost my whole football career."
Coach Luigi Del Neri did admit that the Bianconeri are suffering from the same problems that they had last season and lamented, "The problems remain the same: not paying enough attention and security in what one is doing on the pitch. Tonight, I did not see a great quality in our opponent, but it was our errors from not concentrating hard enough.
"As soon as you make an error, you pay the ultimate price, whereas during other times, you may have been able to get away with it."
Juve have yet to win in the league and anything other than maximum points this weekend will be a disaster.
TEAM NEWS
Udinese
Coda, Basta, Ferronetti and Denis are unavailable.
Probable Lineup (3-4-3): Handanovic, Benatia, Zapata, Domizzi; Isla, Inler, Asamoah, Pasquale; Sanchez, Floro Flores, Di Natale
Juventus
Buffon, Martinez, Amauri, Traore and De Ceglie are out injured. Del Piero could start ahead of Iaquinta in attack.
Probable Lineup (4-4-2): Storari, Motta, Bonucci, Chiellini, Grygera; Krasic, Felipe Melo, Marchisio, Pepe; Del Piero, Quagliarella
Udinese had striker Antonio Di Natale to thank last season as they conjured up a late rally to finish outside the bottom three in Serie A. This season the Bianconeri have started the season with two successive defeats in the league and are at the foot of the table.
In fact, the Udine-based side are the only team in the Italian top flight without any point. A narrow 1-0 defeat to Genoa at home in their first league fixture of the season was followed by a 2-1 defeat to Inter in Milan, although Udinese president Giampaolo Pozzo thought that they didn't deserve to lose to the Nerazzurri.
"We don't have any luck against Inter, they are a great team, but we matched them tonight," said Pozzo after the game. "There were two things that unblocked the game and a penalty that was not given to Di Natale.
"But there is no point going on about it. We go home with zero points but I am not worried. The championship is still long."
Same Old Same Old
After Juventus' disappointing but thrilling 3-3 draw with Polish champions Lech Poznan in the Europa League at home, former club director Luciano Moggi claimed that the Italian giants are losing their pride.
"Maybe not many people will believe me, but seeing Juventus concede three goals at home to Lech Poznan hurts," Moggi wrote in his Tuttomercatoweb.com column. "It hurts the pride, the memories of Champions League games and Scudetti.
"Three goals last night, three on Sunday, I feel like a locked up lion. If I could I would help this team that for me meant almost my whole football career."
Coach Luigi Del Neri did admit that the Bianconeri are suffering from the same problems that they had last season and lamented, "The problems remain the same: not paying enough attention and security in what one is doing on the pitch. Tonight, I did not see a great quality in our opponent, but it was our errors from not concentrating hard enough.
"As soon as you make an error, you pay the ultimate price, whereas during other times, you may have been able to get away with it."
Juve have yet to win in the league and anything other than maximum points this weekend will be a disaster.
TEAM NEWS
Udinese
Coda, Basta, Ferronetti and Denis are unavailable.
Probable Lineup (3-4-3): Handanovic, Benatia, Zapata, Domizzi; Isla, Inler, Asamoah, Pasquale; Sanchez, Floro Flores, Di Natale
Juventus
Buffon, Martinez, Amauri, Traore and De Ceglie are out injured. Del Piero could start ahead of Iaquinta in attack.
Probable Lineup (4-4-2): Storari, Motta, Bonucci, Chiellini, Grygera; Krasic, Felipe Melo, Marchisio, Pepe; Del Piero, Quagliarella
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Udinese 0-2 Juventus
- 20.58 %
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Udinese 1-2 Juventus
- 16.5 %
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Udinese 1-3 Juventus
- 10.06 %
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Jan 19, 2013 | Juventus 4 - Udinese 0 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Sep 2, 2012 | Udinese 1 - Juventus 4 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Jan 28, 2012 | Juventus 2 - Udinese 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Dec 21, 2011 | Udinese 0 - Juventus 0 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Jan 30, 2011 | Juventus 1 - Udinese 2 |
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Udinese
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| May 19, 2013 | FC Internazionale 2 - Udinese 5 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | Udinese 2 - Atalanta 1 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Palermo 2 - Udinese 3 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Udinese 3 - Sampdoria 1 | ITA1 |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Cagliari 0 - Udinese 1 | ITA1 |
Juventus
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| May 18, 2013 | Sampdoria 3 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
| May 11, 2013 | Juventus 1 - Cagliari 1 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Atalanta 0 - Juventus 1 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Juventus 1 - Palermo 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Torino 0 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
| Returns: | Udinese £610.00 |
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| Returns: | Draw £210.00 |
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| Returns: | Juventus £28.00 |
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| 1 | Samir Handanoviç | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Cristian Zapata | Defender |
| - | Andrea Coda | Defender |
| 11 | Maurizio Domizzi | Defender |
| 33 | Mauricio Isla | Defender |
| 88 | Gökhan Inler | Midfielder |
| 22 | Kwadwo Asamoah | Midfielder |
| 26 | Giovanni Pasquale | Defender |
| 9 | Alexis Sánchez | Striker |
| 83 | Antonio Floro Flores | Striker |
| 10 | Antonio Di Natale | Striker |
| 22 | Emanuele Belardi | Goalkeeper |
| 11 | Juan Guillermo Cuadrado | Midfielder |
| 17 | Mehdi Benatia | Defender |
| - | Bernardo Corradi | Striker |
| 66 | Giampiero Pinzi | Midfielder |
| 27 | Pablo Armero | Defender |
| - | Almen Abdi | Midfielder |
| 30 | Marco Storari | Goalkeeper |
| - | Marco Motta | Defender |
| 19 | Leonardo Bonucci | Defender |
| 3 | Giorgio Chiellini | Defender |
| 26 | Zdenek Grygera | Defender |
| 27 | Milos Krasic | Midfielder |
| 10 | Felipe Melo | Midfielder |
| 8 | Claudio Marchisio | Midfielder |
| 7 | Simone Pepe | Midfielder |
| 27 | Fabio Quagliarella | Striker |
| 7 | Alessandro Del Piero | Striker |
| 21 | Alexander Manninger | Goalkeeper |
| - | Vittorio Ferrero | Defender |
| 10 | Alberto Aquilani | Midfielder |
| 11 | Amauri | Striker |
| - | Vincenzo Iaquinta | Striker |
| - | Mohamed Lamine Sissoko | Midfielder |
| 6 | Nicola Legrottaglie | Defender |
| Antonio Di Natale | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 10 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 33 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
Di Natale will have to be the home side's main player and see to that Udinese score goals. The Bianconeri have to score to win games and the Italy international striker is their main outlet.
| Alessandro Del Piero | |
| Position: | Striker |
| Squad Number: | 7 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Del Piero could start ahead of Iaquinta in attack and if he does, then he will be looking to maintain his current run of good form. The veteran netted a stunner against Lech Poznan on Thursday from 30 yards and also provided two assists.
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Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Edinson Cavani Striker Napoli |
29 | 7 |
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Antonio Di Natale Striker Udinese |
23 | 4 |
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Pablo Daniel Osvaldo Striker Roma |
16 | 2 |
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Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder Milan |
16 | 0 |
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Germán Denis Striker Atalanta |
15 | 5 |
