I’Udinese imposed on Monday nighteighth day of Serie A 2022-2023 2-1 at homeHellas Verona and fly to third place. At the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi stadium, the Gabriele Cioffi failed to stop the Friulians’ rush of Andrea Sottiwho extended his unbeaten record to seven and achieved his sixth straight win with yet another comeback.
In the first half of the game at Bentegodi, the Friulians built the greatest number of chances to score, but finding the goal was Josh Doig, who with a beautiful volley fished in the opposite corner and beat Silvestri in an unstoppable way. The Scotsman scored the second goal of the championship after the one against Sampdoria. The best player for Veronese, however, is Montipò, who made several important interventions against the Friulian players.
In the second half, Udinese continued to push and also thanks to Sottil’s changes, the equalizer arrived: Samardžić served Deulofeu in depth, who in turn put a beautiful ball on the feet of beto. The Portuguese striker beat Montipò in the nets and managed to balance the match. Prior to the 1998 class, the last player to score at least 5 goals in Udinese’s first 8 games in a Serie A season was Antonio Di Natale in 2014/2015.
In stoppage time, the decisive goal by Jaka Bijol, who scored for the second time for Scala with a sumptuous header from a Samardžić cross. It is the Slovenian defender’s second consecutive goal after the one against Inter.
Best start of all time for the Friulians, who claim their sixth victory in 8 days and occupy third place in the standings, behind Naples and Milan.
Verona-Udinese match report
NETWORKS: 23′ Doig, 70′ Beto, 91′ Bijol.
HELLAS VERONA (3-4-1-2): Montipo; Hien, Gunter, Ceccherini; Lazovic (73′ Hrustic), Tameze, Veloso, Doig (84′ Djuric); Verdi (73′ Depaoli), Piccoli (62′ Kallon), Henry (84′ Lasagna). Coach: Cioffi.
UDINESE (3-5-2): Silvestri; Becao, Bijol, Perez (58′ Ebosse); Pereyra, Lovric (Arslan), Wallace, Makengo (58′ Samardzic), Udogie; Success (58′ Beto), Deulofeu. Coach: Sotti.
JUDGE: Daniele Mineli.
Source: Fan Page IT
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