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Sunday April 13, 2008 Finished Friuli

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Udinese

  • Di Natale 51’

Roma

  • Vucinic 64’
  • Taddei 70’
  • Giuly 90’
  1. Round-up: Roma up pressure

    Round-up: Roma up pressure

    Roma moved to within a point of Serie A leaders Internazionale when they came from a goal down to beat Udinese 3-1 after an entertaining game at the Stadio Friuli. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Udinese
    • Roma
    • 90+5' And the final whistle goes! Roma close the gap on Inter to just a point after an enthralling game at the Stadio Friuli. Stay with eurosport.com for LIVE coverage of Inter's game against Fiorentina at 19:30 BST.
    • 90+1' Vucinic is replaced by Portuguese defender Antunes.
    • 90' GOAL! 3-1 Roma! Giuly finds acres of space on the left side of the box and drills the ball across Handanovic with his left foot and into the bottom-right corner!
    • 88' Udinese starting to apply some pressure here, but Inler's aimless cross from deep drifts out for a goal kick. Taddei talks his way into the book.
    • 86' Pizarro nearly makes it three! The little Chilean comes into the box from the left, steps inside onto his right foot and shoots towards the near post but Handanovic gets down well to push it wide!
    • 83' The home side make their final substitution. D'Agostino is replaced by Giampiero Pinzi.
    • 80' Taddei is caught offside.
    • 79' Another change for the home side. Colombian defender Cristian Zapata comes on for Ferronetti.
    • 78' Roma left-back Max Tonetto cracks a shot well wide from out on the left.
    • 77' Changes for both sides. Udinese replace Dossena with striker Antonio Floro Flores, while Roma captain Totti stalks from the field wearing a customarily surly expression to be replaced by midfielder Matteo Brighi.
    • 75' Roma threaten! Giuly miskicks from the edge of the box and the ball nearly finds its way to Totti before being cut out.
    • 72' On second viewing, it appears Taddei's shot took a slight deflection on it's way into the net. It was still a well-taken goal though.
    • 70' GOAL! 2-1 Roma! De Rossi finds Taddei lurking on the right with a cleverly disguised pass, and the Brazilian calmly tucks the ball onto his left foot before lifting it beyond Handanovic via the crossbar!
    • 68' De Rossi thrashes a shot well wide from distance.
    • 67' Dossena's cross from the Udinese left is calmly chested down by Cicinho at the near post.
    • 66' So, what now? Are both sides secretly content with a point, or will they continue to attack? Here's hoping for the latter. It's been an excellent game so far.
    • 64' GOAL! 1-1! Vucinic expertly takes down Pizarro's dinked pass on his chest before half-volleying the ball past Handanovic!
    • 63' Quagliarella is caught offside.
    • 62' Roma make their first change, with French attacker Ludovic Giuly replacing Simone Perrotta.
    • 61' Dossena's left-footed effort from just inside the Roma area is deflected wide.
    • 59' Udinese should be two-up! Pepe gets in down the right, Doni pushes his cross out and Di Natale's follow-up is blocked by Philippe Mexes! Pepe had more time than he realised there and hurried his cross, when he should have picked out a team-mate.
    • 57' Roma hit the woodwork! A cross comes in from the right and defender Andrea Coda slides in and directs the ball against the post!
    • 54' Totti wastes another chance! De Rossi's long-range effort is parried and Totti scuffs the rebound across goal and wide! He hasn't got his shooting boots on today.
    • 53' Totti should have scored! His sidefooted effort from 15 yards flashes over the bar, and he takes it out on the referee for being too close to him as he shot! His rather petulant reaction earns him a booking.
    • 52' GOAL! 1-0 Udinese! Dossena clips a cross to the back post from the left and Di Natale deftly heads the ball home from close range! And Panucci and Doni almost come to blows as they argue in the aftermath of the goal!
    • 50' Inler thunders into Totti shoulder-first and the Roma captain crumples to the deck, but the ref keeps his cards in his pocket.
    • 48' Here come Roma! Totti drives into the box from a tight angle on the right and goes down under a challenge from Lukovic, but Udinese are able to clear. A lively start to this second half!
    • 47' Di Natale goes close again! He wriggles between a couple of defenders and pokes in a right-footed effort that Doni saves quite comfortably.
    • 46' The second half begins and Udinese nearly score within seconds! Panucci's misjudged back header falls kindly for Di Natale but his effort is blocked by Doni!
    • 45+2' The referee's whistle goes and a very entertaining first 45 comes to an end.
    • 45+1' Totti cracks in the free-kick and Handanovic does well to turn it round his right-hand post!
    • 45' Pepe is cautioned for cutting down Totti. Free-kick to Roma, about 35 yards out.
    • 44' Pizarro goes down after being on the end of a shuddering challenge from Damiano Ferronetti, and has to be stretchered off. Ferronetti then denies Totti with a superbly timed challenge inside the Udinese penalty area.
    • 43' Di Natale gets free down the left and prods in a cross with the outside of his right foot but it goes straight to Doni at his near post.
    • 42' Taddei's attempted pass from the right is cut out and Udinese clear.
    • 41' Pepe's cross from the right is too long and it drifts out for a Roma goal kick. Taddei gets in round the back at the other end, but he's just offside.
    • 40' Quagliarella is caught offside.
    • 38' Chance for Roma! Taddei's cross from the right dies like a leaf inside the box and Totti flashes a half-volley over the bar! It's chance-a-minute here!
    • 37' Perrotta sends in a low shot from distance but it's straight at Handanovic.
    • 36' Vucinic comes in off the left flank and flashes a right-footed shot over the bar. We've got a very open game on our hands here.
    • 35' Cicinho bursts into the box on the right and puts in a low cross, but it's kicked clear by Zapatocny.
    • 33' Off the line by Roma! D'Agostino's left-wing corner is met by a firm downward header from Lukovic and Taddei volleys it clear from beneath the crossbar!
    • 32' Udinese go close! The Zebrette win a free-kick in a central position about 25 yards from goal, and D'Agostino's left-footed free-kick clears the wall and goes inches wide of the right-hand post!
    • 30' Dossena catches Taddei with a wayward hand and the Brazilian slumps to the deck.
    • 29' Great effort Pepe! He takes aim from 30 yards out and Doni dives to his left to touch it wide! And the referee awards a goal kick!
    • 26' Well played Handanovic! The Slovenian keeper races from his line to bravely deny Perrotta, and wins a free-kick in the process.
    • 25' Vucinic jinks into the Udinese box, neatly cuts inside onto his left foot and shoots but Handanovic gathers it fairly comfortably at the near post.
    • 24' Totti works a bit of room inside the Udinese box and sends in a low right-footed shot that draws a save from Handanovic.
    • 23' Chance for Udinese! Doni comes for a left-wing cross and gets nowhere near it, the ball is headed clear to the edge of the box but Gaetano D'Agostini's shot goes over the bar.
    • 22' Great chance for Roma! Vucinic does brilliantly to bring down a long ball on his chest but sends his volley wide of the left-hand post!
    • 21' Gokhan Inler lines up an ambitious long-range volley but doesn't catch it properly and it trundles through to Doni.
    • 20' Totti sweeps in a glorious cross from the right, it just eludes Perrotta, Handanovic spills it, but Zapatocny is able to clear.
    • 19' Calamity in the Roma box! Pizarro tries to play his way out of trouble after intercepting a knockdown, but ends up on his backside after attempting a Cruyff turn inside his own area and Panucci has to hack the ball away!
    • 18' Pizarro's attempted crossfield pass to the left is put out of play for a throw-in by Udinese forward Pepe.
    • 16' Sight of goal for Roma! Handanovic comes charging from his line and leaves himself stranded, but Rodrigo Taddei's attempted lob goes over the crossbar.
    • 15' Chance for Udinese! They swing in a low cross from the right, Panucci misses his kick at the near post and the ball runs right across the face of goal!
    • 14' Andrea Dossena is booked after jumping in on Cicinho.
    • 13' Di Natale slips a pass to Quagliarella down the inside-left channel, but his striking partner isn't on the same wavelength and the attack breaks down.
    • 12' Cicinho swings in a cross from the Roma right and Zapatocny heads clear.
    • 10' Brave play from Handanovic! The Udinese keeper dives at the feet of Perrotta as he seeks to convert a cross from the right, the ball breaks for Totti but the referee is unimpressed by his tumble under pressure from Aleksandar Lukovic.
    • 9' Great effort from Totti! He wins a free-kick for a foul by Tomas Zapatocny in a central position about 40 yards from goal and sends in a thumping shot that Handanovic has to push away!
    • 7' Perrotta wins a free-kick on the right, Pizarro curls it towards Totti at the back post but the referee blows for a foul by the attacking team.
    • 6' Nice football from the Giallorossi. Vucinic and Totti exchange passes down the inside-left channel before the latter goes down under a challenge in a vain attempt to win a free-kick.
    • 4' Udinese come forward down the left, Di Natale crosses towards Fabio Quagliarella at the back post and Christian Panucci tucks it behind for a corner. The corner is cleared to Di Natale on the left, but his inswinging cross is straight at Roma goalkeeper Doni.
    • 3' Daniele De Rossi wins a free-kick in midfield after being caught by Zebrette skipper Antonio di Natale. Simone Perrotta dinks a ball towards Mirko Vucinic, but it's too strong and runs through to Samir Handanovic.
    • 14:00 Off we go! Udinese are in their black and white striped shirts, white shorts and white socks, while Roma are in their familiar all dark red strip. The home side are attacking from right to left in this first half. David Pizarro scuffs a long-range effort well wide for Roma.
    • 13:55 TEAM NEWS: Talismanic Roma captain Francesco Totti starts after overcoming the thigh problem that kept him out of the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United, but defender Matteo Ferrari is sidelined with a knee injury. Midfielder Giandomenico Mesto is suspended for Udinese, while Christian Obodo, Felipe, Antonio Chimenti and Raffaele De Martino are all injured.
    • 13:40 Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the big game between Udinese and Roma from the Stadio Friuli in Udine. Victory for the visitors will take them to within a point of league leaders Internazionale - who host Fiorentina later - while the Zebrette can move above Milan in the chase for the fourth Champions League place if they win. Kick-off is at 14:00 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Udinese Stats Roma
    35% Possession 64%
    19 Shots 29
    7 Shots on target 10
    3 Saves 3
    7 Corners 7
    16 Fouls 17
    6 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 26
    184 Accurate passes 387
    44 Bad passes 45

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Udinese
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Samir Handanovic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      6 Andrea Coda 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 1 1
      24 Aleksander Lukovic 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 6 1
      8 Andrea Dossena 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 10 5 0
      32 Damiano Ferronetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
      21 Tomas Zapotocny 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 0 2
      4 Gaetano D'Agostino 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 32 12 2
      88 Gökhan Inler 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 28 7 2
      7 Simone Pepe 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 12 0 1
      27 Fabio Quagliarella 0 4 1 4 6 6 0 11 4 1
      10 Antonio Di Natale 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 9 4 2
      11 Giampiero Pinzi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      83 Antonio Floro Flores 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      2 Christian Zapata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      23 Roman Eremenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Saulo Squarsone Rodrigues dos Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Riccardo Colombo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Mauricio Isla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Roma
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Alexander Doni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      5 Philippe Mexes 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 23 3 2
      2 Christian Panucci 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 23 5 2
      22 Max Tonetto 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 5 4
      3 Cicero João de Cézare 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 44 0 3
      20 Simone Perrotta 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20 6 0
      7 David Pizarro 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 66 9 5
      16 Daniele De Rossi 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 65 6 1
      11 Rodrigo Taddei 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 41 0 5
      10 Francesco Totti 0 7 2 1 3 0 0 33 4 2
      9 Mirko Vucinic 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 28 4 0
      14 Ludovic Giuly 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 2
      33 Matteo Brighi 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14 2 0
      30 Alessandro Mancini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Gianluca Curci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Mauro Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Silveira dos Santos Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Vitorino Antunes 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' GOAL! 3-1 Roma! Giuly finds acres of space on the left side of the box and drills the ball across Handanovic with his left foot and into the bottom-right corner!
    • 86' Pizarro nearly makes it three! The little Chilean comes into the box from the left, steps inside onto his right foot and shoots towards the near post but Handanovic gets down well to push it wide!
    • 70' GOAL! 2-1 Roma! De Rossi finds Taddei lurking on the right with a cleverly disguised pass, and the Brazilian calmly tucks the ball onto his left foot before lifting it beyond Handanovic via the crossbar!
    • 64' GOAL! 1-1! Vucinic expertly takes down Pizarro's dinked pass on his chest before half-volleying the ball past Handanovic!
    • 59' Udinese should be two-up! Pepe gets in down the right, Doni pushes his cross out and Di Natale's follow-up is blocked by Philippe Mexes! Pepe had more time than he realised there and hurried his cross, when he should have picked out a team-mate.
    • 57' Roma hit the woodwork! A cross comes in from the right and defender Andrea Coda slides in and directs the ball against the post!
    • 54' Totti wastes another chance! De Rossi's long-range effort is parried and Totti scuffs the rebound across goal and wide! He hasn't got his shooting boots on today.
    • 52' GOAL! 1-0 Udinese! Dossena clips a cross to the back post from the left and Di Natale deftly heads the ball home from close range! And Panucci and Doni almost come to blows as they argue in the aftermath of the goal!
    • 47' Di Natale goes close again! He wriggles between a couple of defenders and pokes in a right-footed effort that Doni saves quite comfortably.
    • 45+1' Totti cracks in the free-kick and Handanovic does well to turn it round his right-hand post!
    • 38' Chance for Roma! Taddei's cross from the right dies like a leaf inside the box and Totti flashes a half-volley over the bar! It's chance-a-minute here!
    • 33' Off the line by Roma! D'Agostino's left-wing corner is met by a firm downward header from Lukovic and Taddei volleys it clear from beneath the crossbar!
    • 32' Udinese go close! The Zebrette win a free-kick in a central position about 25 yards from goal, and D'Agostino's left-footed free-kick clears the wall and goes inches wide of the right-hand post!
    • 29' Great effort Pepe! He takes aim from 30 yards out and Doni dives to his left to touch it wide! And the referee awards a goal kick!
    • 26' Well played Handanovic! The Slovenian keeper races from his line to bravely deny Perrotta, and wins a free-kick in the process.
    • 23' Chance for Udinese! Doni comes for a left-wing cross and gets nowhere near it, the ball is headed clear to the edge of the box but Gaetano D'Agostini's shot goes over the bar.
    • 22' Great chance for Roma! Vucinic does brilliantly to bring down a long ball on his chest but sends his volley wide of the left-hand post!
    • 19' Calamity in the Roma box! Pizarro tries to play his way out of trouble after intercepting a knockdown, but ends up on his backside after attempting a Cruyff turn inside his own area and Panucci has to hack the ball away!
    • 16' Sight of goal for Roma! Handanovic comes charging from his line and leaves himself stranded, but Rodrigo Taddei's attempted lob goes over the crossbar.
    • 15' Chance for Udinese! They swing in a low cross from the right, Panucci misses his kick at the near post and the ball runs right across the face of goal!
    • 10' Brave play from Handanovic! The Udinese keeper dives at the feet of Perrotta as he seeks to convert a cross from the right, the ball breaks for Totti but the referee is unimpressed by his tumble under pressure from Aleksandar Lukovic.
    • 9' Great effort from Totti! He wins a free-kick for a foul by Tomas Zapatocny in a central position about 40 yards from goal and sends in a thumping shot that Handanovic has to push away!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Sig. Rizzoli

  • Udinese

    Manager: Pasquale Marino

    Captain: 10. Antonio Di Natale

    On the Field

    • Handanovic
    • Zapotocny
    • Coda
    • Lukovic
    • Ferronetti Substitution Out (79′)
    • D'Agostino Substitution Out (83′)
    • Inler
    • Dossena Yellow Card Substitution Out (77′)
    • Pepe Yellow Card
    • Di Natale Goal
    • Quagliarella

    Subs

    • 83. Floro Flores Substitution In (77′)
    • 11. Pinzi Substitution In (83′)
    • 2. Zapata Substitution In (79′)
    • 23. Eremenko
    • 14. Candreva
    • 15. Isla

    Injured

    • 25. Chimenti
    • 5. Obodo
    • 19. Felipe
    • 18. Asamoah

    Suspended

    • 20. Mesto

  • Roma

    Manager: Luciano Spalletti

    Captain: 10. Francesco Totti

    On the Field

    • Doni
    • Cicinho
    • Mexès
    • Panucci
    • Tonetto
    • Pizarro
    • De Rossi
    • Perrotta Substitution Out (62′)
    • Taddei Goal Yellow Card
    • Vucinic Goal Substitution Out (90′)
    • Totti Yellow Card Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • 14. Giuly Substitution In (62′) Goal
    • 33. Brighi Substitution In (76′)
    • 18. Esposito
    • 30. Mancini
    • 4. Juan
    • 1. Curci
    • 15. Antunes Substitution In (90′)

    Injured

    • 21. Ferrari
    • 77. Cassetti
    • 26. Pit

    Suspended

    None