Fifth win in a row for Udinese
On the other hand, Udinese raised its score to 16 points in third place, while Inter, the champion of the previous season, remained in seventh place following receiving its third loss this season, compared to 4 victories.
After losing its opening match once morest AC Milan, last season’s champion, and then drawing it in its second match, Udinese succeeded in achieving its fifth consecutive victory following victories over Montaza (2-1), Fiorentina (1-0), Roma (4-0) and Sassuolo (3-1). .
And Udinese coach Andrea Sutil, who is playing his first season in the Italian league, expressed his happiness with the results of his team, saying, “I am completely satisfied, what has been achieved so far is unbelievable.”
Inter opened the scoring with a direct free kick by Nicolo Barilla, who hit the upper left corner of goalkeeper Marco Silvestri (5).
Udinese managed to equalize with friendly fire when Slovakian defender Milan Skriniar converted a cross into the net of veteran Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Hindanovic (22).
Veteran Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko almost gave Inter the lead once more, but his header passed to the side of the post (33).
And the game remained in contention between the two teams in the second half, and Dzeko scored a goal that the referee did not consider for offside (55).
Hindanovic starred in addressing a powerful creeping ball by Sandy Lovrich from 20 meters (63).
And Udinese succeeded in advancing when the Spaniard Gerard Delovo took a corner kick that Slovenian Jaka Piol rose to and followed it with his head into the net of Inter (85).
Inter tried to equalize in the last minutes, but he left wide spaces in his back lines, which Udinese took advantage of to confirm his victory in the third minute of lost time when he added Turkish-German origin Tolgai Arslan III from a header.
As for Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, he said, “We have conceded 9 goals in three away matches. We have to be more determined, especially in the joint balls.”
“Udinese deserved this victory. My team cannot find continuity at the moment,” he added.
Montsa stuns the imperfect Juventus
In a surprise of heavy caliber, the newly promoted Montsa inflicted the first loss to its Alex Reed Juventus 1-0, with a historic goal scored by Danish Kristen Gottkaer in the seventy-fourth minute.
With this victory, the club, owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, hit two birds with one stone, as it rose from the bottom of the standings with its first victory in the “Serie A” and ended Juventus’ unbeaten start this season.
Montsa scored his first three points this season in his first game, also under the leadership of Rafael Palladino, who replaced Giovanni Strobia, who was sacked on Tuesday.
Montsa is entering the “Serie A” for the first time in his history following he succeeded in climbing last May, four years following Berlusconi bought the club.
Despite this victory, Montaza is still in the relegation zone in 18th place, but one point behind 17th-placed Verona (5 points), who lost to Fiorentina 0-2.
For his part, the troubled Juventus, who lost the services of Argentine striker Angel Di Maria, with a direct red card five minutes before the end of the first half, became eighth with ten points, following winning only twice in the first seven matches.
On the other hand, Lazio climbed to fourth place following winning a wide 4-0 victory over its host Cremonese.
Lazio’s goals were scored by Ciro Immobile (7 and 21 through a penalty kick), Serbian Sergei Milinkovic-Savic (45 + 2), and Spain’s Pedro Rodrigues (79).
Lazio raised its score to 14 points, while Cremonese remained on its previous score by two points, in the penultimate nineteenth place.
