A second-half salvo earned Udinese all three points with a 3-0 win over the 10 men of Inter Milan at the Stadio Friuli. Antonio Di Natale was on target twice with Luis Muriel also scoring for Francesco Guidolin's side, who were aided by a red card for Juan Jesus in the 65th minute. The win lifts Udinese up to eighth in the table, level on points with AC Milan, who have a game in hand, while In...Full Story »

Antonio Di Natale was Udinese's saviour once again with his last-gasp goal earning the Friulians a 1-1 draw at home to Palermo. Josip Ilicic put the visitors in front in the 33rd minute with Udinese goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic getting caught out by a divot on a far from regular pitch after recent snow. Brkic then kept Udinese in the game before Di Natale struck to grab a point for the home side, w...Full Story »

Udinese moved into the top half of Serie A thanks to a 2-0 victory over Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris Goals from Danilo and Antonio Di Natale in the first half were enough for Francesco Guidolin's side to take the spoils in Genoa and put five points between the two sides. Nicola Pozzi had a penalty saved in the second half as Samp failed to mount a fightback and remained just three po...Full Story »

Veteran Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale scored an injury-time equaliser to deny Catania their first league away win of the season in a 2-2 draw. Di Natale opened the scoring after 29 minutes but Catania stormed ahead with only minutes remaining when Francesco Lodi fired in a free-kick after Lucas Castro had earlier benefited from some poor defending. But Di Natale popped up moments from the ...Full Story »

Udinese and Genoa picked up a point apiece in a goalless draw played at a pedestrian pace at the Stadio Friuli. The absence of Udinese's star striker Antonio Di Natale was felt as Udinese struggled to create chances, even though they marginally had the better of the game. Genoa created very few openings and appeared to settle for a draw right from the outset, and that is the result Gigi Di Can...Full Story »

Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale believes Juventus go into the new season as favourites to retain their Serie A crown. The Bianconeri won their first Scudetto since 2003 last term in convincing fashion, finishing four points ahead of AC Milan after an unbeaten campaign. With Kwadwo Asamoah and Mauricio Isla both leaving Udinese to join Juventus, Di Natale claims the Turin-based club are the...Full Story »

SUC-CESC ... Spanish midfielder Fabregas celebrates his equaliser ANDRES INIESTA told Cesc Fabregas: Thanks for saving our bacon. Fabregas equalised on 64 minutes, just four minutes after sub Antonio Di Natale had given the Italians the lead in Gdansk. Iniesta said: “We had to get an equaliser quickly, so they couldn’t settle down in the game and camp inside their own half. ̶...Full Story »

Antonio Di Natale has urged Cesare Prandelli to play him as a central striker for Italy ahead of Euro 2012. The Udinese forward has made the provisional list for the Azzurri after a two-year hiatus from the national side and the veteran believes he would link up well with his country's fellow attackers. “I think Mario Balotelli and I could do well alongside each other, while there is a...Full Story »

Udinese Calcio's 34-year-old striker Antonio Di Natale, not capped since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has been named in Cesare Prandelli's provisional 32-man Italy squad for UEFA EURO 2012. Antonio Di Natale has not played for Italy since the 2010 FIFA World Cup Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has included 34-year-old striker Antonio Di Natale in his 32-man provisional squad for UEFA EURO 2012. Di N...Full Story »

Antonio Di Natale and Diego Fabbrini scored as Udinese clinched a place in next season's Champions League qualifying round with a 2-0 win at Catania. Francesco Guidolin's men showed no signs of nerves as they took the game straight to mid-table Catania, Di Natale firing wide in the first minute and Dusan Basta seeing his sixth-minute shot well saved by Juan Pablo Carrizo. Udinese continued to ...Full Story »