Midfielder Roberto Soriano struck twice as Sampdoria halted a six-match winless run with a 4-1 triumph at Udinese on Sunday to boost their European qualifying hopes. Soriano put the visitors ahead in the 25th minute and Udinese came close to equalising before the hour but Silvan Widmer's header found the woodwork. Soriano doubled his team's advantage soon after and Afriyie Acquah made it 3-0 i...Full Story »

Udinese ensured they will compete in Serie A again next season after claiming a 1-0 victory at Hellas Verona on Sunday. Antonio Di Natale came off the bench to score the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute. Just two minutes before, the hosts lost defender Jacopo Sala to a red card for a late challenge on Udinese forward Cyril Thereau. Thereau was unlucky not to double Udinese's lead in t...Full Story »

Udinese coach Andrea Stramaccioni has called on his players to bounce back from the disappointment of their Coppa Italia elimination by taking all three points at Empoli on Monday. The Friuli outfit lost 5-4 on penalties against Napoli at the San Paolo stadium on Thursday, after the match ended 2-2 in regulation time. Substitute Gonzalo Higuain converted the winning penalty after Allan's effor...Full Story »

Udinese are hoping to have captain Antonio Di Natale available for Sunday's home match against Cagliari. The Italian veteran forward, who is Udinese's top scorer with eight league goals, missed last weekend's 1-1 draw at Sassuolo with the flu and is doubtful for this weekend's match. The Friuli outfit have five players unavailable through injury this weekend while four others are on internatio...Full Story »

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos inspired Hellas Verona to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Udinese on Sunday as they ended a three-match losing run in Serie A. Udinese captain Antonio Di Natale put the hosts ahead in the 31st minute before Christodoulopoulos set up Luca Toni for the equaliser before half-time. The Greece international then put Hellas in front for good with his first goal of the se...Full Story »

Former Inter Milan coach Andrea Stramaccioni returned to San Siro to lead his Udinese side to a 2-1 victory. After being sacked in May 2013, the young tactician took a year out before landing the Bianconeri job and his one-time employers will wonder what might have been after watching Udinese dominate proceedings in Milan. Mauro Icardi gave Inter the lead just before half-time but a sumptuous ...Full Story »

Udinese captain Antonio Di Natale scored his 200th Serie A goal but the Friuli outfit had to settle for a point at home to Chievo after playing out a 1-1 draw on Sunday. Searching for their first win in four games, the hosts went ahead when Di Natale scored on the stroke of half-time. Ivan Radovanovic equalised for Chievo in the 74th minute with a stinging drive from 25 yards that defeated Udi...Full Story »

Udinese maintained their unbeaten run at home with a 2-0 triumph over Atalanta on Sunday afternoon. Veteran forward Antonio Di Natale put the hosts on their way in the sixth minute and later set up team-mate Cyril Thereau for Udinese's second before half-time. Udinese bounced back from their 1-0 defeat at Torino last time out and climbed, possibly temporarily, to third in Serie A. AC Milan ca...Full Story »

Udinese returned to third in the Serie A table following their third win in a row and fourth of the season, a 4-2 triumph over Parma. Jose Mauri's first goal in Serie A gave the visitors the lead, but two goals from the evergreen Antonio Di Natale turned the game on its head. A cheeky penalty from Antonio Cassano brough Parma back on terms with the last kick of the first half, but a spectacula...Full Story »

Udinese fans will spend the off-season desperate for Antonio Di Natale to reconsider his decision to retire after the veteran striker scored a mesmerising hat-trick to force a 3-3 draw with Sampdoria. Back in January the 36-year-old announced he was calling time on his prolific goalscoring career at the end of the current Serie A season - a season which has been especially disappointing for Udi...Full Story »