Sottil, Cioffi and now Cannavaro, on the one hand, and Garcia, Mazzarri and now Calzona, on the other. Two teams, Udinese and Napoli, and six coaches taking turns on the two benches (three each obviously). This is a fact that fully demonstrates the difficulties that the Bianconeri and Azzurri have encountered this season. Udinese now has to fight tooth and nail if they want to stay in Serie A. With the Champions League possibility gone, for the Azzurri there is still an open European possibility.
Udine is a beautiful field for Napoli, because the Neapolitans have come from seven useful results in a row (five wins and two draws), but above all because the point that allowed the Neapolitans to win their third scudetto arrived in that stadium of history. The Azzurri’s last defeat at home to the Bianconeri was the 3-1 suffered on 3 April 2016. In that match Higuain lost his head and was sent off and put his hands on the chest of the referee, Irrati.
Udinese’s timid approach to matches as they only scored two goals in the first 15 minutes. In this sense, only one team did worse than the Friulians… and it was Napoli with only one goal to their name.
ALL PREVIOUS IN UDINE (SERIES A AND SERIES B)
44 matches played
14 Udinese victories
21 draws
9 victories Naples
63 goals scored Udinese
53 goals scored Naples
THE FIRST CHALLENGE IN UDINE
1942/1943 Serie B Udinese vs Napoli 1-1, 33rd matchday
THE LAST CHALLENGE IN UDINE
2022/2023 Serie A Udinese vs Napoli 1-1, 33rd matchday
