Udinese beat Parma 4-2 at the Stadio Friuli in Serie A on Monday evening.
Udinese continue their best start to the season in over ten years with this win over the Gialloblu. A Antonio Di Natale brace was followed by a spectacular overhead by French defender Thomas Heurtaux and a sublime finish by Cyril Thereau.
Parma youngster Jose Mauri and a cheeky penalty by Antonio Cassano got on the the score sheet for Roberto Donadoni’s men as Afriyie Acquah saw red after two rash fouls in each half.
Udinese
Orestis Karnezis – 6.5 – Busy
Made two fine quick fire saves in the first half and was unlucky with deflected Mauri goal.
Ivan Piris – 5 – Rash
Dived in to a couple of challenges and offered nothing going forward.
Danilo – 6.5 – Powerful
Made some fine headed clearances and looked composed.
Thomas Heurtaux – 7 – Spectacular
Will be remember for the spectacular overhead kick goal. Made a goal saving clearance in first half.
Silvan Widmer – 7.5 – Productive
Looked a threat all night down the right, Set up first goal with great cross and involved in second. Very promising young player.
Emmanuel Badu – 6.5 – Composed
Headed down to Di Natale for first udinese goal and fired in a few shots during the game.
Allan – 6.5 – Neat
Composed in midfield with some neat touches, kept things ticking over
Guilherme – 6 – Runner
Made some good runs down the left, faded in second half
Panagiotis Kone – 7 – Involved
Nice ball over the top in build up to first Udinese goal, some good efforts on goal and involed throughout. Booked on 38 Minutes.
Cyril Thereau – 7.5 – Energetic
Baged a fine goal on 82 minutes and produced a nice dummy to set up Di Natale for his second goal.
Antonio Di Natale – 8 – Finisher
Showed his class once again in front of goal with two calm finishes, linked up play with his teammates.
Substitutes
Maurizio Domizzi – 5.5 – Composed
Replaced Kone on 66 minutes and went to left back.
Luis Muriel – 6 – Lively
Came on for hero Di Natale and look lively with a couple of efforts.
Giovanni Pasquale N/A
Parma
Antonio Mirante – 5.5 – Unlucky
Couldn’t do much about any of the goals and made a few fine saves but won’t be happy conceding four.
Pedro Mendes – 5 – Sloppy
Caught in possession a couple of times and suffered a wrist injury early on. Substituted at half-time.
Alessandro Lucarelli – 4.5 – Sluggish
Looked slow throughout, was asleep for second Di Natale goal.
Felipe – 4.5 – Ball watching
Caught out on few occasions, especially on first Udinese goal, followed the ball and left the Di Natale sneak in behind.
Massimo Gobbi – 4.5 – Nervous
Didn’t offer much going forward and gave the ball away a few times, not a good night.
Jose Mauri – 7 – Promising
A very promising performance for the 18-year-old, scored Parma’s first and was taken down for the Cassano penalty. One to look out for.
Cristobal Jorquera – 4 – Wasteful
Wasteful on the ball and the game bypassed the midfielder. Replaced on 65 minutes.
Afriyie Acquah – 4.5 – Stupid
Started off well but two stupid fouls saw the Ghanaian see red.
Paolo De Ceglie – 5 – Dependable
Defended well a couple of times, didn’t show a lot going forward. Replaced on 65 minutes.
Antonio Cassano – 7 -Cheeky
Scored a cheeky penalty and set up Mauri for his goal. Still shows his class.
Massimo Coda – 4 – Poor
Not a great night, gave away the ball a few times and some bad crosses.
Substitutes
Fabiano Santacroce – 4 – No Show
Replaced Mendes at half time and didn’t do much.
Daniele Galloppa – N/A
Ishak Belfodil – N/A
