Udinese vs Roma
Serie A
Dacia Arena
The Romans traveled to Udine hoping to extend their unbeaten run against an in-form side. The hosts wasted little time to secure the lead through Udogie in the 5th minute.
Things began crumbling for the She-Wolf as Samardzic, Pereyra, Lovric managed to get on the scoresheet.
Mourinho’s men struggle to create chances all match long. As the Bianconeri were clinical. Thus the fixture ended 4-0. This takes Udinese to the 4th place, who sit just ahead of Roma with the same points.
Udinese vs Roma: Match report
Full time score: Udinese 4-0 Roma (HT: 1-0)
Scorers: 5 ‘Udogie, 56’ Samardzic, 75 ‘Pereyra, 82’ Lovric
Udinese (3-5-2)
Silvestri; Becao, Bijol (17 ‘Ebosse), Perez; Pereyra (85 ‘Ehizibue), Samardzic (63’ Makengo), Walace, Arslan (63 ‘Lovric), Udogie; Success (63 ‘Beto), Deulofeu.
Unused subs: Padelli, Piana, Festy, Jajalo, Abankwah, Nuytinck, Nestorovski, Semedo.
Roma (3-4-2-1)
Rui Patricio; Mancini (65 ‘Zalewski), Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp (46 ‘Celik), Cristante (46’ Belotti), Matic, Spinazzola; Dybala, Pellegrini (81 ‘Camara); Abraham (77 ‘Shomurodov).
Unused subs: Svilar, Boer, Vina, Bove, Keramitsis, Volpato, Tripi.
Bookings: Dybala (R), Mourinho (R), Pellegrini (R), Udogie (U), Makengo (U), Pereyra (U)
Referee: Maresca
Assistants: Di Vuolo-Rossi
IV man: Cosso
VAR: Ghersini
AVAR: Valeriani
Managers’ reaction
Andrea Sottil: “A fantastic game throughout. A wonderful performance by the lads this evening – it’s all down to them.
“In terms of levels of cohesion and taking the game to the opponent, we matched our second half against Salernitana. We faced a big test this evening and we showed great personality and courage. Not every team puts four past Roma.”
“While we’ve picked up ten points from five games I’ve got no set goals. We’re just trying to foster a good mentality here, first and foremost.”
Jose Mourinho: “It was a tough match, just as we knew the opposition were going to make it tough for us. In games like this, generally speaking you can’t let yourself go behind early. They know how to defend tight and compactly and do a good job of running down the clock. They have smart, physical players. If you go behind against them you are already in a lot of trouble.”
“Congratulations to them, though, it’s a great result for them. They played to their strengths and the game played out as they would have wanted. So well done, we’ll see them again this season at the Olimpico.”
