The Triveneto derby, rich in tensions and stingy of occasions, is tinged with yellow -blue. Hellas Verona wins it thanks to amazing punishment of Duda who condemns Udinese to the first internal knockout (1-0) after almost two months. Without Thauvin, Runjaic relaunches Alexis Sanchez: there is he alongside Lucca, with attacks and Payero on the bands of 4-4-2.
Zanetti, still without Tengstedt, responds with 3-4-1-2 and the duo Sarr-Mosquera, but the two struggle to understand each other: after half an hour without being able to find themselves on the pitch, here is the mini-timeout between the two attackers.
The first half of the match is stingy with emotions, with a clear leitmotiv: possession of the Udinese compassionate ball, Hellas low and ready to start again. The result is a first fraction full of technical errors and poor emotions, with the Friulians who control and build the only real opportunity: Payero’s shot high. The 0-0 at rest inevitableand Runjaic’s changes are also inevitable: outside Kristensen and Sanchez, the worst in the first half, inside heyzibue and Ekkelenkamp.
The turning point is immediate, given that the exterior touches the goal: its conclusion hiss on the outside of the net. Udinese forcing is total and, in the following minutes, the Friulians still touch the goal: Attacks and Lovric see their conclusions on hiss beyond the pole. Runjaic raises the center of gravity of his, inserting Iker Bravo, but his do not break through: very few spaces and an opportunity wasted by Lucca. At the best moment of the Friulians, however, Verona lights up: Duda touches the net and finds it in the 71st minute, with a punishment that is unpredited to seven. The Hellas signs the 1-0 and is rightly entitled, limiting itself to the restart: Livramento and Kastanos thus touch the encore in recovery.
A very nervous and tension loaded match therefore rewards the Scaligeri, who win 1-0: Zanetti rises to 29 points, +7 momentary on the third last. Udinese stops at high altitude, the dream-Europe can move away.