Italy’s hot team doesn’t stop. Udinese once again fell behind and once again knew how to get out of it, on the way to a sixth victory in a row – a dramatic 1:2 this evening (Monday) on Verona’s field, against her former coach Gabriela Coffi. The zebras rose to third place and for the first time in history they have six wins already after eight rounds.
Verona arrived on the back of two losses and under the pressure of being below the red line, but Scotland’s Josh Doig helped them break free with a fine goal from the air in the 23rd minute. The game was controlled by Udinese who missed several times against Lorenzo Montefio, until Beto entered and after 12 minutes on the field, also scored his fifth of the season in the 70th minute thanks to Gerard Deulofeu’s sixth assist. The Portuguese is the first Udinese player to reach five goals in the eighth round since the legendary Antonio Di Natale in 2014/15.
On the eve of the round, the visiting team was the team that obtained the most points from deficit situations among the five top leagues of Europe, including three breakthroughs. The fourth turnaround of Udinese was signed by the Slovenian stopper Jaka Biul, who had already scored against Inter and in the 94th minute hit the net of Montefio and gave the signal for the celebrations in yellow.
There was also drama in the Spanish league, when Rayo Waicano closed the seventh round with a 1:2 home win over Alchea in the sixth minute of added time. Argentina’s Lucas Boja capitalized on a poor release by the goalkeeper to head in from a corner in the 32nd minute, but Sergio Camio was helped by a defender’s deflection en route to an equalizer in the 40th minute and substitute Unai Lopes fired into the net in the 96th minute after a big miss on the sideline. The second.
Elche remains the only one who did not win this season in Spain and has only one point in last place. Rayo advanced to 10th place.
Europe will now be free for the Champions League games on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the group stage games of the Europa League and the Conference League taking place on Thursday.