Football: Udinese defeat Roma in Serie A

ROME: Late goals from Antonio Di Natale and Mauricio Isla powered Udinese to a 2-0 win at home over AS Roma. Di Natale broke the deadlock on 79 minutes, cracking his ninth goal of the season after running on to Giampiero Pinzi’s fine through-ball. Chilean midfielder Mauricio Isla settled the contest a minute from time, tapping in Pablo Armero’s cross to give Udinese their sixth straight home win this season. Francesco Guidolin’s side now have 24 points from 12 matches. “We played according to our strengths and with great courage,” said Guidolin. “We didn’t want to give ground to Roma and get punished and that’s exactly what we managed.”

Published in The Express Tribune, November 27^th, 2011.