Rome: A spectacular scissor-kick strike from Antonio Di Natale gave Udinese a 1-0 win over visitors Lazio on Saturday as they moved level on points with them in the Serie A fight for European places. The 35-year-old striker met Gabriel Silva's floated cross with a perfectly timed mid-air volley that flew past befuddled Lazio keeper Federico Marchetti in the 19th minute. The Udinese captain's 18th league goal of the season...
10:19 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Serie A leader Juventus were beaten 2-1 at home by 10-man Sampdoria and two other title contenders also lost Sunday. ...
10:18 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Italy forward Antonio Di Natale scored twice to help Udinese beat 10-man Inter Milan 3-0 Sunday. ...
08:47 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Milan: Lazio continued their impressive run of late with a 1-0 win over title rival Inter Milan in Serie A on Saturday. Miroslav Klose scored the only goal eight minutes from time to extend Lazio's unbeaten streak to nine in all competitions. Inter hit the post twice in quick succession in the second half, through Fredy Guarin and Antonio Cassano. Lazio dominated the first half but was frustrated by the...
08:20 AM, Dec 16, 2012
London: Udinese produced a stirring comeback to beat Liverpool 3-2 away in the Europa League on Thursday, joining fellow Italian teams Inter Milan and Lazio in notching maiden group-stage victories in this season's competition. Trailing 1-0 at half-time at Anfield, Udinese stunned the five-time European champions with a second-half fightback sparked by Antonio Di Natale's well-taken equaliser and completed by Giovanni Pasquale's drilled finish that proved to be the winning...
08:49 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Kiev, Ukraine: Fatigue finally caught up with Italy. Forced by injuries to end the match with 10 men, the Azzurri had no answer for Spain's passing wizardry in the European Championship final. Even "Super" Mario Balotelli couldn't break free to rescue the Azzurri this time, and the result, a 4-0 loss, was the most lopsided final in tournament history, eclipsing West Germany's 3-0 win over the Soviet Union in 1972....
02:58 AM, Jul 02, 2012
Gdansk (Poland): Mario Balotelli confirmed his reputation as an uncontrollable talent. Antonio Di Natale confirmed his as a late-blooming but utterly pure goalscorer. The study in contrasts could not have been greater between the two Italy forwards during Sunday's 1-1 draw with Spain at the European Championship. The 21-year-old Balotelli earned one yellow card and could have easily been handed another, then wasted his best scoring chance by inexplicably waiting...
12:53 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Gdansk: Italy and Spain have begun their respective Euro 2012 campaigns with an absorbing 1-1 draw on Sunday to kick off the action in Group C. Antonio Di Natale drew first blood for the Azzurri on 60 minutes, coming straight off the substitutes' bench to put his side ahead, but only four minutes later, Cesc Fabregas ensured their opening day ended with a share of the spoils in Gdansk. The...
11:28 PM, Jun 10, 2012
If there was ever a list of 'What Not To Do Before A Major Tournament', Italy seem to have covered most of it. Heading into Euro 2012, the team " already hit by injuries " has suffered a loss of form that has seen them lose three consecutive games for the first time since 1983, with another warm-up being cancelled due to an earthquake in northern Italy. This even as...
11:35 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Milan: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has confirmed that Mario Balotelli, Antonio Cassano and Antonio Di Natale are all likely to make his squad for Euro 2012, but ruled out call-ups for experienced attackers Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti. The national team boss is expected to announce a provisional 30-man squad for this summer's tournament on Sunday, before eventually trimming his roster down to 23 players for the finals. And...
05:00 PM, May 12, 2012
Milan: Udinese is now in pole position to claim Italy's last Champions League place after it beat nine-man Genoa 2-0 and close rival Napoli lost by the same scoreline at Bologna in Serie A on Sunday. Antonio di Natale and Antonio Floro Flores scored for Udinese, which played over 50 minutes with a two-man advantage after Juraj Kucka and Rodrigo Palacio were dismissed for Genoa. Napoli is three points behind...
09:09 PM, May 06, 2012
Rome: Napoli revived their chances of returning to the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Novara on Saturday, while Udinese salvaged a draw to remain in contention as the Serie A resumed a week after Piermario Morosini's death. Edinson Cavani and Paolo Cannavaro scored first-half goals for Napoli, while Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic saved a penalty in a 0-0 draw at Chievo Verona. Handanovic dove to his right and...
08:50 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Milan: Inter Milan's crisis deepened on Sunday after crashing to their seventh loss in eight matches, going down 1-0 to Napoli in Serie A from Ezequiel Lavezzi's second-half goal. Lavezzi, who scored twice in Napoli's 3-1 win over Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League in midweek, pounced in the 59th minute to help his team rise to fifth place in the standings. Napoli defender Salvatore Aronica was...
08:39 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Rome: AC Milan new signing Maxi Lopez scored his first goal for the Serie A champions to help them come from behind to beat Udinese 2-1 and take over top spot in the Italian league on Saturday. Lopez, who moved to Milan on loan from Catania last month, scored the equalizer in the 77th minute after Antonio Di Natale gave Udinese a 19th-minute lead. Lopez then set up Stephan El...
09:02 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Milan: Juventus' charge towards the Serie A title gathered pace with a 2-1 win over third-placed Udinese in falling snow on Saturday. Alessandro Matri scored either side of Antonio Floro Flores' equalizer to help unbeaten leaders Juventus move four points clear of second-placed AC Milan, who face Cagliari on Sunday. Udinese are two points further back and could be caught by Inter Milan, who visit Lecce. "I was worried a...
09:36 AM, Jan 29, 2012
