Udinese...

12-02-2012

A shake is needed to restart: PAOK on Thursday

The attention is all on this Thursday’s match. It is the new target for Udinese after the defeat against AC Milan, which has however highlighted the good qualities of a team able (“capable of giving”?) to give a hard time to any kind of opponents.

On Thursday Udinese are asked to face PAOK for the home leg of the Europa League round of 32. The match with the Greek team, which has just won 2-0 against OFI Crete, is fundamental for Udinese since winning could allow the squad to take it easier on the away leg.

Moreover, Dušan Bajević’s PAOK had won the second turn of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup against Udinese, which is the only precedent between these two clubs. Luigi De Canio’s Udinese had obtained a 1-0 first leg win, but fell 3-0 in the second leg.

The only player who played then and is still in the squad is Giampiero Pinzi, who will have to pass to the others (??) the will for a revenge that he’s been holding for the last 11 years.