Udinese goes down on Di Gregorio. Scoreless draw between Empoli and Genoa.
Udinese-Monza 0-0; Empoli-Genoa 0-0
The two Saturday afternoon matches of the 23rd day of Serie A ended in a draw and without any goals. At the Bluenergy Stadium, Udinese, despite a clear dominance, failed to beat Michele Di Gregorio, who thanks to his interventions allowed Monza to win a point. While, the challenge between Empoli and Genoa ended with less excitement.
At the "Bluenergy Stadium" the first chance è for the hosts at 6’: Lucca lets go a diagonal shot from a defiladed position that forces Di Gregorio to his first save of the day. Three minutes later, the former Pisa man makes himself dangerous again by stealing the ball from Caldirola and kicking powerfully at the first post, where the Brianza extreme defender keeps a good guard. On 17’ è Udinese again made themselves dangerous: Thauvin spread out on the left for Payero, who with a right-footed shot just grazed the second post. Then, in the final part of the first half, come the best chances for the Bianconeri, first with Thauvin and then again with Lucca, but in both cases Di Gregorio è very good at foiling and taking refuge in a corner kick.
In the second half, the considerable effort made by Udinese was felt and the pace dropped and the match became much more broken up. After the pinwheel of substitutions, Monza finds its first chance at 64’: Zerbin serves Carboni in the area, who fails to close the triangle for the excellent closure of Ehizibue. Thanks to the fresh forces of Palladino, the inertia of the match shifts in favor of Monza, which in full recovery has a chance to win the match: Pablò Mari, on a situation of set kick, manages to hit a header, but the conclusion is saved on the goal line by Lovric.
The challenge of the "Castellani also ends in white nets. The first half è characterized by very few emotions, with Genoa seeing a goal cancelled for offside by Sabelli, while in the hosts’ ranks the most ù dangerous è Cambiaghi. In the resumption è again the player owned by Atalanta to go close to the advantage: Gyasi finds Cerri in the area, who backs first for Cambiaghi, who lets off a shot that shatters on the post to the right of Martinez. The Rossoblù response, however, came in 78’ with Spence, whose header was saved on the line by Luperto.
In the final Caprile saves the result with an excellent intervention on Gudmundsson, while Genoa ends the match in 10 men, as De Winter is sent off for a foul on Fazzini.
With this draw Genoa and Monza climb to 29 points. Udinese, on the other hand, moves up to 16th place with 19 points, while Empoli joins Verona and Cagliari on 18.
