Hellas Verona surprises Udinese, draw between Monza and Parma

Udinese-Hellas Verona 0-1, Monza-Parma 1-1

The first afternoon of Serie A Saturday saw the wide smile of Hellas Verona, which overcame Udinese 1-0 on the road and earned three points with very important specific weight in the fight for salvation. A battle that also sees Monza and Parma, who faced each other at the same time at the U-Power Stadium, drawing 1-1.

In Udine, the surprising Verona interrupted the Friulans’ streak of six useful results on the wings of Ondrej Duda: è by the Slovakian, in fact, the decisive goal, scored with a masterful free kick that went over the barrier and left Okoye no chance. For the Gialloblù è it was the first success after two knockouts in a row, a result that takes some pressure off, at least for a few days for Paolo Zanetti’s men.

In that of Monza, however, the match was resolved in the last half hour: to go ahead è the Monza at 60', with Armando Izzo who returns to score after two years in the championship taking advantage of a favorable rebound in the area on an action started by a corner. In the final, at 84'84;, the draw of the Ducals: Bonny, who entered a quarter of an hour earlier in place of Almqvist, frees himself for the conclusion and does not miss, thus avoiding the knockout.

Of the four teams involved, Udinese remains the one best placed in the standings, though it is stuck on 40 points after this day. Hellas Verona, on the other hand, rises to 29, while Parma goes to 25 and joins Lecce in fifth-last place. For Monza, the situation è getting more and more desperate: the points put into their own carnet, so far, are just 15.