Udinese 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2012
Result
Udinese 2-1 AZ Alkmaar
Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Udinese 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Udinese defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Antonio Di Natale opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Udinese's goals came from Antonio Di Natale (3', penalty) and Antonio Di Natale (15'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Erik Falkenburg (31').
Discipline: Udinese received 4 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Udinese were 36th on 13 points from 9 and AZ Alkmaar 5th on 24 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Udinese lined up in a 3-5-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Udinese wins, 0 draws and 1 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Udinese's last five read L-W-D-D-D and AZ Alkmaar's W-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Penalty goal · Antonio Di Natale
- 3'Red card · Nick Viergever
- 15'Goal · Antonio Di Natale
- 31'Goal · Erik Falkenburg
- 39'Yellow card · Giovanni Pasquale
- 55'Yellow card · Jozy Altidore
- 63'Yellow card · Maurizio Domizzi
- 64'Missed penalty · Rasmus Elm
- 65'Yellow card · A. Maher
- 73'Yellow card · M. Pazienza
- 90+4'Yellow card · Giampiero Pinzi
Head-to-head
Team news
Udinese line-up (3-5-2)
Samir Handanović, Maurizio Domizzi, Kwadwo Asamoah, Joel Ekstrand, Pablo Armero, Damiano Ferronetti, Giampiero Pinzi, Antonio Di Natale, Antonio Floro Flores, Michele Pazienza, Medhi Benatia
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Esteban Alvarado, Dirk Marcellis, Nick Viergever, Simon Poulsen, Niklas Moisander, Adam Maher, Erik Falkenburg, Rasmus Elm, Jozy Altidore, Brett Holman, Roy Beerens