Bologna vs. Udinese, for Serie A: Payero's goal was not enough

The Argentine scored his second goal in the tournament but his team could not add three against the Red and Blues and this complicated their stay.

At the Renato Dall`Ara Stadium, Udinese tied 1-1 with Bologna with a goal from the Argentine Martín Payero, in the framework of matchday 34 of Serie A. However, Alexis Saelemaekers’ goal to equalize the score, deprived the team in which Roberto Pereyra also plays to get out of the relegation zone of the competition.

Udinese’s present in Italian football is more than worrying. Macha is second to last with 29 points in 34 games played, he has not won in six games (four losses and two draws) and of the last 10 games he played he only added three in one. This Sunday he had the chance to get a vital victory against one of the best teams in the tournament, but it slipped away at the end.

Martín Payero was the author of Udinese’s only goal. After a great pass from Lorenzo Lucca with a slight deflection off a rival defender, the former Boca player was able to get an accurate shot despite Stefan Posch’s mark and left Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski with no chance. It was the Argentine’s second goal in 26 games played with Udinese. The previous one was also done to Bologna, who tied this match despite being a man down, is fourth and is close to qualifying for the Champions League.

In addition, Udinese will have four finals left to try to maintain the category. Two of these matches will be against teams that are in the same situation: they will play against Empoli and Frosinone. Both have 31 points and are the last ones who are achieving permanence.