By Anna Italia
Covering the UEFA Cup from an Italian Perspective


                          46% Ball Possession Bremen and 54% Ball Possession Udinese
            Werder Bremen 3 - 1 Udinese
                                 34' Diego                                     87' Fabio Quagliarella
                                 67' Diego
                                 69' Hugo Almeida

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  Substitutes:  71' Hugo Almeida out, Aaron Hunt in             71' Simone Pepe out, A. Floro Flores in
                          76' Mesut Ozil out, Peter Niemeyer in             84' Gokhan Inler out, Christian Obodo in
                          81' S. Boenisch out, Petri Pasaneri in

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Here is the situaiton guys.  Our only hope to see Italian football shine in Europe relies on Udinese.  Yet, Werder Bremen comes with the advantage of  not losing at home to an Italian team.  Can Udinese achieve what Inter and MIlan could not?  Werder Bremen beat FC Internazionale Milano 2-1 here in their last UEFA Champions League group game and also eliminated AC Milan from this competition on away goals.

I am waving my Italian and Udinese flag and cheering for them.  Are you ready?   What are you waiting... get ready.....

Talking about records, guys, Udinese forward Fabio Quagliarella has the lead over Werder Bremen forward David Pizarro. Quagliarella scoring 5 goals and Pizarro 3.  Come on, let's cheer for Quagliarella.

Referee Laurent Duhamel whistles the beginning of the match.




Here is the official starting eleven formation for WERDER BREMEN by Coach Schaaf:

WERDER BREMEN:  Tim Wiese, Per Mertesacker, Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues Naldo, Mesut Ozil, Clemens Fritz, Sebastian Boenisch, Torsten Frings, Alexis Tziolis, Ribas da Cunha Diego, Claudio Pizarro, and Hugo Almeida.

Here is the official starting eleven formation for UDINESE by Coach Pasquale Marino:

UDINESE:   Samir Handanovic, Christian Zapata, Felipe, Maurizio Domizzi, Giovanni Pasquale, Gokhan Inler, Gaetano D'Agostino, Kwadwo Asamoah, Simone Pepe, Fabio Quagliarella, and Alexis Sanchez.




Werder Bremen Diego celebrating the first goal in the 34th minute!!!!! Diego with a right footed shot smashing the net of Udinese goalkeeper Handanovic in the upper left corner...... first headache!!!!!
Weerder Bremen 1 - 0



Werder Bremen Brazilian defender Naldo  and Udinese's forward Fabio Quagliarella  vies for the ball.
 AFP PHOTO DDP / NIGEL TREBLIN GERMANY OUT

Just amazing how Udinese forward Fabio Quagliarella had more than 4 clear chances to score and wasting them all!!!.. I was wondering what was going on with Quagliarella.   Come on guys, Quagliarella in two opportunities was alone  and only needed to be focused to blas the net.   Amazing!!!  No wonder every time he missed the chances he put his hands over this head... hellooooo the whole country was cheering for Udinese and missing....... oh mamma mia!!!!!!! AIUTO!!!!!!



Here is the moment of Udinese Gokhan Inler battling against Werder Bremen forward Hugo Almeida.  Guys, three Udinese players and Almeida making space.   Udinese not concentrated enough and I was in despair!!!!
AFP PHOTO DDP / DAVID HECKER GERMANY OUT




Not even Udinese forward Simone Pepe could score and Diego keep knocking at the the door.
 AFP PHOTO DDP / NIGEL TREBLIN GERMANY OUT



A tough battle between Udinese midfielder Gokhan Inler and Werder Bremen midfielder Diego.
 AFP PHOTO DDP / DAVID HECKER GERMANY OUT


Unbelievable, guys!!!!  In less than 2 minutes Udinese conceding two goals!!!!  Two goals stabbing the heart of Udinese fans!  Wow... just so unreal!!!!!!..

In the 67th minute, Werder Bremen Felipe sending an assist to Diego.  Oh my gosh, I jumped from my seat when seeing Diego scoring a right footed shot goal blasting Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic in the upper right corner!  I could not believe it...so sad!!!!
Werder Bremen 2 - 0 Udinese




Though, wait, guys,   just 2 minutes and BAM BAM BAM...a stab in my heart... another goal by Werder Bremen forward Hugo Almeida!!!!!  wow, wow, wow... what was going on with Udinese!!!!!   Almeida gets an assist by Sebastian Boenisch  and with a left footed shot blasting Udinese goalkeeper Handanovic in the lower right corner!!!!   ... just unbelievable!!!!!!!
Werder Bremen 3 - 0 Udinese



You bet Werder Bremen forward Hugo Almeida is happily celebrating his goal!   The third one for Werder Bremen bringing them closer to pass to the next round.
 AFP PHOTO DDP / NIGEL TREBLIN GERMANY OUT

Finally, the honor goal with Udinese forward Fabio Quaglairella in the 87th minute.  An assist by forward Antonio Floro Flores.  This time Quagliarella did not miss and with a left footed shot blasted Werder Bremen goalkeeper from the center of the goal... Just about time.....  come on Udinese.
Werder Bremen 3 - 1 Udinese

Still hope for Udinese to make it... but if they keep missing the goal opportunities, there will be no more UEFA Cup...   Udinese have 1 week to get their act together and recover at home in the Second leg....




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UEFA CUP Quarterfinals First Leg

Werder Bremen - Udinese
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Weserstadion
Bremen, Germany
11:30 a.m. USA Pacific time

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Assistant referee: Stéphane Duhamel (FRA) David Benech (FRA)
Fourth official: Olivier Thual (FRA)
UEFA Delegate: Metin Kazancıoğlu (TUR)
UEFA Referee observer: Sándor Piller (HUN)

Attendance: 32,548

Scorers:  34' Diego, 67' Diego, 69' Hugo Almeida, 87' Fabio Quagliarella

LINEUPS

 WERDER BREMEN (4-3-1-2): Wiese; Fritz, Mertesacker, Naldo, Boenisch (81' Pasanen); Tziolis, Frings, Ozil (76'  Niemeyer); Diego; Hugo Almeida (71' Hunt), David Pizarro.

What do you think of the result? Was it fair? Which players surprised you or disappointed you and why?
How about the referee?

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