Udinese are really unstoppable now.
Honestly I was waiting for Verona to put an end to their winning streak today. They were so close to doing this after getting 1-0 ahead also. But Udinese scored the equalizer in the 70th minute first. It was still like they were going to lose two points however they somehow scored the winning goal in the stoppage time. It was a really high effort by them throughout the game though. They totally deserved this win but Verona were just annoyingly lucky against them. Now they are on a winning streak of six games and still only one point behind Napoli - Atalanta duo.
This Italian League season, Udinese has been the most outstanding team I have ever seen. I have a hunch that this Serie A season may bring perhaps the biggest shock. They will likely surpass Atalanta and Napoli in the league standings sooner rather than later if they keep up this pace of scoring a decent amount of goals and producing quality passes to control the game as they see fit.
Udinese's performances have been outstanding this season, they look better prepared than the early favourites, such as Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan and AS Roma. Their attack line is productive by creating 17 goals so far, their defense can be said to be solid. They are the only team to get full points in their last 5 matches, it really becomes a capital to increase their morale and become a good capital to get through the game that is in front of them. Although the points are still very tight and have the potential to change in just one game but with their current form they will be more confident going forward.
I don't think there will be big shocks in Serie A this season because Udinese are lack of many things to have stable performance in a long season. What surprise we can see is top four, not Scudetto. This season, two Milan clubs will be challenged by more clubs from Napoli, Atalanta to AS Roma and Lazio. I don't consider it is a shock if any team among Napoli, Atalanta or AS Roma win Scudetto in this season.
Honestly, today's Serie A is a very interesting season to watch the competition in Serie A, their game is unpredictable, even the current seeded club can't play better than the club that is now in the top 4 standings. I agree I wouldn't be surprised to see Atalanta, Napoli or even Udinese coming out as champions this season. But there is a little concern for me that they can't maintain their good form today. Because we still see it very often in Serie A. For example, last season was a very unfortunate season for Napoli because they couldn't keep their hopes up to stay competitive and had to lose consistency at the end of the season.
I prefer to see last season mid-table teams perform consistently this season so that it make the competition in Serie A even more challenging in every game. Just look at Napoli as the leader of the standings and second place Atalanta they both collect the same points and the third and fourth ranks also have a very close distance of points, therefore teams that are more superior like AC Milan, Juventus and Roma still have the potency to break dominance of teams that have performed well this season. Udinese deserves to be counted as a difficult team for big teams to get maximum points, none other than they have managed to beat Inter Milan and Roma in the previous match and it is a match that deserves praise for the hard work of Udinese players.