nope imo they lost their best attakcer and defender and probably best midfielder as well

Not at all, just saying.

That would be Kirk 'Maicon' Broadfoot.

A dismal right back to say the least. And a complete idiot. Made the papers a few years ago for microwaving a raw egg. It exploded.

Udinese looking the better side, by far more attacking than Arsenal. Unlucky to be 1-0 down.

Yes, they need to be more decisive in front of goal. Arsenal's defense is mediocre at best and an away goal is a must.

Had money on Arsenal to win -1 as I didn't really think Udinese would be all that good this season. Were very unlucky to lose.

A draw would have been a fair result. Even after losing Sanchez, Inler and Zapate, Udinese is still a good team, but they need to buy another forward to play along Di Natale.

Udinese's misses in this leg will cost them big time imo. 3 clear cut 1-on-1 chances. You simply cannot waste thoe types of chances at this stage

That being said, they were by far the better side and played some great football. Their lightning quick breaks are amazing to watch.

were Udinese playing in the Europa League they would have lost 3-0 to some much worse team. they played very well tonight, I just wish Italian teams stopped thinking they're bigger than the Europa League and started picking up points for Italy.

Arsenal have the advantage but it will be hard at Friuli possibly. Their season could fall apart in the next 10 days, they host Liverpool this weekend, then they go to Italy next Wednesday and then to Old Trafford next weekend. That's tough.

Yep, going to be great to watch on my part though!! Arsenal are the only English club that I tend to symphatize with (tonight I was totally behind Udine though), but their comical downfalls are just way too entertaining to watch. Last season was epic. From being a few points away from overtaking United, to barely scraping through 4th!

Agreed, on Italian teams in the Europa, and it's harsh but true, it is their faults that Italy now finds itself in this situation. The CL team have a far better record in the CL in the last few years then the Germans, yet they managed to overtake us thanks to their teams doing well in the UEFA Cup and the Italian team sending out their B teams for it.

However I think this will stop, the UEFA Cup level teams who once had the odd shot at the CL when Juve/Milan/Inter/Roma had the odd bad season is gone since the 4th spot is taken away. I think they'll put in more effort, at least that is what I'm hoping for this season. I mean if Udine were to get eliminated and sent to the Europa league, they could easily go to the latter stages, the problem is whether they care about it or not, and that is just ridiculous, such performances have put further strain on an already struggling league

Zapata just lost the game for Villarreal at Odense.

Just to mention, my home team won 4-1 against Malmö, the same team that tied recently with Milan 2-2.

28-1 goal shots.

Holly molly!

Malmo D team?

Probably just a nothing rumour, but this was posted on the Villa forum I use.

The only fair thing is to replace Fenerbahce with another Turkish team. If one of Liverpool and Arsenal gets it, it's a disgrace.

^ I didn't get it. Anyone care to explain?

And I didn't get you...

Anywho, FC Kopenhagen may get it, because they are highest ranked from the ones who got elimated who are national champs. This I would prefer over giving it to Arsenal or Liverpool. I still prefer giving it to a Turkish side. In my opinion spots and qualifying spots are giving to countries, so when one team of a country are not allowed, they can replace it within the country with another one. And if you already lost a quali, it's not really fair to get in anyway (unless maybe it's a Turkish side because a Turkish side is not allowed).

And if one wonders why Fenerbahce are not allowed. I read because of match fixing.

Never mind, I got it. So, Arsenal could go through even if they lose, because Fenerbahce was prohibited from taking part in the competition (match fixing), due to them having the highest coefficient.

I agree that another team from Turkey should get the spot instead. Makes more sense than anything else.

Yeah, and if Arsenal knock out Udinese, then it could be Liverpool instead.. :/

But then now later I read things about the FCK stuff...

I personally think any of the decisions (Copenhagen, Arsenal, Turkish team) would be correct and wouldn't argue with any of them.

Liverpool would be a bad decision because they aren't a champions. They didn't even qualify for the CL in the first place and aren't from a nation that's losing a place (England would have 5 which is not right).

co-efficient

How luckier can Arsenal get in this tie???!!!!

Off the post for Udine

Great double save from Handanovic.

Awesome game so far.

Super Handanovic!

Di Natale

GOL!!!!

Di Natale, 1-0. Super goal and deserved as well.

Goal!!!

GET IN!!!

Lol,Di Natalie is unlucky,or what

Lucky? Arsenal are the lucky one so far. The goal was beautiful.

Any stream?

Agreed, Udinese had some great chances in the first leg, as well as hitting the post in that game as well.

Arsenal missed 2 good chances but other then that, the game has been balanced and they have in no way played better then Udine

Also, apparently UEFA ruled that the Turkish runners up will get the spot lost by Fenerbache. For once UEFA make a fair ruling

I think Udinese had their fair share of luck as well, speaking only of tonight of course. Arsenal had more than two chances to score.

Game-over for Udinese

Game over.

PENALTY!

Penalty for Udinese.

Stopped.

Now it's game over.

Toto misses his penalty. Now it's gameover.

Man, looking at the line-ups, the Udinese of last season and the one of today are two different teams. They didn't replace the players they sold properly.

Arsenal have quite an unknown team as well.

Very smart finish.

And things looked so good before HT...

So, it looks like Milan will be seeded in the second pot. Here's hoping we get Porto or Bayern.

I don't think Bayern will be easy to handle, especially their midfield. Porto - definitively.

I'd take Arsenal as well if I had a choice, Bayern imo aren't so great, so them, Arsenal or Porto would be good. Barca, Real or Man U and we'd be in trouble depending on who the 3rd pot team is

POT ONE
Manchester United
Barcelona
Chelsea
Bayern Munich
Arsenal
Real Madrid
FC Porto
Inter Milan

POT TWO
AC Milan
Lyon
Shakhtar Donetsk
Valencia
Benfica
Villarreal
CSKA Moscow
Marseille

POT THREE
Zenit St. Petersburg
Ajax
Bayer Leverkusen
Olympiacos
Manchester City
Lille
Basel
BATE Borisov

POT FOUR
Borussia Dortmund
Napoli
Dinamo Zagreb
APOEL
Trabzonspor
Genk
Viktoria Plzeň
Oţelul Galaţi