Udinese had no pity for Tottenham.

October 24, 2008 by SportFiesta 

Tottenham miserable run on form continues specially after Udinese win of 2-0 for UEFA cup.

The second placed Serie A Udinese started to win their match with a penalty kick that Antonio Di Natale coverted to goal.

Jamie O’Hara collected two yellow cards in a minute for tackles on Alexis Sanchez in the second half to see red and leave manager Juan de Ramos in further trouble.

Substitute Simone Pepe made sure late on when he finished a breakaway move after excellent work by the impressive Fabio Quagliarella.

Tottenham looked a side lacking confidence, exemplified when Didier Zokora failed to control a simple ball on the touchline and, at more cost, when O’Hara moved well away from goal when in a great position to shoot close in with goalkeeper Samir Handanovic stranded.

Under-fire coach, Juan de Ramos had omitted winger David Bentley, who had earlier criticized his team-mates, from the squad.

It was his replacement Aaron Lennon who caused most of the problems for the home defence, repeatedly scampering down the right but unable to supply a decisive final ball.

After a couple of hairy early moments Spurs looked settled into the match, building their play from a solid base, only for Brazilian Gomes to make a hash of controlling a simple ball and allowing Quagliarella to steal in.

“I’m very angry because I don’t like to lose. We lost this match in this competition and now we have to win matches to qualify for the next stage. The situation is not very comfortable.

At this moment morale in the dressing room is not in a normal situation but they know it’s possible to win in football and it’s possible to lose.” Said the coach.

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