JAKARTA - Sassuolo won an important victory after defeating Udinese 2-0 in an Italian Serie A match at the Friuli Stadium, Sunday, February 15, 2026 WIB. The victory brought Jay Idzes et al. to secure a position in the middle of the standings.
Sassuolo bounced back after suffering a 5-0 defeat when hosting the leader of the standings and the candidate for the championship, Inter Milan. Even though playing at home, Idzes who is also the captain of the Indonesian national team failed to stop the Inter attack.
The crushing defeat did not lower the spirit and confidence of the team coached by Fabio Grosso. When playing away, they actually reaped positive results. In fact, Sassuolo actually fell behind first. However, they were able to turn things around and win the match.
The result makes Sassuolo improve their ranking and displace Udinese. Now, they are in ninth place with 32 points. Sassuolo's point acquisition is actually the same as Udinese. Only, Neroverdi has a goal difference so they can go up one strip in the standings. Udinese itself dropped to 10th place.
In that match, both teams actually wanted to rise after getting disappointing results. Udinese itself was forced to surrender 2-1 when playing against Lecce.
In order to hunt for victory at home, coach Kosta Runjaic included Nicolo Zaniolo as a starter. However, Zaniolo has not been able to answer expectations by scoring a goal. Instead, Udinese's goal was produced by the defender when Oumar Solet broke into the Sassulo goal in the 10th minute.
The goal started with Solet's action who managed to snatch the ball from a pass from Sassuolo player Josh Doig. He then made a solo run before launching a shot that defeated goalkeeper Arijanet Muric.
Behind 1-0, Sassuolo tried to increase the pressure. Although trying to attack, they failed to penetrate the home team's defense. The score remained until the first half ended.
Entering the second half, Sassuolo did not slow down the game. Their attacks began to shake Udinese's defense. After many failed attempts, the patience of the Sassuolo players finally paid off when Armand Lauriente broke the deadlock in the 56th minute.
The goal was created through a slick collaboration of three Sassuolo players. It started with a cross from Ulisses Garcia which was greeted by Andrea Pinamonti. He then gave an assist with a back heel which was immediately greeted with a hard kick from Lauriente.
The score changed 1-1. The goal made the Sassuolo players more excited. In fact, they didn't take long to turn things around.
Just two minutes later, it was Pinamonti's turn to get the ball from Garcia to break into the Udinese goal to bring Sassuolo back to 2-1.
In the losing position, Udinese tried to play offensively again. They actually managed to equalize the score through Nicolo Bertola in the 70th minute. Only, the goal was annulled because of offside. Until the end of the match, the score of 2-1 for Sassuolo remained until the end of the match.
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