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Udinese must defeat Reggina on Saturday to end their schizophrenic cycle of success and failure, warns Coach Pasquale Marino.

The Friulani are the most unpredictable side in Serie A, as in the opening weeks of the season they have gone from a draw at title holders Inter to a 5-0 home defeat to Napoli and a 1-0 victory away to Juventus.


“We have to give some kind of consistency to our performance and hopefully also our results,” said the former Catania tactician.


“The lesson of Napoli served its purpose and I expect a great show against Reggina. I think the lads will pick up where they left off at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin.


“As always, the result will be unpredictable, but the important thing is to put in a good performance.”


Marino is forced to look ahead, as the upcoming midweek round means in the space of eight days Udinese will take on Reggina, Genoa and Parma.


“For now we are exclusively focusing on Reggina. I shall only send on to the field those who are in the best shape, but I would not rule out a few changes. Diaz Felipe and Giampaolo Pinzi are both fit again and Fabio Quagliarella has also recovered.”


Marino took over the club in the summer and has found himself both lauded and insulted for his team’s record so far.


“Udinese have a very demanding crowd, but in the defeat to Napoli they continued to encourage us all the way until we went 3-0 down.


“In recent years the fans have grown accustomed to seeing beautiful football, but they have also shown they understand the process of renewal within the squad. They maintain great enthusiasm and that cannot help but spur us on.”



Udinese squad: 25 Chimenti, 22 Handanovic, 1 Rodrigues Dos Santos; 6 Coda, 19 Felipe, 8 Dossena, 32 Ferronetti, 24 Lukovic, 20 Mesto, 2 Zapata, 21 Zapotocny; 14 Candreva, 4 D'Agostino, 23 Eremenko, 88 Inler, 15 Isla, 11 Pinzi; 3 Asamoah, 10 Di Natale, 83 Floro Flores, 9 Paolucci, 7 Pepe, 27 Quagliarella.

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