Will Udinese be third at the end of this season?

Nobody can predict what is going to happen at the end of the season, but what occurs in the first match days can give some clues.

This could be the case of Udinese; they were not considered a team which could compete for a place in the next Champions League, but they actually deserve the third place on the rank.

They deserve it because the team has been strengthen since the end of the last season, especially in the forward positions.

Thereau from Chievo and Kone from Bologna are probably the best purchases of Udinese and along with the proven duo Di Natale-Muriel they compose an absolutely competitive group.

Di Natale is almost 37 but he still knows how to score; on the other hand Luis Muriel, who is 23, must demonstrate his talent, because he has not fully convinced.

Stramaccioni is a young coach and he has the opportunity to get even from his bad season at Inter, and maybe this is the right time.

After all Guidolin bequeathed a really got up to speed squad.