Guidolin rules out long stay at top

Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin does not expect his side to stay top of the Serie A table for long.

Unbeaten Udinese broke away from Juventus to become the league’s outright leaders with a 3-0 win over Novaro on Sunday.

Antonio Di Natale scored in the 33rd and 48th minutes but Guidolin insists “the big clubs will put the table right soon enough.”

“We are going to enjoy this moment, even if we’re only guaranteed it until the midweek round in Wednesday, so can’t even relish it for a whole week,” Guidolin said.

“Can we challenge for the Scudetto? Let’s not joke around here. We played well today and deserved to win a difficult match.”

“Our position cannot help but be provisional. Once the season gets into full swing, then the big clubs will put the table right soon enough.”

Udinese’s next test on Wednesday is against Napoli, one of those teams who want the top spot.

“We are fully aware we could emerge with broken bones from this test, but we will certainly try to play it to the best of our abilities.”