Bologna, ranked 4th before the game, ushered in the 34th round of Serie A, and the Bologna team sat in their home stadium PK Guangzhou team's former coach, Ballon d'Or Mr. Cannavaro coached, and the 18th-ranked Udinese team before the game.
This is Cannavaro's second game in charge of Udinese (the last game in which Udinese were beaten by Roma and Cannavaro suffered a bad start).
Before the game, Bologna had been unbeaten in 5 consecutive Serie A rounds (3 wins, 2 draws), while Udinese had suffered 3 consecutive defeats in the league and 5 consecutive rounds of winless (1 draw, 4 losses) before the game, which was obviously not as good as Bologna's, but in the previous games of 1 draw and 4 losses, Udinese had the feat of overturning AC Milan.
Udinese had the upper hand over Bologna in their most recent meeting, but more than 70 percent of fans were confident that Bologna at home could beat Udinese.
In the 45+2nd minute, Udinese took the lead through a quick counter-attack, and Paiero met the ball in the middle of the penalty area and slotted it home.
In the 65th minute, Bologna suffered another blow when Bikma received a second yellow card and was sent off.
In the 78th minute, Bologna finally equalized when Saale Markles took a free kick from the left side of the field and scored a direct lob.
In the end, the Bologna team playing at home was blocked by Udinese and missed the second consecutive win in the league. Udinese ended a three-game losing streak in the league. In the first time after the game, Bologna continued to rank fourth with 63 points, and failed to overtake Juventus to rise to third.