WATCH LIVE : West Ham vs Udinese Live Stream Club Friendly Full HD

 

 

STREAM HERE >>>  West Ham vs Udinese free stream online Club Friendly Full HD

Since returning to Serie A for the first time since being relegated in 1996, Cremonese have struggled to adjust to the step up in quality in Italy’s top flight.

Head coach Fabio Pecchia resigning despite guiding La Cremo to promotion via second place in Serie B did not exactly help the club prepare as well as they would have liked, with Massimiliano Alvini facing significant pressure having failed to win any of his side’s 11 league games this season.

Their 1-0 defeat at home to Sampdoria on Monday felt like a particularly crushing blow given that their opponents had also failed to win yet this season, with those three points seeing Sampdoria leapfrog Cremonese in the table and sending them bottom in the process.

The club’s only real ray of light is that several other teams are struggling so far this campaign: eight teams in Serie A have amassed fewer than one point per game on average, with Cremonese sitting four points from safety ahead of facing Udinese this weekend.

However, there is little doubt that their winless run needs to come to an end sooner rather than later if they are to stand a realistic chance of surviving an instant return to Serie B.

Cremonese will remain without Ionut Radu and Vlad Chiriches due to long-term injuries, but Alvini otherwise appears to have a clean bill of health at his disposal.

He may be tempted to make some changes after their disappointing defeat against Sampdoria last time out, with Scotland international Jack Hendry potentially in line for a recall to the starting XI.

Udinese, meanwhile, will travel without Rodrigo Becao and Adam Masina due to hamstring and knee injuries respectively.

Likewise, Sottil may look to freshen things up after a poor run of form in recent weeks, with Tolgay Arslan potentially considered to add some steel to the midfield.

Cremonese possible starting lineup:
Carnesecchi; Hendry, Bianchetti, Lochoshvili; Sernicola, Pickel, Ascacibar, Meite, Valeri; Dessers, Okereke

Udinese possible starting lineup:
Silvestri; Perez, Bijol, Ebosse; Samardzic, Pereyra, Walace, Arslan, Udogie; Isaac, Deulofeu

In the week that the Bulls lost their most famous ex-player, FA Cup legend Ronnie Radford – 50 years on from his iconic match-winning goal against Newcastle – it briefly looked like there might be some left-over magic in the air.

For seven minutes, the sixth-tier outfit led after Miles Storey’s goal against the team 81 places above them in the English football pyramid in League One.

But Pompey hit back, with Reeco Hackett quickly levelling before second-half goals from Colby Bishop and substitute Joe Pigott earned the twice FA Cup winners a safe passage to Monday’s second-round draw

Making their first trip to Edgar Street in 38 years, Pompey were given a good first-half workout by the fired-up hosts.

Although home keeper Dale Eve had to keep out Hackett’s left-foot curler bound for the top corner, Pompey had a first real scare when Bishop’s challenge on Hereford’s former million-pound marksman Tyrone Barnett in the visitors’ penalty box went unpunished.

And there was worse to follow for Pompey when Hereford took the lead on 26 minutes.

Sean Raggett played a loose pass inside to Hackett, who was immediately closed down and robbed by Storey – and the former Pompey player raced away down the inside-left channel before keeping his cool to nutmeg on-loan West Bromwich Albion keeper Josh Griffiths.

Fittingly, just two days on from the announcement of the sad passing of Hereford’s legendary number 11, their modern-day number 11 emulated his predecessor.

There had already been a minute’s silence, which cascaded into applause from the whole ground, followed by chants of ‘there’s only one Ronnie Radford’ when the clock showed 11 minutes.

But this goal was destined not to prove so famous.

Ronan Curtis headed down Connor Ogilvie’s far-post cross for Hackett to bring down and fire home coolly from six yards.

On 63 minutes, Portsmouth took the lead when, from Clark Robertson’s in-swinging right-foot corner from the left, Bishop timed his run to get there first and head his 10th goal of the season.

And Pigott wrapped up victory 10 minutes from time when, again from a corner by skipper Robertson, Bishop won the initial header before Pigott reacted sharpest to sidefoot home

Hereford FC boss Josh Gowling told BBC Sport:

“I’m really disappointed because we should have got something out of it, but goals change games – and the quality of the delivery they have changes games.

“In the first half we were excellent. We were in the ascendancy and they looked nervous.

“We were on top and looked like we could go on and win, but we’ve made one mistake, it has cost us a goal and that’s the difference in levels.

STREAM LINKS >>> Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3

“We’ve given them a leg up and a little lift and you could see their performance raise after that.”

Portsmouth boss Danny Cowley told BBC Sport:

“I was so sad to hear the news about Ronnie Radford. He was such an iconic figure and he had that iconic moment. For a lot of people my age, his famous goal was their first memories of the FA Cup. But what a brilliant night to celebrate his life