{"id":9229,"date":"2026-09-27T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:13:11","slug":"udineses-bygone-golden-generation-and-the-fight-for-relevance-in-italys-ultra-competitive-serie-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=9229","title":{"rendered":"Udinese&#8217;s bygone golden generation and the fight for relevance in Italy&#8217;s ultra-competitive Serie A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>From Inler&#8217;s perspective, mentality and discipline will be key to closing the gap, rather than spending big on new arrivals to compete with the likes of Napoli, Inter, AC Milan and Juve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Finishing 10th last term was already a significant step forward, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-us\/lists\/david-alaba-udinese-transfer-agreement-serie-a\/blta3fc8b2036a87964\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>experienced former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid defender David Alaba has joined the club on a free transfer<\/span><\/a><span>. His leadership will certainly boost Udinese&#8217;s chances of success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The challenge now is much greater than [it was] before,&#8221; Inler says. &#8220;Before it was very difficult because you had many big players in Serie A, but now in my position as director, I bring the mentality, the discipline that the players need, especially every day because you need to push them every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;In the past, we only played football, we didn&#8217;t have any social media, and now you have this pressure also from the audience. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to talk a lot with the players and also show them how to build a career. That&#8217;s why, for me, the daily work is important, to show them which way they need to go.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Udinese currently sit 13th in Serie A having picked up just one win from their opening five games, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/thrilling-comeback-inter-turn-the-tables-on-udinese-to-reclaim-top-spot-in-serie-a\/blt7921704e0a5ddce2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>including a run of three defeats on the bounce before the lengthy international break<\/span><\/a><span>. Inler believes things will change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s still a long season, but game by game we need to try to win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t had a start like the two previous years I&#8217;ve been here, and the most important thing is stay humble, work hard and reinforce the energy. We need good preparation, mental and physical.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That sentiment is echoed by key Udinese defender, Oumar Solet. &#8220;We just have to keep focused, every single game. Last season we did quite well for Udinese,&#8221; the Frenchman tells <\/span><b><strong>GOAL<\/strong><\/b><span>. &#8220;Our goal is to try to stay on this path, we know we can achieve this. We have to put the work in. The season&#8217;s already started but I&#8217;m very excited to keep on going and to see what happens.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Inler&#8217;s perspective, mentality and discipline will be key to closing the gap, rather than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"two_page_speed":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Udinese20Kit20Launch.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}