 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Udinese Calcio ti rọ diẹ diẹ ni akawe si akoko igbasilẹ ẹgbẹ rẹ ni ọdun 1997  98, ninu eyiti o pari kẹta ni Serie A : ó ṣe tán. Pẹlu topscorer Oliver Bierhoff, midfielder Thomas Helveg ati olukọni Alberto Zaccheroni gbogbo lọ si Milan, Udinese n wa lati wa ni ẹsẹ ẹhin ṣaaju ibẹrẹ akoko naa. 