Udinese boosted their hopes of Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win at already-relegated Cesena tonight.
Diego Fabbrini's fourth-minute strike was enough for the hosts to record victory, just their third in their last 10 games.
Cesena nearly replied immediately courtesy of Damjan Djokovic, but his effort was saved by Samir Handanovic.
The hosts had an even better opportunity to level the scores when they were awarded a 21st-minute penalty, but former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu missed the spot kick.
At the other end, Udinese nearly doubled their advantage before half time when Kwadwo Asamoah's powerful shot rebounded back off the crossbar.
The second period provided less goalmouth action as Udinese hung on to move level on points with Napoli in the Serie A table.
Joe Fish
