Runjaic: ‘Udinese full of life, not the right time to talk about my future’
UDINE, ITALY - OCTOBER 25: Kosta Runjaic, Udinese manager, looks on ahead of the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AC Milan at Stadio Friuli on October 25, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Photo by Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)
Kosta Runjaic insists Udinese are ‘full of life’ even after a sixth consecutive Serie A defeat to Milan, so it is ‘not the right time’ to speak with the club about his future.
This was perhaps not the ideal opportunity to end their current run of dismal results, but it was still a sixth consecutive defeat for the Friulani.
Christian Pulisic opened the scoring within six minutes when springing the offside trap, as the Luka Modric free kick caught the Udinese defenders napping.
Omari Hutchinson was then ready to turn in the rebound as Maduka Okoye parried the Ardon Jashari strike, while the goalkeeper also palmed a Goncalo Ramos effort onto the crossbar to keep the scoreline down.
Runjaic has faith in Udinese
“It is not the right time to speak right after the game,” Runjaic told DAZN Italia when asked if he had received any communication from the club hierarchy.
“We lost the game, we are all disappointed, including myself. I think tonight we have seen a team full of life, ready to fight who gave their best, but conceded an easy goal after five minutes and that was a big step back. It was hard to come back from that.”
The season seemed to take a big turn at San Siro when fumbling that 2-0 lead in a defeat to Inter, as they never quite recovered from the shock.
“We had a lot of problems with injuries and things are going negatively, so it’s not easy for the team. Until Lecce, we didn’t play bad football, and again today I saw the team make the right steps forward to get out of this situation,” insisted Runjaic.
“I think it is also not fair to compare the team with last season. We started pretty well until the game with Lazio, but s**t happens, we have everything required, we need unity to do better next game.”
Udinese are now sucked into the danger zone, as they are on four points from eight games along with Fiorentina and Parma, just one point clear of rock bottom Venezia.
“It’s sport, we have to accept defeat and can’t change anything at the moment, the situation is what it is, nobody likes it. That’s why I think fair play is very important, I as a coach need to be a role model in that sense,” added the coach.
“I think the team showed a good face today compared to the last game, but we again made an easy mistake, gave a favour to Milan, and when 1-0 down within a few minutes, an experienced team like Milan knew how to manage that.
“We had a few good moments with Keinan Davis, we played better in some moments, but luck and quality at the end were lacking, while Milan did a good job.”
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