In eight minutes the Friulians overcame Kean’s lead on a penalty. Emotion at Franchi for the midfielder’s return to the bench (with special exemption).
It’s official: Fiorentina is in crisis. This is certified by the success of Udinese who went 2-1 to the Franchi with the goals of the devastating Lucca and Thauvin who put the finger on the wound. Palladino’s team, at their second stop in a row, hadn’t lost at home since March 30th when AC Milan moved on to Florence. This time Udinese does it without many injured starters, but after 20 minutes of suffering following the goal conceded, they play the game driven by their leader Thauvin and guided in the middle by the rocks Karlstrom and Lovric and in defense by the giants Kristensenn, Kabasele , Toure and then Abankwah. A crazy coup for the Friulians, a worrying decline for the Viola also because now the next matches are against Juventus and Napoli. Then we will have to rely on the market because interventions are urgently needed to aspire to something important.
THE PRE
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This is Edoardo Bove’s match. Who is acclaimed when he emerges from the locker room and goes to sit, in his tracksuit, on the additional bench. With some staff members.
YOU PLAY
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Then onto the field. Udinese have recovered Sandi Lovric, who starts. But he lost, and it is another serious absence, in addition to those of Okoye, Giannetti, Payero, Zarraga and Davis, the central defender, the linchpin of the Bijol department, held back by a slight fatigue. Brazilian striker Brenner is not even on the bench and will be sold in January. In Fiorentina Palladino still trusts the Friulian from Tavagnacco Pietro Comuzzo with captain Ranieri in defense and chooses Beltran as a sub striker, keeping the Gudmundsson card, starter in the last two. The match immediately takes a turn in favor of Viola: in the 4th minute Sottil sprints down the flank, goes body-to-body with Kristensen and falls to the ground in the middle of the area. Initially he was punished with a yellow card for protesting, then Marcenaro was called back to the monitor and completely changed the decision by awarding the penalty. Moise Kean doesn’t make a mistake this time and scores 10 in the championship. Kean is the soul, the reference, Sottil gives the gas. Udinese took the blow and conceded for 20 minutes. Then it comes out, especially with the quality of Thauvin. In the 31st minute, shot of Bove standing cold with his neck warmer: applause. In the 36th minute Sava returns short: the ball reaches Kean and only a great recovery by Karslstrom avoids an encore. In the 40th minute Udinese combined well with Lovric and Thauvin, but the Slovenian’s shot was high. Just as Lucca’s header ends up wide, which Thauvin tries to look for as soon as he can to attempt an aerial deflection.
SECOND HALF
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The giant Touré does not emerge from the changing rooms and is replaced by the twenty-year-old Abankwah. Technical choice by Runjaic. But Udinese, who always ended the half in the purple half of the field, equalized in the 4th minute. Gosens returns, Ranieri kicks badly and lets the ball end up on Ekkelenkamp. The Dutchman finds Lucca who doesn’t forgive and scores his sixth goal of the championship. Two minutes later the Moncalieri giant almost scores an encore: a bicycle kick and the ball ends up on the post. But the Friulian lead came in the 12th minute. Fiorentina doesn’t play at all. Instead, Thauvin plays and is only looked at by Gosens. The Frenchman’s shot, his fifth goal in this tournament, is a masterpiece of precision and De Gea cannot intervene. However, Palladino intervenes and makes his first changes in the 17th minute: inside Mandragora, the man of the party in Guimaraes, for Adli and Gudmundsson for a dull Beltran, never really in the game. Eight minutes later, when Runjaic has already inserted Atta for Ekkelenkmp, Palladino increases the offensive weight again with the two cup attackers: Ikoné for Colpani, never incisive, and Koaumé for Sottil who spent a lot. No substitution is needed, Fiorentina throws balls in, takes many corner kicks with Gut doing only that, but always finds the heads of the players in yellow, even that of Lucca who does an immense job. And so Udinese inflicted the first home defeat of the championship on Palladino’s team. Who protests with the fourth official for refereeing that is certainly not up to par. But Marcenaro is certainly not to blame for the defeat.
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