From our correspondent Simone Battaggia
December 29, 2024 (changed at 2.37pm) – UDINE
One point each. Udinese and Turin end the year with a 2-2 draw which, given how the match went, makes Turin more serene, who come back from 2-0 with goals from Adams and Ricci in a courageous second half, which allows them to leave the behind the scoring problems of recent times – they had 3 goals in the last 9 games – and the bad home defeat against Bologna. The home Bianconeri, who had run away with Touré in the first half and with Lucca heading at the start of the second half, wasted an opportunity but returned to score points against Friuli after 3 defeats in a row and were greeted by the applause of the home fans .
the choices
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Compared to the victory in Florence, Runjaic makes only one forced change, with Kabasele as the right-hander in place of Kristensen, who was struck by gastroenteritis during the night. For the rest, the 3-5-2 is confirmed, with Ehizibue and Zemura on the outside, Karlstrom in the middle of midfield and Thauvin and Lucca in attack, both scoring against Fiorentina. Vanoli mixes things up a bit, forced to give up the last minute to Masina due to some fever. With Walukiewicz also unavailable after the respiratory problem against Bologna, the coach confirms Maripàn in central defense, with Coco and Vojvoda. Vlasic, right midfielder, returns to the midfield after a month, with Ricci in the middle, Pedersen and Sosa on the outside, while Sanabria remains on the bench in attack, always starting – and never scoring – since Zapata’s injury on matchday seven: trust in Adams , the scorer of the goal from midfield in Empoli, and in Karamoh, starter in the last two games. Torino plays with mourning on their arms to remember Gian Paolo Ormezzano, a great journalist and historical memory of the club.
first half
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At the start, Torino looked for space and opportunities on the flanks: in the 2nd minute Karamoh had an opportunity on the left and challenged Sava, in the 5th minute Gineitis on the right served Pedersen who shot and the Udinese goalkeeper saved without problems. Vlasic in the middle of the pitch tries to assert his quality with some counterattacks, like in the 11th minute when he intercepts a clearance from Milinkovic and serves Karamoh, who shoots low to the near post without causing Sava any worries, or when in the 17th minute he serves Gineitis for another assist to Karamoh, who shoots high. Udinese explored the wings, more with Zemura on the left than with Ehizibue on the right, but Vojvoda and Pedersen controlled. In the 36th minute Torino had a good opportunity, with a 3 against 2 on the counterattack which however saw Gineitis miss the assist for Karamoh and then Ricci not take advantage of a good shooting opportunity. In the 41st minute, on the first real chance, Udinese passes: corner from the right by Thauvin, ball in the area, Lucca heads it and Touré beats Milinkovic from close range. Adams, who until then had been seen more for his combativeness in tackles than for his opportunities, in the 44th minute from the right put a poisonous ball into the area, which the Juventus defense released; in the 46th minute Ricci tries from distance, with Sava saving himself for a corner. The last action of the first half was made by Thauvin: the Frenchman dropped to the midfield and served Ehizibue splendidly, who however did not control the assist.
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recovery
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At the start of the second half Vanoli inserts Ilic and Lazaro for Gineitis and Pedersen. The start, however, was all for Udinese: in the 4th minute Thauvin came down the right and Maripàn had to save for a corner, but from the flag Thauvin caught Lucca in the middle of the area, who headed the ball away and beat Milinkovic for the 2-0. With Lazaro on the right flank, Toro begins to push. It was precisely a cross from Lazaro that led Touré to make a dangerous move, saving himself for a corner, but from the corner Adams first challenged Sava, and then countered the goal. The Granata now believe in it, Ricci tries from distance in the 12th minute, and if in the 14th minute Coco saves well on Thauvin, the equalizer arrives in the 19th minute: great cross from the right again from Lazaro, Adams works the ball high in the middle area and serves Ricci at the limit, who scores the low shot to make it 2-2. Udinese always tries to react along the Thauvin-Lucca axis, but the center forward’s shot from the edge of the box in the 25th minute is controlled without difficulty by Milinkovic. Runjaic gives 10′ to Alexis Sanchez, returning after more than 4 years in black and white. At the end El Nino Maravilla tries with a great shot from far away, which ends up high.
