Udinese's blow in Florencewho came back from the Viola in less than ten minutes in the second half thanks to the attacking pair of Lucca and Thauvin, ruining the party at Franchi intent on embracing Edoardo Bove again, sitting on the bench with the team to watch the match after the illness he suffered on the pitch last December 1st. Go ahead a few minutes after kick-off with Kean from the spot, lin Fiorentina they ate a possible draw several times and suffered their second consecutive defeatinterrupting a run of 19 unbeaten home matches, as well as losing three points from the Champions League zone.
Scoreboard
FIORENTINA-UDINESE 1-2 (first half: 1-0)
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Kayode, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens (86' Parisi); Adli (62' Mandragora), Cataldi; Colpani (70' Kouamé), Beltran (62' Gudmundsson), Sottil (70' Ikoné); Kean. All. Palladino.
UDINESE (3-5-2): Sava; Kristensen, Kabasele, Touré (46' Abankwah); Ehizibue (87' Rui Modesto), Lovric, Karlstrom, Ekkelenkamp (66' Atta), Zemura; Thauvin (87' Iker Bravo), Lucca. Other. Runjaic.
REFEREE: Matteo Marcenaro (Genoa section)
GOL: 8' rig. Kean (F), 48’ Lucca (U), 57’ Thauvin (U)
ASSIST: Ekkelenkamp (U, 1-1)
WARNED: Sottil (F), Zemura (U), Kristensen (U), Ehizibue (U), Sava (U), Kouamé (F)
Lucca and Kabasele celebrate the goal in Fiorentina-Udinese – Serie A 2024/2025
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The news in 7 moments
8’ – KEAN ON PENALTY, 1-0 FIORENTINA! Conflict between Sottil and Kristensen, the referee initially warns the Viola attacker for protesting, then awards the penalty to VAR. From the penalty spot the Italian center forward born in 2000 makes no mistakes and scores his tenth goal in the championship.
Moise Kean scores for the goal in Fiorentina-Udinese – Serie A 2024/2025
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36' – KEAN ONE STEP FROM DOUBLEING IT. Extremely wrong throw by the goalkeeper, Cataldi intercepts, Kean has the ball at his feet to make it 2-0 but is blocked at the last minute by Karlstroem. “Only” corner for Fiorentina.
48’ – LUCCA SIGNS THE DRAW, 1-1! Sensational error by Ranieri, practically a pass to Ekkelenkamp who provides the assist for Lucca. Nice angled shot to go past goalkeeper De Gea.
Lucca celebrates the goal in Fiorentina-Udinese – Serie A 2024/2025
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50' – LUCCA POLE OVERWARD! Another ball recovered by Udinese, the Juventus striker in an acrobatic effort beats De Gea but hits the woodwork.
57’ – UDINESE TURNOVER EVERYTHING, 1-2! Great goal from Thauvin: Gosens' marking was too wide, the Friulian captain scores with a curling shot to the far post.
69' – KEAN CLOSE TO A DOUBLE. Error by Atta and counterattack by Fiorentina, the Italian center forward has time to place the ball almost completely unmarked in the center of the area, it hits the outside post.
75' – FIORENTINA EATS THE EQUAL! Very long throw from Mandragora, Kouamé heads it and sends goalkeeper Sava out of time who goes out badly! The ball continues slowly towards the goal, but Kean slides and is unable to touch it just enough to put it in the net.
The social moment
Edoardo Bove returns to Franchi twenty-two days after the illness that struck him on the pitch during Fiorentina-Inter. He watched the match on the bench together with the team, receiving applause from the crowd.
Report cards
MVP
Florian THAUVIN (Udinese) – A true captain's performance, he seals an unexpected comeback with his left-footed shot, leading the Friulians to victory.
Fantasy football
PROMOTED: Lorenzo LUCCA (Udinese) – Second goal in three games and an attacking duo finally working together.
FAILURE: Luca RANIERI (Fiorentina) – A horror in the making gives way to ten minutes of nightmare for the Viola.
Palladino: “Conference is an objective, we have already lost points along the way”
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