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Tuttosport talks about Fiorentina-Udinese 1-2, also giving a voice to the two coaches: “They wanted to stay in the wake of their rivals who were all victorious in the last round and close 2024 with a bang in front of their fans, including a special one, Edoardo Bove, who returned to stadium after the illness he suffered on 1 December against Inter. Instead, Fiorentina suffered their first home defeat in the championship against Udinese (it hadn't happened in 19 games since March: defeat against Milan), the second in a row after the one suffered in Bologna. Not even Kean's 10th Serie A goal, on a penalty after just 8', was enough for the Viola: the Friulians, after a disappointing first half, came back with Lucca and Thauvin, bringing a smile to their coach's face, fresh from two consecutive defeats and the exit from the Italian Cup. «We gave ourselves a wonderful Christmas present – says Runjaic -. It was a very important victory in a difficult match, few would have believed in our reaction after the first bad 45 minutes. I am very happy.”
The same cannot be said by Palladino: Fiorentina appears less brilliant and light-hearted than that of the 8 successes in a row. We will need to intervene in January to fill Bove's (significant) absence and provide some alternatives starting from midfield. «It was a two-faced match that should serve as a lesson for us, no physical decline, we immediately put our opponents under control without risking anything. In the second half – highlights the Viola coach – we started badly, giving courage to Udinese, it was a two-sided match that should serve as a lesson for us. I have already told the team, we will immediately think about the next match, we want to do well against Juve. I'm not worried, we weren't phenomena before, we're not poor now after two knockouts. The club will take care of the market, we miss Bove and not just from a numerical point of view. And up front we must be more altruistic.”
THE BIANCONERI'S REPORT CARD
Sava 5.5 The defense started badly and after the 1-0 Viola was forced into a providential exit. He takes risks several times but in the end he holds.
Kristensen 5.5 Causes the penalty on Sottil after just 5 minutes and hits Kean hard. In the second half he goes left and immediately gets a yellow.
Kabasele 6 He shares duties with Touré on Kean and Sottil when necessary.
Touré 6 A good recovery on Sottil but from that side Colpani also shoots a couple of times and Runjaic takes it away. Abankwah (1′ st) 6 With him the defense is more solid.
Ehizibue 6.5 He gives a hand on Sottil and Gosens and also tries to go up. If nothing else, he tries. Rui Modesto (41′ st) ng .
Lovric 6.5 He tries to annoy Fiorentina by also involving De Gea despite not being at his best.
Karlstrom 6.5 He makes a good recovery on Kean and leads the large Juventus midfield well.
Ekkelenkamp 6 After 22 minutes, Udinese's first shot is his and he tries to act as a glue between the departments and then has no more. Atta (21′ st) 6 Enters well.
Zemura 6.5 He keeps Colpani at bay who escapes him on a couple of occasions, he gets a yellow on Gosens
Thauvin 7 The goal in the second half is the reward for an interesting performance, in a position that allows him to space out on the right and then center and spread out. Bravo (41′ st) ng .
Lucca 7 He has a good header in the first half, scores the equalizer and hits the post in the second half
Coach Runjaic 7 First half suffers but Fiorentina doesn't take advantage of it: the coup comes in the second half.
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