19 February 2017
19 February 2017

Udinese - Sassuolo 1-2

Defrel two goals in response to Fofana’s one

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SCORERS: Fofana (7’ p.t).; Defrel (25’, 34’ s.t).

UDINESE (4-3-3) Karnezis; Widmer, Danilo, Felipe, Samir; Badu (39’ s.t. Matos), Halfredsson (36’ s.t. Kums), Fofana; De Paul, Zapata (15’ s.t. Perica), Thereau. AT DISPOSAL: Scuffet, Perisan, Angella, Heurtaux, Adnan, Gabriel Silva, Kums, Jankto, Balic, Ewandro, Matos, Perica. COACH Delneri

SASSUOLO (4-3-3) Consigli; Gazzola, Acerbi, Peluso, Dell’Orco; Pellegrini, Aquilani, Duncan (21’ s.t. Defrel); Berardi (44’ s.t. Ricci), Matri (38’ s.t. Missiroli), Politano. AT DISPOSAL Pomini, Pegolo, Cannavaro, Adjapong, Sensi, Mazzitelli, Iemmello. COACH Di Francesco

REFEREE Tagliavento di Terni

BOOKED Halfredsson, Danilo e De Paul (U), Aquilani e Peluso (S)
 
Even during the happiness of Zico’s return in Udine, the “bianconeri” are not able to obtain the three points. The match seems to star off on the right foot: at ‘7 Consigli makes a mistake in playing a kick, Badu gets the ball and passed it to Fofana who succeffully scores the goal from the end of the area.

The match is well played but Udinese misses a few occasions for scoring the 2-0. 

In the second time, Sassuolo becomes more confident on the field but only the entrance of Defrel is the turning point of the match; after 4 minutes from his entrance, the forward player scores the 1-1 with a great conclusion snatiching a left kick. 9 minutes after, he scores his personal double goal: build-up play with Bernardi and winning conclusion that gives 3 points to Di Francesco.

In the 4-minute extra-time given by Tagliavento, Udinese is near to the two-all with a header by Felipe. At a handful of seconds Karnezis protects the score winning a face-to-face action against Politano and Ricci.