Bluenergy Stadium celebrated on Saturday night as Udinese defeated Barcelona to seal victory in the inaugural edition of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Cup! Vakoun Bayo's goal right at the end of the 45-minute match secured a 1-0 win in what was essentially the 'final', after both teams had beaten Nottingham Forest 1-0 in their opening games.
Udinese 1-0 Barcelona
Udinese (3-4-2-1): Piana; Palma, Kristensen (cap.), Ebosse; Bertola, Zarraga (Camara 45), Miller, Arizala; Bayo, Gueye; Buksa.
Subs: Pirih, Padelli, Goglichidze, Lovric, Karlstrom, Davis, Zaniolo, Kamara, Abankwah, Mlacic, Vojvoda, Piotrowski, Kabasele, Solet, Ekkelenkamp, Vinciati, Pejicic.
Coach: Runjaic.
Barcelona (4-3-3): Szczesny; Espart (Fort 16), Christensen (cap.) (Marques 27), Martin (Cortes 16), Pesquer (Balde 16); Tunkara, Bernal (G. Fernandez 27), Fariñas (Goren 16); Adeyemi (T. Fernandez 27), Abdelkarim (Bisiwu 16), Kluivert.
Subs not used: Yaakobishvili, Rodriguez, Raphinha, Fermin Lopez.
Coach: Flick.
Referee: Zago
Assistants: Storgato - Roncari
Fourth official: Maccorin
Booked: Tunkara 25.
Added time: 2 minutes
Friuli Venezia Giulia Cup final standings
Udinese 6 (+2)
Barcelona 3 (0)
Nottingham Forest 0 (-2)