EPA11900702 Udinese’s Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (R) was celebrated by his teammates after scoring a 1-0 opening goal at Italian Serie A soccer match against Empori FC in Udin, Italy on February 16, 2025 Masu.
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp was in the right place twice at the right time, but Florian Taubin’s header scored Udinese’s wasted Empori 3-0.
Friulani was fresh from an impressive 1-1 draw against Napoli, but missed out on Kanan Davis, Isaac Tule and Maduka Okoye. Meanwhile, Emporio has slipped into the danger zone after just two points in the last nine rounds. Luca Marianucci has launched a two-match ban with Tino Anjorin, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, Jacopo Fazzini, Ola Solbakken, Nicolas Haas, Pietro Pellegri and Saba Sazonov injured.
See how it unfolded on the live blog.
Lorenzo Lucca’s acrobatic scissor kick volley was off target in just a few minutes of opening minutes from Arthur Atta’s pullback, but Lorenzo Colombo held back two attempts, with Emmanuel Gyasi’s angled The drive was choked well.
Christian Koame should have done better when he excavated wide with Liam Henderson’s counterattack, but Marco Silvestri made a great save against Sandy Lobrick Curler’s previous club.
Udinese led the resulting corner. This is because full stretch Jurgen Eckelenkamp redirected his whimsical Atta’s efforts to the bottom corner.
It remained surprisingly open, and Kouame slipped in, shoving Giuseppe Petzera assist into the goalkeeper’s arm and firing a big shot from a very promising position with another Henderson assist.
Shortly after the restart, Florian Taubin ran to a through ball, but lost balance under pressure and was unable to finish the move.
After a while, Atta was pulled back from the byline, and a desperate Mattia de Siglioblock prevented Taubin from tapping in.
Empoli also wasted a great opportunity to be equal. Youssouf Maleh has incredibly failed to nod at Kouame Cross from close range of corners.
Lucca clipped the upright outside from 6 yards after a deflected pullback, but on the other side, Razvan Saba needed Colombo’s angled drive and Gyasi follow-up except for double reaction .
Udinese doubled the lead just as Lucca’s strike lined up the path of Eckelenkamp for his second game.
Taubin finally scored the goal at the final moments of normal time, sneaking through the centre-backs and whipping from the right.
Taubin may have also had a brace at a stop rejected by Silvestri from a tricky angle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvmgfhdtew
Udinese 3-0 Emporio
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