Venezia accomplished a unprecedented turnaround from 2-0 all the way down to beat high-flying Udinese 3-2 with a pair of Joel Pohjanpalo penalties, however Isaak Toure’s purple card proved pricey.
This was a neighborhood Friuli-Venezia-Giulia derby on the Laguna and the hosts lastly ended their with a 2-2 draw at Monza, however Sverko was not absolutely match. The Friulani have been nonetheless lacking Florian Thauvin, Alexis Sanchez, Thomas Kristensen, Gerard Deulofeu, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp and Arthur Atta.
Sandi Lovric examined Filip Stankovic on the close to put up after a nutmeg, whereas John Yeboah did not take advantage of a horrible Jesper Karlstrom back-pass.
Udinese broke the impasse when Lovric surged ahead from midfield, mixed with Iker Bravo and swept in with the within of the boot from the sting of the world.
They grabbed one other a couple of minutes later, as Jaka Bijol intercepted the poor Stankovic clearance and Iker Bravo drilled by a defender’s legs into the close to backside nook. It was the younger Spaniard’s debut Serie A purpose.
It was practically 3-0 inside 120 seconds of that, as Stankovic obtained down for a robust one-handed save on Lorenzo Lucca’s strike.
Venezia obtained a penalty when Joel Pohjanpalo ran onto the Alfred Duncan by ball and was able to shoot as he was bundled over by Lautaro Giannetti. The Lagunari veteran transformed it himself, having beforehand missed his solely different Serie A spot-kick.
Iker Bravo nodded vast from Hassane Kamara’s cross, however Gaetano Oristanio got here on for the second half and instantly arrange Duncan to steer vast from a really promising place.
Oristanio was introduced down by Isaak Toure proper on the sting of the penalty space, so Udinese have been diminished to 10 males. Venezia took benefit instantly, as Hans Nicolussi Caviglia bent the ensuing free kick across the wall into the far backside nook to equalise.
The hosts poured ahead, Maduka Okoye with a robust hand on the Gianluca Busio strike and Pohjanpalo sliding in only a second too late to satisfy the Ellertsson cross on the far stick.
Christian Kabasele got here sliding in to cost down the Duncan effort, however he did it together with his arm, so Venezia obtained their second penalty of the match. Pohjanpalo fired it into the identical backside nook as the primary, however this time Okoye was left stranded to finish the turnaround from 0-2 to 3-2.
Venezia 3-2 Udinese
Lovric 19 (U), Iker Bravo 25 (U), Pohjanpalo pens 41, 86 (V), Nicolussi Caviglia 56 (V)
Despatched off: Toure 53 (U)