Udinese return to winning ways with crushing victory over Fiorentina in Serie A

[p][b]The Zebras came flying out the traps and were ahead within 11 minutes, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kabasele-christian/42ADo7dd/"]Christian Kabasele[/a]’s late run into the box went unnoticed, allowing him to head home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaniolo-nicolo/0G7MtHBl/"]Nicolò Zaniolo[/a]’s cross from close range.[/b][/p][p]That was the perfect start for a side who had only scored two first-half goals across their previous six matches.[/p][p]Their opponents were in no mood to fold without a fight, though, and created a couple of chances for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mandragora-rolando/v9oBM840/"]Rolando Mandragora[/a], although he failed to hit the target on each occasion.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="7f7cde94-6236-467a-abf1-4acdc287ce3e" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="9eff25a4-ed97-4927-8159-6efa609a2a81" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davis-keinan/SKxz4XFS/"]Keinan Davis[/a] and Zaniolo could have extended the hosts’ lead, but the former had his shot saved before the latter blazed over from a good position.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Viola[/a], 5-1 victors when these sides met in December, were then left frustrated at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harrison-jack/A1JAbIMG/"]Jack Harrison[/a] missing a header, before Mandragora spurned a further opening as it remained 1-0 at the break. [/p][p]Paolo Vanoli would have wanted more from his side going into the second half, but Kosta Runjaić’s men - who had lost their three previous outings - continued to impress, with Davis wasting another chance.[/p][p][b]The forward would not make the same mistake next time though, coolly doubling his side’s lead with a penalty that he won himself after a foul by Daniele Ruganiiano.[/b][/p][embed guid="24d04777-af67-4bb4-884a-16cc781cf4ce" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2028578467348885595" social-type="twitter" /][p]Fiorentina needed to respond quickly, but for all the balls they launched into the box, few picked out a forward, apart from one, which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ndour-cher/8QRFNbb8/"]Cher Ndour[/a] flicked wide.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/piccoli-roberto/CK8QgVjh/"]Roberto Piccoli[/a] also missed the target as time ran out for the visitors, whose two-match winning run comes to an end, leaving them outside the relegation zone only on goal difference.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/udinese/rXw8YKDE/"]Udinese[/a], on the other hand, made the win even more emphatic through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buksa-adam/UBJAAEJh/"]Adam Buksa[/a]’s whipped finish from inside the area in injury time, capping off a victory at home for just the second time in six attempts.[/b][/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaniolo-nicolo/0G7MtHBl/"]Nicolò Zaniolo[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/udinese/rXw8YKDE/"]Udinese[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fiorentina-Q3A3IbXH/udinese-rXw8YKDE/?mid=8OEoZ4fE"]See a summary of the match here[/a][/b][/p]