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Fiorentina suffered their first Serie A home defeat in 19, throwing away the lead as Lorenzo Lucca and Florian Thauvin pounced on errors to give Udinese a shock victory.

The Viola saw their eight-game winning streak ended by a 1-0 defeat to Bologna, but on Thursday drew 1-1 away to Vitoria Guimaraes to qualify for the Conference League Round of 16. Dodo was suspended and Marin Pongracic injured, but it was an emotional occasion with Edoardo Bove’s return to the Stadio Franchi for the first time since his medical emergency on December 1, sitting on the bench. The Friulani absentee list kept growing with Jaka Bijol, Brenner, Keinan Davis, Maduka Okoye, Martin Payero, Lautaro Giannetti, Oier Zarraga and Gerard Deulofeu.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Riccardo Sottil, who shook off tonsillitis to start, was furious when booked after going down in the penalty area, but was vindicated by the VAR On-Field Review for Thomas Kristensen’s clumsy tackle, as Moise Kean converted from the spot.

Andrea Colpani and Sottil had efforts charged down or parried, while Lorenzo Lucca steered his header off target for Udinese.

Fiorentina gifted the equaliser at the dawn of the second half, as Luca Ranieri tried to avoid a corner by floating the ball over Florian Thauvin, but got it all wrong, hit him on the chest and the pull-back for Lorenzo Lucca to score undisturbed.

epa11791289 Fiorentina's foward Moise Kean scores from the penalty spot during the Italian Serie A soccer match ACF Fiorentina vs Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 23 December 2024. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI
epa11791289 Fiorentina’s foward Moise Kean scores from the penalty spot during the Italian Serie A soccer match ACF Fiorentina vs Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 23 December 2024. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI

Incredibly, Udinese – who moved to three at the back for the second half – almost took the lead moments later, as a corner came to Lucca who flicked it up and hit the fantastic bicycle-kick, thumping the base of the near post.

Colpani took too long to get a Kean assist under control and saw the finish charged down by Ekkelenkamp, but Udinese did turn it around when Thauvin cut inside Robin Gosens on the right and curled a wonderful left-foot finish into the far bottom corner from the edge of the area.

Kean should’ve equalised when found by Colpani, but his right-foot finish only clipped the outside of the post from the edge of the box. Thauvin thought he’d scored another moments later, his acrobatic volley charged down from point-blank range by Ranieri.

Christian Kouame flicked a long Rolando Mandragora ball beyond Sava, but Kean sprinting to reach the tap-in nearly crashed into the woodwork instead.

Fiorentina did hit the frame of the goal when a Danilo Cataldi long-range effort took a double deflection before Sava flapped it into the upright. Sava did better when getting down to palm a Jonathan Ikone effort off the line and David De Gea took the sting out of a Sandi Lovric free kick.

Fiorentina 1-2 Udinese

Kean pen 8 (F), Lucca 49 (U), Thauvin 57 (U)

Player statistic

1st half
Riccardo Sottil 5′  
Moise KeanPenalty 8′  
   38′Jordan Zemura
2nd half
   46′Thomas Kristensen
   49′Lorenzo Lucca

(Assist: Jurgen Ekkelenkamp)
   52′Kingsley Ehizibue
   57′GoalFlorian Thauvin

(Assist: Sandi Lovric)
   73′Răzvan Sava
Christian Kouamé 81′  
   90+5′Yellow cardSandi Lovric

Match statistic

50
Possession %
50
14
Total shots
11
3
Shots on target
4
7
Shots off target
6
4
Blocked shots
1
10
Corners
2
5
Offsides
1
10
Fouls
14

Fiorentina

Udinese

Starting lineups

43
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Goalkeeper
6
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Defender
33
15
23
alt-bl15655977991398
Midfielder
70′
32
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Midfielder
21
alt-bl161841852068 2
Midfielder
86′
29
alt-bl15650223272958
Midfielder
62′
9
alt-bl158564783391
62′
20
alt-bl15641480632780
Attacker
7
alt-bl1562081663263
70′
90
Goalkeeper
95
alt-bl16163331482054
Defender
46′
33
Defender
19
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87′
25
alt-bl16305988831573
32
alt-bl15674314461297
67′
8
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Midfielder
10
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17
Attacker

Substitutes

1
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5
alt-bl15673281832722
30
24
Midfielder
22
10
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62′
8
alt-bl1619617459769
62′
11
alt-bl15652063521605 1
70′
99
alt-bl1562316851690
70′
65
86′
93
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Goalkeeper
66
Goalkeeper
7
alt-bl1554880634303
11
alt-bl16356762031429
23
alt-bl16686020932078
Defender
79
Midfielder
99
16
Defender
4
46′
14
Midfielder
67′
21
Attacker
87′
77
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Midfielder
alt-in new87′