😱 Roma out, Juve up to 4th, Gasp furious 😠, Ekkelenkamp scores, Davis injured 🚑 | OneFootball

Udinese wins 1-0 against Roma at Bluenergy Stadium: the decisive goal by Ekkelenkamp from a free kick, deflected by Malen in the 50th minute. An episode that infuriates Gasperini.

The Giallorossi create very little in the first half and come close to equalizing only in the final assault, with Udinese defending also thanks to a final miracle by Okoye.

Juventus is now alone in 4th place, with a 2-point advantage over Roma and 4 over Como. Udinese, on the other hand, climbs to 32 points in 9th place.

In the first half, Roma struggles to be dangerous and the best chances are for Udinese: Solet shoots high from a few meters on Svilar's rebound, and the Giallorossi goalkeeper makes a great save on a long-distance shot by Atta. The first and only shot on target for Roma in the 1st half is by Malen from the edge of the area.

In the second half, Gasp's team takes control of the game but Udinese immediately takes the lead: Ekkelenkamp takes a free kick deflected by Malen, the trajectory deceives Svilar and goes into the goal. Gasperini is furious with the fourth official for the foul that led to the free kick: "It's not a foul", but the images suggest a clear touch by Mancini.

In Udinese, Davis gets injured (leaves limping and in tears) and the Giallorossi settle in the opponent's third: Malen looks for personal breakthroughs but they are all blocked or deflected, while the Friulians try a long-distance shot with Ekkelenkamp, again saved by Svilar. In the final, Roma pushes and has the equalizer disallowed for offside by Tsimikas and then Okoye denies a goal in the corner by Mancini in the 96th minute.

❌ Goal disallowed for Cristante, offside by Tsimikas! Then Okoye's miracle 🤯

MINUTE 90 - On a free kick into the area, Tsimikas crosses with a bicycle kick and Cristante scores the equalizer with a header. However, the goal is disallowed for offside by Tsimikas on the assist.

In full stoppage time, Okoye makes a decisive save: a corner intervention on Mancini's shot worth 0.36 xGOT.

💥 Contact on Ndicka, Kristensen late but NOT a foul

MINUTE 73 - Roma pushes to find the equalizer and after a corner, two contacts occur: Ndicka heads the ball and then is touched by Kristensen late, after which Ghilardi falls due to a clash with Solet.

Referee Sacchi lets it go and VAR confirms the decision, which is correct according to Luca Marelli: "On N'Dicka, there is a head-to-head contact but it is not punishable, while between Ghilardi and Solet, it is the Roma player who touches the Udinese player who anticipates him."

🤕 Davis requests a substitution, muscle problem and tears

MINUTE 57 - Davis during a dribble suddenly stops, touches his groin and immediately calls for the medics. The forward is forced to be substituted but walks off on his own, albeit limping noticeably.

The player cries as he leaves the field, given the various injuries that have affected his time at Udinese.

❗Ekkelenkamp makes it 1-0, deflected by Malen! Protests by Gasp 😠

MINUTE 50 - Ekkelenkamp takes a free kick from the left, Malen deflects the ball in the wall which goes into the goal, deceiving Svilar.

On the bench, Gasperini is furious and throws his stopwatch on the ground - according to DAZN - and protests with the fourth official: "He didn't even touch him, there was no foul," referring to the action that led to the free kick.

However, referee Sacchi's decision is correct according to Marelli: "The free kick is correct, Mancini extended his leg and made Davis fall. It was the right decision to call a foul and book the defender."

🩸 Blow to the face for Mancini

MINUTE 28 - Mancini goes into a challenge with Atta who accidentally hits the defender in the face, requiring about 5 minutes of medical attention for Mancini who is bleeding from the face.

In this first part of the half, Roma has only shot once while Udinese has been dangerous twice in transition.

🧤 Svilar flies immediately

MINUTE 7 - Atta shoots from a distance and Svilar has to work hard to send the ball out for a corner: yet another important save of his season.

✅ OFFICIAL line-ups

UDINESE (3-4-2-1): Okoye; Solet, Kristensen, Bertola; Ehizibue, Miller, Karlström, Zemura; Ekkelenkamp, Atta; Davis.

ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, N’Dicka, Hermoso; Celik, El Aynaoui, Cristante, Wesley; Soulé, Pellegrini; Malen

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