🔥 Serie A discovers Elphege: first Parma goal, Udinese KO, two injuries🚑 | OneFootball

Parma defy every rule of football and beat Udinese away from home as well, moving up to 13th place with 39 points despite scoring only 24 goals.

Against the Friuli side too, Carlos Cuesta’s team create little and, after Elphege’s goal early in the second half, limit themselves to a stubborn defensive display. 

😱 HORROR first half: very low xG

The first 45 minutes of Udinese-Parma offer very little. No truly dangerous shots from either side and a total xG of 0.57. Certainly not the best possible answer at a time when Serie A’s competitiveness is being questioned.

❌ Pellegrino OUT at half-time: the reason

Parma start the second half without Mateo Pellegrino, who is replaced by Nesta Elphege.

The reason for the change is probably physical. In the first half, the Ducali striker took a blow to the head and another to the shoulder.

🔥 Elphege makes the breakthrough: golazo 6 minutes after coming on

The man of the moment at Parma is Nesta Elphege. The player who provided the assist for Strefezza’s goal against Napoli scored his first league goal 6 minutes after coming on for Pellegrino.

It was some goal. The striker used his body brilliantly against Kabasele on Strefezza’s through ball and pulled away with his first touch. He then poked it past Okoye as the keeper came out.

🤯 Udinese go close to 1-1: crossbar and Zaniolo’s HUGE miss

In the 75th minute, Udinese had a colossal chance to equalise. A magnificent individual play by Solet, who delivered a superb cross from the byline for Gueye, whose header hit the crossbar.

After coming off the woodwork, the ball fell to Zaniolo, who from just a few metres out failed to find the corner to Okoye’s left, with the goal completely open.

🚑 Bad blow to the neck, Kristensen forced off

In the 80th minute, Runjaic is forced to use his final substitution window after Kristensen takes a nasty blow to the neck in an aerial challenge.

The defender spends several minutes on the ground trying to recover his balance and stay on the pitch, but in the end he has to give in and Mlacic comes on in his place.

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