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Udinese vs Fiorentina. Italian Serie A.

FriuliAttendance9,000.

Udinese 2

  • M Wagué (15th minute)
  • P Kone (62nd minute)

Fiorentina 2

  • M Gomez (50th minute, 53rd minute)

Italian Serie A report: Udinese draw 2-2 at home to Fiorentina

Molla Wague opens the scoring for Udinese
Image: Molla Wague opens the scoring for Udinese

Two second-half goals from Mario Gomez were not enough for Fiorentina to take all three points at Udinese on Sunday evening.

Fiorentina came to life in the second half after Udinese defender Molla Wague had given the hosts a 15th-minute lead.

Germany forward Gomez headed in an equaliser five minutes into the second half before he put the Viola ahead three minutes later.

However, Panagiotis Kone pulled Udinese level in the 62nd minute and the Friuli took a share of the spoils.

It was a costly result for Fiorentina, as they lost ground on the battle for a top three place and a ticket to the Champions League.

They have fallen to sixth in Serie A, six points adrift of third-place Lazio, who won 2-0 against Hellas Verona.

Udinese, with just one victory in their last seven league games, remain in 12th place but they have a game in hand.

Fiorentina went into the contest looking to put an exclamation mark on an impressive week.

The Viola followed their 2-1 league triumph over AC Milan with a 3-0 victory at Roma on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

But it was the hosts who took the lead in the 15th minute against the run of play.

Udinese's Guilherme headed a corner kick towards the Fiorentina area and Wague made no mistake, hitting a right-footed shot from 12 yards past Neto.

The Viola dominated possession but failed to create a good chance until two minutes before half-time.

Joaquin fed Borja Valero just outside the area but his left-footed shot was saved by Orestis Karnezis.

Fiorentina showed a greater sense of urgency after the re-start and equalised when Gomez headed Josip Ilicic's cross past Karnezis.

Udinese had little time to react as Gomez struck again in the 53rd minute.

Ilicic acted as provider once more and Gomez made no mistake, coolly striking a right-footed shot from the heart of the area past a helpless Karnezis.

Fiorentina did not defend their lead for long as Udinese made it 2-2 shortly after the hour.

Substitute Antonio Di Natale sent a dangerous ball into the six-yard box, leaving Kone with an easy tap-in.

Both teams had chances to claim all three points late in the game.

With two minutes remaining, Neto made a crucial save to deny substitute Alexander Geijo from close-range while at the other end, Karnezis had to leave his feet to clear Matias Fernandez's goal-bound attempt from 30 yards.

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