Serie A | Udinese 0-1 Verona: Magnificent Duda free kick sparks upset

Hellas Verona gave their hopes of Serie A safety a huge boost with this surprise victory, as a splendid Ondrej Duda free kick ended Udinese’s six-match unbeaten streak.

The Friulani were in a position to potentially push for European places and on a splendid run of four wins and two draws, including stalemates with Napoli and Lazio. Hassane Kamara was suspended, with Florian Thauvin, Razvan Sava and Isaak Toure injured. Hellas had Nicolas Valentini sitting out a ban, plus Flavius Daniliuc, Casper Tengstedt, Suat Serdar and Abdou Harroui out of action.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Oumar Solet and Daniel Mosquera tested the goalkeepers early on, but Thomas Kristensen risked a second yellow card on 36 minutes for his clumsy challenge on Domagoj Bradaric.

Straight after the restart, substitute Kingsley Ehizibue cut inside to drill inches wide from the edge of the area, with Arthur Atta and a Sandi Lovric free kick doing the same.

Udinese began to push harder, both Lorenzo Lucca and Ehizibue failing to make the most of a Jordan Zemura cross.

However, Verona took the lead with a simply sensational Ondrej Duda free kick, curled with his right foot over the wall and into the far top corner.

Udinese tried to get back into it, but Atta’s header was weak on a Solet cross in stoppages.

Udinese 0-1 Verona

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