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LazioUdinese had every right to feel good about themselves heading into the second half. They'd soaked up 60 percent of the ball, kept Lazio largely to the flanks, and then — four minutes after the restart — Jesper Karlström put them in front. Keinan Davis did the work to set it up, and Karlström finished. Just like that, the Stadio Friuli had something to believe in.
For the better part of an hour, that lead held. Udinese sat deep and made life difficult, and Lazio's 19 shots tell only part of the story — the Roman side couldn't find the right touch when it mattered. The home side's goalkeeper was busy, making five saves across the night, but the back line was organized and committed. Maybe too committed: Udinese picked up five yellows in total, with Jakub Piotrowski (13') and Lennon Miller (23') booked inside the first half-hour, Karlström himself carded in stoppage time, and Bayo Youssouf and Nicolò Bertola collecting theirs in the second half. That's a lot of edge to sustain.
The Last Fifteen Minutes
Lazio found the equalizer on 75 minutes. Mattia Zaccagni threaded the ball through, and Davide Frattesi did the rest. The goal was the kind that changes everything — not spectacular, just timely — and suddenly Udinese, who had worked so hard for so long, were back to square one with a quarter-hour left.
What followed was predictable only in hindsight. Lazio pushed for the winner, and in the 88th minute, Albert Gudmundsson headed home from a Danilho Doekhi delivery. Qué gol para apagar el Friuli — the home crowd had barely recovered from the equalizer and now the match was gone.
Udinese finished with 10 shots and six on target, which is a respectable return for a side that spent most of the night without the ball. But Lazio's volume — 19 shots, eight corners — eventually told. When you give a side that many looks, the law of averages catches up.
Our pre-match read called this one too close to split, and for most of the night that looked right. In the end, Lazio settled it.
For Udinese, the form coming in had been encouraging — four wins and a draw in five — and losing like this, conceding twice in the final 15 minutes after defending so stubbornly, will sting. The discipline issues are worth watching too; five yellow cards in a single match is the kind of thing that compounds over a long season.
Lazio, meanwhile, keep rolling. One loss in their last five, and now a comeback win on the road. The question now is whether they can sustain this when the schedule gets tighter — but right now, they look like a side that knows how to win ugly when the clean version isn't available.
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