By Anna Italia
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43% Ball Possession TORINO and 57% Ball Possession UDINESE
Torino 2 – 0 Udinese
15′ Omar El Kaddouri
56′ Ciro Immobile
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Serie A Standing AFTER the game:
Torino, 6th position with 52 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Udinese, 13th position with 39 points and a negative goal difference of -11
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Turin | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 54:45 | 9 | 52 |
15 | Udinese | 35 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 36:49 | -13 | 39 |
Disciplinary Situation before the game: 1 suspended player for TORINO: Gillet (until 16/8/2014)
No suspended players for UDINESE
On Round 16 game ending: Udinese 0 – 2 Torino
Torino winning their 9th home game while Udinese failing to defeat Torino. Udinese have won only 3 away games this season. Not only is a great victory for Torino, but also because it reaffirms the leadership of forward Ciro Immobile as sole top scorer in Serie A scoring 21 goals. This should be a direct message to Italy Head Coach Cesare Prandelli. Simply put, guys, Immobile is rocking and Italy needs goals in the World Cup. An added boost to the morale of the team is jumping from the 8th to the 6th position reaching the Europa League zone.
Torino opening the score in the 15th minute. An assist by forward Ciro Immobile to the left finding midfielder Omar El Kaddouri ready to deliver a right footed shot defeating Udinese goalkeeper Simone Scuffet in the bottom left corner. It’s the 5th goal this season for El Kaddouri. Udinese going down from the 13th to the 15th position.
The winner goal in the 56th minute. An assist by midfielder Nikola Maksimovic to forward Ciro Immobile in the center. Immobile defeats Udinese goalkeeper Scuffet with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. Fans embracing Immobile now the sole top scorer with 21 goals.
Here is TORINO official starting lineup by coach Giampiero Ventura:
Torino (3-5-2): Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Maksimovic,
Kurtic, Vives, El Kaddouri, Darmian; Cerci, Immobile.
Here is UDINESE official starting lineup by coach Francesco Guidolin:
Udinese (3-4-2-1): Scuffet;
Heurtaux, Danilo, Bubnjic; Gabriel Silva, Badu, Allan, Pinzi; Bruno
Fernandes, Pereyra; Muriel.
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Stats AFTER the game. Top scorer for TORINO: Forward Ciro Immobile with 21 goals
Top scorer for UDINESE: Forward Antonio Di Natale with 10 goals
Torino | Goals | Goals | Udinese |
---|---|---|---|
Immobile, Ciro | 21 | 10 | Di Natale, Antonio |
Cerci, Alessio | 13 | 4 | Muriel, Luis |
El Kaddouri, Omar | 5 | 4 | Fernandes, Bruno |
Farnerud, Alexander | 4 | 3 | Heurtaux, Thomas |
D’Ambrosio, Danilo | 2 | 3 | Badu, Emmanuel |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of TORINO: 2 win, 1 draw
19/04/14 | SA | Lazio – Turin |
3:3 | Round 34 |
13/04/14 | SA | Turin – Genoa |
2:1 | Round 33 |
06/04/14 | SA | Catania – Turin |
1:2 | Round 32 |
Here are the last 3 games of UDINESE: 1 draw, 2 lost
19/04/14 | SA | Udinese – Napoli |
1:1 | Round 34 |
14/04/14 | SA | Udinese – Juventus |
0:2 | Round 33 |
06/04/14 | SA | Fiorentina – Udinese |
2:1 | Round 32 |
Click the video to watch the highlights of the game, Torino vs Udinese, Sunday 27 April 2014, Olimpico di Torino Stadium, Turin, Italy, Serie A Week 35
Photos Torino vs Udinse courtersy torinofc.it LaPresse
Torino Omar El Kaddouri opening the score against Udinese
Torino forward Ciro Immobile celebrating after scoring against Udinese
Torino fans rooting for the team…..
Torino 2 – 0 Udinese
Sunday 27 April 2014
Olimpico Stadium
Turin, Italy
15:00
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: DE PINTO – PETRELLA
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: DI PAOLO
ADD2: LA PENNA
Goals: 15′ Omar El Kaddouri (T).
Official formations – lineups:
Torino (3-5-2): Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Maksimovic,
Kurtic, Vives, El Kaddouri, Darmian; Cerci, Immobile.
Subs: (Gomis, Berni,
Barreto, Gazzi, Larrondo, Vesovic, Barreca, Aranu, Meggiorini,
Tachtsidis).
Coach: Giampiero Ventura
Udinese (3-4-2-1): Scuffet;
Heurtaux, Danilo, Bubnjic; Gabriel Silva, Badu, Allan, Pinzi; Bruno
Fernandes, Pereyra; Muriel.
Subs: (Brkic, Vicario, Edinaldo, Basta, Mlinar,
Nico Lopez, Yebda, Lazzari, Widmer, Maicosuel, Zielinski).
Coach: Francesco Guidolin
Torino 2 – 0 Udinese 15:00 Referee: VALERI |
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Torino | Match Stats |
Udinese |
2 | Goals | 0 |
14(3) | Shots (on goal) | 10(1) |
9 | Fouls | 7 |
1 | Corner kicks | 2 |
1 | Offsides | 0 |
43% | Ball Possession | 57% |
0 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Saves | 1 |
What do you think of the results? Which players surprised you or disappointed you and why?