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The scene went around the media in Italy last night and continues to talk this morning. During the success of the Udinese (1-0) in Lecce yesterday at the opening of the 26th day of Serie A, Florian Thauvin should have drawn a penalty after a fault obtained in the area by his team. He is the usual shooter of his family, he who, at 32, has a great season in Frioul with no less than 6 goals and 3 assists in 23 Serie A games. He is even the captain.
Except that at the time of appearing in front of the penalty spot, Lorenzo Lucca stole the ball to him, without ever returning to him despite the removals of his teammates. The tone rises very quickly in the face of the surprise aroused and the lack of respect for the team's instructions. “Go!” »» Him Bijol, the Slovenian defender. Lucca does not want to hear anything and keep the ball in hand. The experienced Alexis Sanchez tries to reason in turn, without more success. Thauvin tries to turn to his bench to ask for help. Sky Sport Italia even wonders if the Frenchman did not wish to be replaced.
Thauvin Dépite
The referee even ended up warning to the rebellious shooter for saving time. The scene lasts almost two minutes before seeing the Italian shoot his penalty under the whistles of the opposing supporters, score him and celebrate his goal alone, without any of his teammates to congratulate him. It was the only goal of the match and Kosta Runjaic, the Udinese coach, replaced him four minutes later, from the 36th minute as a punishment. The goalscorer did not flinch, even greeting his coach at the end of the field.
The latter, angry after this episode, did not wish to wash his dirty laundry in public, while justifying his decision. “”We have a Claire and Thauvin hierarchy is the first penalty shooter, he said in Dazn. They had a discussion that was too long from my point of view, Lucca made the decision on my own so I decided to make a decision too and replace it. He scored a fantastic penalty, we won thanks to his goal, so we are all happy and it is the most important.Not sure that the Udinese locker room is also conciliatory.
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