Mandela Keita on Monday was sent off 19 minutes into his Parma debut as Udinese fought back from two goals down to win 3-2 and maintain their unbeaten start to the Serie A season.
Udinese were 2-0 down at halftime, but a header from Lorenzo Lucca and a brace from Florian Thauvin took them to the top of the table after four games.
Things started promisingly for Parma, with a goal after two minutes. Enrico Del Prato poked home from a corner with the Udinese defense static. Ange-Yoan Bonny made it two just before halftime.
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Lucca headed home a Hassane Kamara cross to reduce the deficit four minutes into the second half. Thauvin then equalized midway through the second period when he knocked in a header from Keinan Davis.
Keita’s red card in the 73rd minute, just after replacing Matteo Cancellieri, gave Udinese an additional boost and four minutes later Thauvin scored the winner.
Elsewhere on Monday, SS Lazio beat Hellas Verona 2-1 in Rome.
Boulaye Dia scored his fourth goal in four games to put Lazio ahead after five minutes. The Senegalese striker got between two defenders and rifled home a low drive.
Verona were level two minutes later when Casper Tengstedt ran onto a long pass from Grigoris Kastanos and slotted the ball under the advancing goalkeeper, but Argentine striker Taty Castellanos bundled the ball home from a corner in the 20th minute to give Lazio all three points.
The result means Lazio leapfrog Verona into sixth place. Verona are seventh.
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