Mandela Keita was sent off just 19 minutes into his debut for Parma as Udinese came back from being two goals down to win 3-2 and keep their unbeaten run in Serie A on Monday.
Udinese was trailing 2-0 at halftime, but Lorenzo Lucca’s header and a brace from Florian Thauvin helped them take the lead in the standings after four games.
Parma had a strong start, scoring just two minutes into the game. Enrico Del Prato scored from a corner kick while the Udinese defense was caught off guard. Ange-Yoan Bonny made it 2-0 just before halftime.
Lucca scored a header from a cross by Hassane Kamara to reduce the gap four minutes into the second half. Thauvin then equalized midway through the second period with a header from Keinan Davis’s cross.
Keita’s red card in the 73rd minute, shortly after coming on for Matteo Cancellieri, gave Udinese a boost. Thauvin scored the winning goal just four minutes later.
Parma, newly promoted, is currently in 12th place in the standings. In another match, Lazio defeated Verona 2-1 in Rome.
Boulaye Dia scored his fourth goal in four games to give Lazio the lead after five minutes. The Senegalese striker managed to get between two Verona defenders and scored with a low drive.
Verona equalized two minutes later when Casper Tengstedt received a long pass from Grigoris Kastanos and scored under the advancing goalkeeper.
But Argentine striker Taty Castellanos scored from a corner kick in the 20th minute to secure the win for Lazio.
With this result, Lazio moved up to sixth place, pushing Verona to seventh.
