Serie A | Lazio 3-3 Udinese: Exhilarating football battle

Idrissa Gueye went sliding in and just failed to connect with a low Hassane Kamara cross from six yards in the opening minutes, then Edoardo Motta made a tough save as Jakub Piotrowski ran onto the Nicolò Zaniolo through ball.

That move continued, and after two players collided trying to head the Oumar Solet cross at the back post, it fell kindly for Kingsley Ehizibue to smash a screamer into the roof of the net from a tricky angle.

Arthur Atta tried to add a second moments later, his shot charged down at the near post, while Patric was unlucky to see his attempt for Lazio charged down by teammate Boulaye Dia.

The Aquile equalised with practically their first chance of the game, but it was another spectacular finish. A corner was cleared to just inside the area, where Luca Pellegrini let it bounce and thumped the magnificent left-foot strike on the volley into the far top corner.

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp went off with an ankle injury, while Tijjani Noslin grazed the crossbar with his strike on the Pellegrini assist.

Gustav Isaksen came even closer when running onto a cross-field pass and seeing Maduka Okoye palm the finish onto the crossbar, with Noslin unable to get clean contact on the rebound.

Adam Buksa wasted a golden opportunity to restore Udinese’s lead when shinning the first-time finish from seven yards on a low cross.

Zaniolo did even worse, as he somehow managed to connect with a Solet low cross from the right and didn’t bundle it over the line from five yards, getting the contact horribly wrong.

Moments later, Pedro reminded everyone how it’s done with a wonderful first-time right-foot curler into the far top corner from the edge of the area, on the Toma Basic lay-off.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru surged forward and dribbled past two only to then place the angled drive wide for Lazio.

Instead, Udinese equalised when Vakoun Bayo’s header at the back post on a Zaniolo cross was meekly palmed by Motta into the path of Arthur Atta for the easiest of tap-ins.

It remained wide open, as Zaniolo on the counter forced Motta into a great flying save to palm his screamer over the bar, with another Zaniolo attempt charged down.

On the resulting corner, Atta was left unmarked to sweep into the far bottom corner with the inside of the right boot from 12 yards to turn it around again.

It still wasn’t over, as when an Alessio Romagnoli header bounced off the near post, the Pedro cross came back in from the right for Daniel Maldini’s tap-in from close range, springing the offside trap for 3-3.

Lazio 3-3 Udinese

Ehizibue 18 (U), Pellegrini 50 (L), Pedro 80 (L), Atta 86, 93 (U), Maldini 95 (L)

27-04-2026 19:45 MatchDay 34 Stadio Olimpico

Lazio

Udinese 3 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

		18'		Kingsley Ehizibue (Assist: Jurgen Ekkelenkamp)
Matteo Cancellieri		41'

2nd half

Luca Pellegrini		50'
Luca Pellegrini		57'
Pedro (Assist: Toma Basic)		80'
		86'		Arthur Atta
Daniel Maldini (Assist: Pedro)		90+5'
Patric		90+7'
		90'

Oier Zarraga     90+3'

Arthur Atta (Assist: Vakoun Bayo)

Match statistic

47 Possession % 53 13 Total shots 16 5 Shots on target 7 6 Shots off target 6 2 Blocked shots 3 4 Corners 5 1 Offsides 3 17 Fouls 14 Lazio Udinese

Starting lineups

40 Edoardo Motta Goalkeeper 13

Alessio Romagnoli Defender 3

Luca Pellegrini Defender 84' 29

Manuel Lazzari Defender 25 Oliver Provstgaard Defender 4

Patric Defender 24

Kenneth Taylor Midfielder 46' 26

Toma Basic Midfielder 19

Boulaye Dia Attacker 46' 22

Matteo Cancellieri Attacker 65' 14 Tijjani Noslin Attacker 76' 40 Maduka Okoye Goalkeeper 27

Christian Kabasele Defender 82' 11

Hassane Kamara Defender 82' 19

Kingsley Ehizibue Defender 82' 28

Oumar Solet Defender 31

Thomas Kristensen Defender 14

Arthur Atta Midfielder 24

Jakub Piotrowski Midfielder 65' 32

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp Midfielder

69' 10

Nicolò Zaniolo Midfielder 7 Idrissa Gueye Attacker

Substitutes

77

Adam Marusic Defender 23

Elseid Hysaj Defender 6

Nicolò Rovella Midfielder 21 Reda Belahyane Midfielder 20 Petar Ratkov Attacker 28 Adrian Przyborek Attacker 99 Giacomo Giacomone Goalkeeper 72 Nicolò Pannozzo Goalkeeper 9

Pedro Attacker 46' 7 Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Midfielder 46' 18

Gustav Isaksen Attacker 65' 27 Daniel Maldini Midfielder 76' 17

Nuno Tavares Defender 84' 93

Daniele Padelli Goalkeeper 90 Răzvan Sava Goalkeeper 1 Alessandro Nunziante Goalkeeper 29 Abdoulaye Camara Midfielder 45 Giulio Vinciati Attacker 22 Branimir Mlacic Defender 38 Lennon Miller Midfielder 65' 18

Adam Buksa Attacker 69' 6 Oier Zarraga Midfielder 82' 15

Vakoun Bayo Attacker 82' 20

Juan Arizala Defender

82'