Serie A | Udinese 1-0 Napoli: Ekkelenkamp stunner sinks leaders

Nicolò Bertola risked an own goal with his decisive interception, as Leonardo Spinazzola got down the left and rolled across for a Noa Lang tap-in. Lang then fired over on the resulting corner.

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic pushed away a Jurgen Ekkelenkamp strike from the edge of the area, with the Nicolò Zaniolo follow-up charged down, while Jakub Piotrowski nodded wide.

Udinese came out more aggressive for the restart and had the ball in the net when Milinkovic-Savic’s weak parry on Bertola’s strike from the edge of the box was tapped in by Keinan Davis, but the forward was offside.

The hosts threatened again soon after when Piotrowski smashed his finish onto the underside of the crossbar down the right flank.

Zaniolo really should’ve opened the scoring when firing wide at the end of a well-worked move at the back post. He did get the ball in the net moments later, but it was disallowed when VAR spotted Karlstrom’s foul on Lobotka in the build-up.

Udinese finally scored a goal that counted when Jurgen Ekkelenkamp bent a sensational right-foot finish into the far top corner from the edge of the box, giving Milinkovic-Savic no chance.

Napoli wasted an astonishing opportunity to equalise on 88 minutes when Lorenzo Lucca got down the right and rolled across, but Hojlund off balance stumbled and somehow prodded it off target from a couple of yards.

Lucca went for it himself in stoppages and came sliding in to meet the David Neres cross, volleying it onto the base of the back post.

Udinese 1-0 Napoli

Ekkelenkamp 73 (U)

14-12-2025 14:00 MatchDay 15 Friuli Stadium (Dacia Arena)

Udinese

Napoli Live 1 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Nicolò Zaniolo

33'     2nd half

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (Assist: Keinan Davis)

73'     Udinese Napoli

Starting lineups

40 Maduka Okoye Goalkeeper Alessandro Zanoli Defender 90' 27

Christian Kabasele Defender 13 Nicolò Bertola Defender 84' 28

Oumar Solet Defender 31

Thomas Kristensen Defender 24

Jakub Piotrowski Midfielder 8

Jesper Karlström Midfielder 32

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp Midfielder 83'

Nicolò Zaniolo Midfielder 90' 9

Keinan Davis Attacker 84' 32

Vanja Milinković-Savić Goalkeeper 4

Alessandro Buongiorno Defender 75' 13

Amir Rrahmani Defender 22

Giovanni Di Lorenzo Defender 37

Leonardo Spinazzola Defender 82' 31

Sam Beukema Defender 61' 20

Eljif Elmas Midfielder 82' 8

Scott McTominay Midfielder 7

David Neres Attacker 70

Noa Lang Attacker

61' 19

Rasmus Højlund Attacker

Substitutes

93

Daniele Padelli Goalkeeper 90 Răzvan Sava Goalkeeper 4

Sandi Lovric Midfielder 1 Alessandro Nunziante Goalkeeper 16 Matteo Palma Defender 77 Rui Modesto Midfielder 38 Lennon Miller Midfielder 29 Abdoulaye Camara Midfielder Idrissa Gueye Attacker 6 Oier Zarraga Midfielder 83' 18

Adam Buksa Attacker 84' 19

Kingsley Ehizibue Defender 84' 17

Iker Bravo Attacker 90' 2 Saba Goglichidze Defender 90' 14 Nikita Contini Goalkeeper 26 Antonio Vergara Midfielder 30 Pasquale Mazzocchi Defender 69 Giuseppe Ambrosino Attacker 35 Luca Marianucci Defender 25 Mathias Ferrante Goalkeeper 68

Stanislav Lobotka Midfielder 61' 21

Matteo Politano Attacker 61' 17

Mathías Olivera Defender 75' 27

Lorenzo Lucca Attacker 82' 3

Miguel Gutiérrez Defender

82'