Openda scores in first game for RBL | Highlights from friendly

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26 July 2023, 15:15 yayınlandı

Narrow defeat for RBL.

Head coach Marco Rose’s side narrowly lost 2-1 against Italian first division side Udinese in a high-intensity friendly on Tuesday evening.

Composed finish from Loïs Openda

In an end-to-end first half, former Leipzig player Lazar Samardžić put the Serie A side ahead (30′). The best opportunity for RBL fell to Benjamin Šeško, but his shot from range narrowly missed the target (26′).

Rose brought on fresh legs at the break, making eleven changes, and it paid off with a period of pressure from RBL at the beginning of the second half. Loïs Openda needed just 21 minutes of his first appearances for RB Leipzig to prove his quality as a goalscorer.

After good work from Timo Werner, the Belgian equalised to make it 1-1 (66′). RBL remained in the game, but it was Udinese who found another goal. Semedo scored to make it 2-1 to Udinese at full time (83′).

RBL’s next friendly is on Friday, where they will be taking on Ipswich Town and Werder Bremen in a friendly tournament.

Statistics

Line-up

RB Leipzig – First half
Blaswich – Henrichs, Orban (C), Köhler, Bitshiabu – Kampl, Seiwald – Bayindir, Olmo – Sesko, Xavi

RB Leipzig – Second half
Zingerle, Novoa, Hennig, Gvardiol, Novoa – Haidara, Schlager – Moriba, Carvalho – Openda, Werner (C)

Team news

Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen, Christoph Baumgartner (all muscular problems) as well as Mo Simakan (late return after the U21 EUROs) were not in the matchday squad.

Udinese Calcio:
Silvestri, Perez, Bijol, Masina, Festy, Samardžić , Walace, Lovrić, Zemura, Thauvin, Beto

Goals:
0-1 Samardžić (30′), 1-1 Openda (66′), 1-2 Vivaldo Semedo (83′)

Yellow cards:

RBL: Tim Köhler (23′)

Attendance:
2,550 (Dolomiten-Stadion, Lienz)

First half highlights

12th minute:
Aris Bayindir has the first shot of the game! The U19 player, thrown into the starting eleven by Marco Rose, cuts in from the right-wing and finds a shot from the edge of the box. Silvestri in the Udinese goal is equal to his effort.

16th minute:
After a move involving lots of players, the ball reaches Zemura, who buries his effort from the left-hand side of the box. Udinese celebrations are cut short by the offside flag and thegoal is ruled out.

17th minute:
Good save from Janis Blaswich. RBL’s goalkeeper keeps out Thauvin’s well-struck effort and turns the ball over the crossbar. The following corner leads to nothing.

24th minute:
Janis is called into action once again! Lovric shoots from the centre of the box but Janis is equal to it.

26th minute:
Benjamin Šeško sends a first warning shot. The Slovenia international sorts out his feet quickly and flashes a left-footed shot just wide of the far post. Encouraging play from RBL’s new centre-forward!

30th minute:
Udinese take the lead. Lazar Samardžić completes a mazy run through midfield, beating several players before firing a composed finish past Blaswich into the bottom corner to make it 1-0.

35th minute:
Nice attack from RBL! Dani Olmo carries the ball down the right-wing and then looks up and finds Xavi Simons in the middle of the Udinese box. The Dutchman’s shot is blocked at the last moment.

42nd minute:
Promising freekick location for RBL. Dani Olmo stands over the ball, but fires his freekick into the wall and it is deflected out for a corner.

45th minute:
An end-to-end first half comes to an end. Lazar Samardžić’s goal makes it 1-0 to Udinese at the break.

First half | RBL vs Udinese

Second half highlights

48th minute:
It only took three minutes for new striker Loïs Openda to have his first shot in an RBL shirt. The Belgian attacker turns well and fires a shot at goal, but it flies over the Udinese goal.

52th minute:
Nice combination between Loïs Openda and Fabio Carvalho! The Belgian squares it with a chipped ball into the box, but the Portuguese U21 international narrowly misses the left-hand post with his volley. RBL have started this second half well.

66th minute:
A first goal for RBL’s number 17! Timo Werner looks up and finds Loïs Openda, who has found some space in the box. Openda then brilliantly controls the ball, wrong foots a defender and hammers a finish past the Udinese goalkeeper.

78th minute:
More pressure from RBL. David Raum starts with the ball out on the left-hand side, gets to the byline and crosses towards Loïs Openda.He meets the ball well at the near post, but his effort is clipped over the crossbar.

83rd minute:
Udinese re-take the lead. Vivaldo Semedo scores to make it 2-1. Leo Zingerle has no chance with a shot that is deflected past him and into the back of the net.

UDINESE CALCIO

Udinese have become a part of the furniture in Serie A. The club from Friuli in Northern Italy have been in Serie A since 1995. Udinese finished in 12th place last season.

Head coach

Andrea Sottil has been Udinese coach since the 2022/23 season. The team achieved eleven wins under the 49-year-old Italian last season in Serie A, along with 13 draws and 14 losses.

Players to watch

Beto: The Portuguese centre-forward was Udinese’s top-scorer last season with ten goals.
Lazar Samardžić: The midfielder joined Udinese from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2021 and has established himself as a key player.
FlorianThauvin: The 30-year-old is at home out wide and won the World Cup with France in 2018.