Super Eagles Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye last night inspired Udinese to a comeback away win over Parma in the last Matchday Four tie of the Serie A.
The win has propelled Udinese to the top of the Italian topflight with 10 points from four games ahead of regular title favourites, Napoli (9 points), Inter (8 points) and Juventus (8 points) who are respectively in second, third and fourth spots.
Udinese looked like they would suffer their first defeat of season after they trailed 2-0 at half time after Enrico Del Prato gave the home side the lead in the second minute while Ange Bonny added the second goal in the 43rd minutes but they had a complete turnaround in the second half.
But Lorenzo Lucca reduced the goals deficit in the 49th minute before Florian Thauvin’s equaliser in the 62nd minute for the Donkeys.
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Benefitting from the red card given to Parma substitute, Mandela Keita in the 73rd minute for a second bookable offense, Udinese went for the kill and got the third goal four minutes after Thauvin scored his second goal of the evening.
The victory lifted Udinese to the top of Serie A with 10 points from four games. They will face a stern challenge to their continuous stay at the top of the table this Sunday when they visit Rome for a date with AS Roma.
Incidentally, Okoye has kept in all Udinese’s Serie A games this season and his imperious form has been crucial to their impressive start to the season.