Udinese earned a 1-1 draw with Azerbaijan club FC Baku thanks to a splendid goal from Piotr Zielinski.
Udinese earned a 1-1 draw with Azerbaijan club FC Baku thanks to a splendid goal from Piotr Zielinski.
The Friulani only played against QPR on Saturday, securing a 2-1 victory, but were back in action this afternoon.
Francesco Guidolin opted for a 4-3-2-1 system instead and the experiment initially worked well with chances for Naldo, Bruno Fernandes and Matias Ranegie.
However, Baku opened the scoring with a Huseynov angled drive after 32 minutes.
Polish teenage talent Zielinski got Udinese back on level terms with an extraordinary curler from 20 metres out that flew into the top corner.
Udinese 1-1 FC Baku
Scorers: Huseynov 32 (B), Zielinski 79 (U)
Udinese: Pawlowski (Scuffet 46); Widmer, Coda, Naldo (Bubnjic 46), Pasquale (Alhassan 75); Badu (Jadson 46), Mlinar, Lazzari (Merkel 46); Bruno Fernandes, Zielinski; Ranegie (Torje 66)
FC Baku: Nureddinoski (A Mammadov 46); Cesnauskis, Nabiyev, Trauner, Pelageas (Guliyev 67); Abdullayev (Junoir 69), Horvat, Solic (Ristovic 46); Kalonas (E Mammadov 66), Huseynov (Alaskarov 58); R Aliyev (Pena 77)