Gaetano Castrovilli, Yerry Mina, Jonathan Ikone, and Nico Gonzalez were all injured for the Viola during their thrilling 2-2 Conference League match against Genk on Thursday. As the most recent player torn his anterior cruciate ligament, Enzo Ebosse forced out Brenner, Daniele Padelli, Christian Kabasele, Vivaldo Semedo, Adam Masina, Gerard Deulofeu, and Kingsley Ehizibue, decimating Udinese.
Pietro Terracciano had to use his knees to block a Florian Thauvin angled drive at the near post before flying to fingertip a Lazar Samardzic rocket away from under the bar. The hosts were making their debut in the new third kit. The Viola had even worse news when Michael Kayode took Dodo's position when Dodo pulled up with a muscle complaint. Martin Payero made his complete Serie A debut and had a great opportunity to score, but his chest and volley missed the mark.