Club Friendly: Defender Nicholas Opoku features as Udinese draw against lower side Venezia in a friendly

Black Meteors defender Nicholas Opoku played a key role at the back line for Italian top-flight club Udinese in their 1-1 stalemate against Serie B outfit Venezia in a club friendly on Saturday evening

With no top-flight games this weekend due to the international break, both sides played each other to keep the players who aren’t on duties with their various national team’s active

Opoku played full throttle in the encounter and was rock solid in defence for Udinese

Kevin Lasagna opened the scoring for Udinese in the 31st minute of the match as they went to the break with a goal advantage

Alessandro Capello missed from the spot in the 49th minute of the match before scoring late in the 83rd minute of the match to earn Venezia a hard fought draw

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai