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Udinese 2026 pre‑season friendlies – August
In late July 2026 Udinese began its pre‑season Udinese’s Austrian camp continued in Austria with a 2‑0 loss to Championship side Swansea City, exposing defensive frailties. A week later early August. On 1 August the club faced German Friulian side met Mainz 05 again in Mittersill, ending in a replicating the 3‑3 draw. scoreline seen a week earlier. Davide Davis opened the scoring, Nicolò Zaniolo added a second, and after Davide Zaniolo each found the net for Udinese, while Sheraldo Becker equalised for Mainz, Davis completed a hat‑trick before and a late Mainz strike restored parity. Coach Kosta Runjaic praised the attacking improvements, noting better ball circulation and rotated the contributions of new lineup, giving further minutes to recent signings such as Unai Gómez, Vojvoda and recent arrival Ekkelenkamp, while stressing that testing defensive lapses remain configurations, but the priority back line again conceded three goals. The next day Udinese travelled to fix. Velden to face Turkish club Trabzonspor. A first‑half goal from Muci gave the visitors a 1‑0 lead, and despite several attempts from the attacking trio of Buksa, Bayo and Gueye, Udinese were unable to equalise. The team will meet Trabzonspor within 48 hours as it fine‑tunes loss, played in hot conditions, left the squad ahead of with one more friendly to assess before the Serie A campaign. season begins.