Lorenzo Lucca's argument with teammates about him taking a first-half penalty scarred Udinese’s 1-0 win at Lecce in Serie A on Friday. Captain Florian Thauvian is Udinese’s regular penalty-taker but Lucca grabbed the ball and pushed away teammates who came to discuss his decision.

Udinese became the latest Italian club involved in penalty controversy on Friday night, where a player was substituted straight after scoring his spot-kick. On Tuesday, Ademola Lookman was publicly criticised by manager Gian Piero Gasperini for missing a penalty in the Champions League knockout play-off second leg defeat to Club Brugge.

Udinese beat Lecce 1-0 in Serie A on Friday evening thanks to a controversial first-half penalty. Lorenzo Lucca's argument with teammates over his taking the penalty created tension Captain Florian Thauvian is Udinese's regular penalty-taker.

Udinese picked up their third win in four Serie A matches with a 1-0 victory away against Lecce on Friday night, but both sets of players and Kosta Runjaic were not best pleased with the way Lorenzo

Several Udinese players were furious with their teammate, who grabbed the ball and stood over the penalty spot despite the fact that Florian Thauvian was on the pitch as the designated taker, and was wearing the captain’s armband, too.

Udinese's Lorenzo Lucca disobeyed the orders of his manager and teammates and took the penalty anyway against Leece.