The Fiorentina suffered and had to wait for penalties to enter the quarterfinals of Italian Cup after returning to Parma from Spain Adrian Bernabewith purpose and a show of leadership orchestrated the attack Florence which is about to reach a successful conclusion.
Parma is one of the candidates for direct promotion to Serie A for next season. Under the leadership of Bernabé, a Barcelona youth player and former Manchester City youth player, the team from Reggio Emilia (north) is second, tied on points with the leader, Venezia.
A very serious team that last year almost reached the quarterfinals against Inter at San Siro and this year in Florence missed the chance to advance to the next round in a penalty shootout decided by Argentine Lucas Beltrán.
And he had it in hand with an excellent first half that put him ahead with a two-goal lead. In particular, there was a two-minute earthquake that caused Parma, dominating the first half of the situation. Bernabé gets his left foot going and scores the goal of the night, a left foot shot with the inside of his boot that he puts into the corner to open the scoring.
Parma celebrated and kept the euphoria and adrenaline going in the next play, where ‘Fiore’ made a mistake with the ball and a quick counterattack, three passes, seemed to turn the game around with a goal from Frenchman Ange-Yoan Bonny .
It was a perfect match for Parma, who almost scored a third before the break but also came close to complications before the hour due to a handball that was pointed inside the area by the referee but was reviewed by VAR and eventually flagged for offside of place.
‘Fiore’ woke up after the break and made the game their own, but they still couldn’t hurt a well-established Parma whose epic game escaped them exactly as it came, in a few minutes rush from their rival.
Within six minutes, Vincenzo Italiano’s men came alive again. First with a great goal from Algerian Mbala Nzola and, shortly after, at the horn, in the 89th, Italian Riccardo Sottil equalized from eleven meters. The match inevitably went to extra time where Parma, completely outplayed, managed to fight back.
In the penalty shootout, Romanian Dennis Man’s stick and Ivorian Drissa Camara’s high shot left Parma with no choice.
‘Fiore’ will face the winner of the match between Inter and Bologna in the quarterfinals.
Source: La Verdad
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