The Fiorentina removed this Tuesday Bologna that is the Italian train Thiago Mottathe revelation of the season, after an intense and open rivalry (0-0) that was decided by penalties in favor of last season’s finalist (5-4).
It was a great rivalry between the two revelation teams of the season. Open, a round trip between two teams who played fearlessly for a place in the semifinals, who went for the match without losing their essence or style of play.
The Italians fought back Thiago Motta and Vincenzo Italiano for possession and again decided to participate in a colorful game, in a battle that is also very interesting on the banks when two of the most important coaches in Italy face each other, which has been rumored for the biggest teams in recent seasons.
Italiano’s ‘Fiore’, Copps and Conference League finalists last season, are among the candidates for Europe; Meanwhile he Bologna of Motta They have pursued that goal in a season where they have already eliminated Inter from the Coppa and where they are certainly fighting against the ‘Viola’ team for a place in the top four, to compete in the Champions League next season.
Penalties should have decided one of the most interesting quarterfinals in recent years. He Bologna was slightly better in regulation time, with a chance for the Dutchman Joshua Zirkzee, the decisive man of the team, who crashed into the crossbar; and with a shot from the Italian Ricardo Orsolini from the front that collided with the post.
resisted the ‘fiore‘, who struggled to find a clear chance but when it did, it was almost decisive. In extra time, the Argentine central defender Lucas Martínez Quarta He almost scored the winning goal with a point-blank header from inside the area that Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski saved under the sticks to extend the duel into extra time.
An extra hour where those from Florence are more competitive, that in Italian Giacomo ‘Jack’ Bonaventura in the field, and where they were satisfied, again at the foot of Martinez Quarta on an occasion very similar to the previous one, looking for a loose rebound in the area which he saved again Skorupski.
The time has come for punishments, obligatory judges of a conflict that can fall on both sides rightfully. Parity was maintained in a high-level round where only the Austrian Stephan Posch He missed from eleven meters with a shot over the crossbar on his team’s fifth shot. The Gauls Maxime Lopez victory sealed.
‘Fiore’ became the first semi-finalist of the season. This is the third consecutive year it has reached this round, something it has never achieved in its entire history, and it will face the winner of Milan-Atalanta for a place in the final.
Source: La Verdad
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