1-1: Maccabi react last and Fiorentina are in the quarterfinals

The draw in Florence didn’t help Maccabi Haifaadding unexpected emotion in the last minutes with a purpose Khalaili which caused him to unsuccessfully seek an extension, due to Fiorentinawho felt their passage to the quarterfinals of the Conference League was doomed since the goal Antonin Barak.

The same player who decided the victory in the first leg of the round of 16 (3-4) seems to have formalized the rivalry in Italy. His pure ‘9’ header into the soft center from the right side of the Pharaohdropped the ball, unstoppable because of the power and after the bounce, the ‘viola’ team took the lead in a duel that lacked intensity.

To the rhythm of Nico González

The fighting spirit of the Israeli team, which came back from the first leg, took too long to come out. Led by Fiorentinato the Argentine rhythm Nico Gonzalezbut solid defensive work in continuous centers from the left side where the partnership emerged Sottil-Biraghi.

Only one shot on goal between the two teams in the entire first act and a scare for Fiorentinawhich saw their lead in jeopardy when the shot from Cuckold header in a rehearsed set-piece action, was denied and Lorenzo Simic I sent it to the network. The offside position ruined the hopes of Maccabi that at 59 minutes he received the goal that left everything, apparently, doomed.

But he didn’t know how to increase the distance fiorewith the Sottil pardoning the clearest in 69 minutes by shooting high from a heel, with everything to score against the rival goalkeeper. And he looked at the clock from 88 minutes into the match Goldbergwho launched himself in the fight for the ball to give help Khalailifound the lower left foot slipped between the legs of Terracciano. But the last attempt to ask for an extension of Maccabi They did not leave any shots that would endanger the passage of Fiorentina.