With goals from Brazilian Arthur Melo and Argentine Nico González, Fiorentina bounced back from Monza on Monday (2-1) and moved up to the European places with two games remaining in Serie A.
Monza, with nothing at stake, mathematically save and no choice for the European places, took the lead at Artemio Franchi in Florence against the Conference League finalist with a goal from Bosnian Milan Djuric in the 9th minute, a trademark header at the far post forcing ‘Viola’ back.
With their sights set on the Conference League, but not missing the target of finishing in the top 8 in Serie A to secure a route to Europe, ‘Fiore’ were forced to return. He gradually became superior, producing more risks and taking more chances.
Until half an hour into the game, the usual player appeared, a released Nico González, the best player of Fiorentino, to tie the score with another header goal, one of his specialties despite being a not very high that player.
When the tie materialised, ‘Fiore’ settled into dominance without reward in the second half. Until the final stages of the match, in the 78th minute, the figure of Arthur Melo, former Barcelona player, appeared to score the comeback goal and return his team to the European positions, transferred Naples, again ninth.
The Brazilian did it with a good game as he launched himself into the three-quarter zone, stripped his pair in a quick turn and tackled the area with determination. He looked at the balcony and without thinking he shot, scoring a beautiful goal that hit the right goal post of goalkeeper Di Gregorio.
‘Fiore’, with one game to spare, postponed to June 2 against Atalanta, who did not play due to the sudden death of Joe Barone, director of ‘Viola’, is eighth with 53 points, 2 more than Naples and 6 below Lazio, seventh.
match lineup
1
33
65
6
28
4
10
38
18
72
17
16
19
77
32
4
22
28
38
47
Eleven
twenty
Artemio Franchi
Michele DiGregorio16
79′
Samuele Birindelli19
63′
40′
79′
Giorgos Kyriakopoulos77
Four.
77′
79′
Matteo Pessina32
Armando Izzo4
Pablo Mari22
72′
31′
Andrea Colpani28
81′
Warren Bond38
68′
60′
Dany Mota47
63′
Milan DjuricEleven
8′
73′
Alessio Zerbintwenty
Replacements
Alessandro Sorrentino23
Stefano Gori66
Giulio Donati2
79′
Luca Caldirola5
Four.
Pedro Pereira13
63′
79′
Danilo D’Ambrosio33
72′
Roberto Gagliardini6
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro8
63′
Valentin Carbonitwenty-one
81′
Lorenzo Colombo9
79′
Gianluca Caprari10
73′
Andrea Ferraris61
60′
Samuele Vignato80
coach
Vincenzo Italiano
Raffaele Palladino
Source: La Verdad
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