In the rivalry between the two finalists of the European competitions, which ended in different ways for one and the other, in the match that brought the season to a definitive close in Serie A, Fiorentina was victorious, finding consolation after losing the Conference League with victory at the Gewiss Stadium (2-3), home of Atalanta, champion of the Europa League, in the match that marked the farewell of referee Daniele Orsato.
The judge said goodbye after 290 games and eighteen years in Serie A. He will leave the field of play after the Euro Cup. He officiated the 2020 Champions League final between Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich to become the eighth Italian to referee a Champions League final. Also, he directed the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Real Madrid in 2021 as well as the Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal in 2019.
Orsato was recognized by both clubs. He was honored at the Gewiss Stadium with a team walk-through at the end of the match and the presentation of a commemorative shirt given by the captains of both teams, Djimsiti and Biraghi: “290 legends”
Fiorentina, who suffered a fresh European setback on Wednesday by losing a second straight Conference League final, this time against Olympiacos, will compete again next year by finishing seventh in the standings.
In a clash where everything happened before half time, there was no choice to improve Vincenzo Italiano’s team, who approached the game with more intensity than Atalanta and always took advantage. The first, in six minutes with Andrea Belotti’s goal, although the hero of the Europa League final, the Nigerian Ademola Lookman, equalized with 12. In the nineteenth minute the visiting team took the lead again thanks to Argentine Nico González.
Half an hour later, Atalanta equalized again. Giorgio Scalvani scored but in added time, before the intermission, Belotti made the final 2-3 without moving in the second half.
match lineup
29
3
22
42
4
2
8
13
7
17
Eleven
30
33
3
32
28
16
10
8
twenty
9
17
Gewiss Stadium
Tommaso Martinelli30
56′
Michael Kayode33
87′
Cristiano Biraghi3
31′
83′
Alfred Duncan32
76′
Lucas Martínez Quarta28
74′
74′
Luca Ranieri16
84′
Nicolas Gonzalez10
18′
87′
Maxim Lopez8
Andrea Bellottitwenty
5′
Four.
73′
Lucas Beltran9
76′
Eleven
55′
Gaetano Castrovilli17
65′
Replacements
Pietro Terracciano1
Oliver Christensen53
74′
Dodo2
Nikola Milenkovic4
83′
David Faraoni22
87′
Pietro Comuzzo37
Fabiano Parisi65
Giacomo Bonaventura5
56′
Arthur6
73′
Jonathan IconEleven
76′
55′
Mr. Infantino19
76′
Antonín Barák72
87′
Christian Kouame99
65′
coach
Gian Piero Gasperini
Vincenzo Italiano
Source: La Verdad
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