Fiorentina, with David De Gea between the sticks, He failed to break the streak of bad results he was experiencing in Serie A and suffered a painful defeat (2-1) in his visit under Monza, whose second victory in 20 rounds played did not allow him to left the lantern red, six points away from being permanent.
Meanwhile, five consecutive days without a win, with four losses, relegated Fiorentina to sixth place, 15 points behind leaders Naples, when it was only 3 away from first place over a month ago.
VAR saved Pablo Marí
Fiorentina started the game well and had two chances in the first minutes Albert Gudmundsson and Riccardo Sottil. He was lucky the Valencian central defender Pablo Marí which VAR made the referee correct afterwards He was given a penalty after Sottil fell and showed him the yellow card, which he also took.
As the first half progressed, Monza grew into the game and Warren Bondo was encouraged to try a shot from outside the area just past the corner.
Pedro Pereira scored two goals
Lombards opened the scoring before half-time an internship by Pedro Pereira on the right. Daniele Maldini did not reach his center back from the baseline, but the defensive rebound of Pietro Comuzzo it fell to patrick Ciurria, who beat De Gea with a cross shot (44′).
After the restart, Fiorentina tried to react and almost equalized when Andrea Carboni served on the line a point-blank shot Lucas Beltran after the rebound from the goal Stefano Turati (53′).
Daniele Maldini made it 2-0 with a volley
But the faith of Monza and its winger Pedro Pereira paid off again. At 1-0, the Portuguese crossed and Daniele Maldini, son of the legendary Paolo, volleys the ball into the net (63′).
Fiorentina did not give, in any way, the measure of their possibilities, but VAR allowed them to get back into the game thanks to a penalty caused by Lucas Beltrán before the entrance of Carboni that the Argentine striker himself converted (74′).
There was a quarter of an hour left and Fiorentina, now, advanced, struggling to attack, but Monza completed a long-suffering but important victory that allowed them to dream of permanence.
match lineup
30
13
7
44
22
4
38
42
14
84
10
43
2
21
29
15
6
23
24
20
10
7
U-Power Stadium
60′
David de Gea43
75′
Dodo2
92′
Robin Gosens21
67′
Yacine Adli29
16′
45′
Pietro Comuzzo15
Luca Ranieri6
86′
86′
Andrea Colpani23
67′
92′
Amir Richardson24
63′
62′
90′
Moses Kean20
43′
86′
Albert Gudmundsson10
45′
57′
Riccardo Sottil7
73′
Replacements
Pietro Terracciano1
Tommaso Martinelli30
Marin Pongracic5
Nicolas Valentini14
92′
Matias Moreno22
Michael Kayode33
57′
Fabiano Parisi65
67′
Rolando Mandragora8
90′
Jonathan Icon11
67′
45′
Michael Folorunsho90
63′
92′
Lucas Beltran9
45′
73′
Christian Kouame99
73′
coach
Salvatore Bocchetti
Raffaele Palladino
Source: La Verdad
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