FLORENCE (ITALPRESS) – Fiorentina regulates Sassuolo’s practice by winning 5-1 and gaining three points which allow them to catch Napoli in eighth place, with one game less than the Neapolitans. The technical gap between the two teams is too much with the neroverdi “taking” another step towards relegation, confirming their penultimate place in the standings. For Martinez Quarta and his teammates, a more than comforting sign in view of the very important first leg of the Conference League semi-final, scheduled for Thursday against Bruges. The first half was in fact a monologue for the Viola with the hosts coming close to scoring twice, first directly from a corner kicked by Duncan, then with a low cross from Sottil which Kouame missed by a whisker, and then they take the lead with their number seven who goes on his own, and having received the ball from Arthur, who does well to win it back at bench height, he passes the ball from the left towards the center and beats Consigli with his right foot (17′). Fiorentina came close to doubling their lead in the 28th minute when Parisi hit the top corner after a personal move. The Italian men who didn’t materialize what they produced in the first half made up for it in the second half thanks also to the entry of Nico Gonzalez. Ballardini also resorts to his bench with the Bajrami-Mulattieri pair inside in place of Viti and Volpato and transition from a defensive 4-4-2 to a more offensive 4-3-2-1. However, the Viola turned the game even further in their favor in the 53rd minute when Martinez Quarta, his seventh goal of the season, headed the score to make it 2-0 and celebrated by showing a shirt with the image of Joe Barone. Shortly after, within sixty seconds, Thorsvedt deceives his team by momentarily reopening the match, then Nico Gonzalez closes it with his head from Sottil’s cross. The attacking left winger born in 1999 certified his magical evening with the second assist in the 62nd minute, this time feeding Barak in a winning way, who then also hit the post, for the 4-1, which is the prelude to the fifth goal scored in Signature again by Nico Gonzalez (64′). Celebration for the Viola, disappointment at Sassuolo.- photo Image -(ITALPRESS).
