madness Martinez Quarta, Gudmundsson glacial, the referee Di Marco protagonist

Fiorentina and Genoa they divide the stakes in the first Monday postponement valid for the 32nd matchday of Serie A. The ball starts Gudmundsson on a penalty, at the beginning of the second half the equalizer was scored by Ikoné following a masterpiece assist from Bonaventura. The protagonist of the meeting wasrookie referee Di Marco, who awarded two penalties to the Grifone, one of which was canceled after being called back by the VAR, and disallowed a goal from Belotti. Top and flop of Fiorentina-Genoa and the scoreboard of the Franchi match in our analysis.

Fiorentina-Genoa, the key to the match

Rest for Nico Gonzalez: in the 4-2-3-1 of Italian there are Ikoné, Beltran and Sottil supporting Belotti. The ex on duty Gilardino responds with 3-5-2: Gudmundsson and Ekuban in attack, Retegui starts from the bench. In the first part of the match the best opportunities happen to Ekuban, who on one occasion challenges Terracciano, only to then miss an easy goal. At 25′ Belotti stabs Martinezbut Fiorentina’s goal is annulled because on Beltran’s pocket the Gallo is in offside. At 39′ penalty kick for Genoa: Martinez Quarta loses the ball, Terracciano gets excited again on Messias, but then Parisi mows down Ekuban: Di Marco has no doubts. From eleven meters he introduces himself Gudmundsson which displaces the purple number one.

Relive all the emotions of Fiorentina-Genoa

At the start of the second half Fiorentina immediately found the equalizer: a wonderful assist from Bonaventura and winning header by Ikoné. Controversial episode in the 60th minute: Kayode-Retegui contact, for Di Marco it’s a penalty. Called back to the on field review, the whistle cancels the penalty.

Top and flop for Fiorentina

• Bonaventure 7: What to say about Jack: a guarantee. The assist for Ikoné was delicious, brilliant.
• Ikoné 6.5: First half not received. Then, however, he burns Martin and scores the 1-1. Finally a ring from the former Lyon player.
• Terracciano 6.5: Very good and reactive in opposing a poisonous conclusion from Ekuban.
• Belotti 5.5: He finds the goal again two months after the last time. But it is disallowed for offside. The desire is there, there is no question, but the Rooster lacks the sprint of the golden years of the Bull.
• Ranieri 5: He skids back there too many times, getting the timing and methods of interventions wrong. Even during the penalty he seemed slow and disoriented.
• Parisi 5: He mows down Ekuban to prevent the Grifone striker from kicking into an open goal: a desperate intervention which, however, is a clear penalty.
• Martinez Fourth 4.5: He never gives security to the department: Ekuban suffers too much and in fact he is the number one culprit of the penalty awarded to Genoa for that unfortunate senseless back pass with which he triggered Messias.

Top and flop for Genoa

• Gudmundsson 7: When it accelerates there are pains for the lily rearguard. As a true Icelander, he is glacial when he appears on the spot: and there are 13 in the championship.
• Ekuban 6.5: In the first half he is Genoa’s most dangerous player. If on one occasion it was Terracciano who denied him the joy of scoring with a feat, immediately afterwards he devoured a colossal opportunity by heading wide with his head all alone. The redemption comes with the penalty won thanks to his speed.
• Bani 6.5: He decisively leads the Ligurian back pack. With good and in the end also with bad.
• Vasquez 6: The Mexican also performed well at Franchi.
• Network 6: Gilardino throws him into the fray after Ikoné’s equalizer and the Italian-Argentine gets a penalty which was later canceled after the intervention of the VAR.
• Thorsby 5.5: Called to replace the injured Messias, he didn’t have much impact on the match.
• Martin 5: Very positive performance until he ruins it by falling asleep marking on Ikoné.

The referee’s report card

From Mark 5.5: On his Serie A debut he disallowed a Belotti goal for offside (there was also a possible foul by Bonaventura on Bani) following the consultation with VAR. The penalty against Genoa for a foul by Parisi on Ekuban was brilliant. Doubts, however, for the penalty still awarded to Grifone for a Kayode-Retegui contact and then canceled after viewing the images on the monitor. As explained by Marelli on Dazn, in these circumstances there is a tendency not to change the decision on the pitch.

The scoreboard of Fiorentina-Genoa

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Kayode, Quarta, Ranieri, Parisi; Bonaventura (84′ Milenkovic), Duncan (46′ Arthur); Ikoné, Beltran (55′ Kouamé), Sottil (55′ Nico Gonzalez); Belotti (55′ Mandragora). Available: Martinelli, Christensen, Dodo, Biraghi, Faraoni, Lopez, Castrovilli, Infantino, Comuzzo, Barak. Coach: Vincenzo Italiano

Genoa (3-5-2): Martinez; DeWinter, Bani, Vasquez; Sabelli (61′ Spence), Badelj (80′ Strootman), Frendrup, Messias (44′ Thorsby), Martin (61′ Haps); Gudmundsson, Ekuban (61′ Retegui). Available: Leali, Sommariva, Vogliacco, Cittadini, Pittino, Bohinen, Papadopoulos, Ankeye. Coach: Alberto Gilardino

Referee: Davide Di Marco

Booked: Spence, Ranieri, Bani

Scorers: 42′ Gudmundsson from the penalty spot, 54′ Ikoné