Final result: Fiorentina – Sassuolo 5-1
FLORENTINA (by Dimitri Conti)
Christensen 6 – Little work to do, Thorstvedt will prove to be the only real threat to keep the goal clean. And in fact at the beginning of the second half he will manage to pierce it.
Kayode 6 – Proactive at the start, he seems to be able to hurt in combination with Ikone. Only partially to blame for the Neroverde goal, he seems to be late.
Martinez Fourth 7 – Decent performance on a defensive level, without major flaws, and enhanced by the header with which he scored the 2-0. He leaves submerged in applause.
From 71′ Comuzzo 6 – Twenty minutes plus recovery that you can include in your CV. Together with the yellow card from an old-fashioned defender who makes up for it.
Ranieri 6.5 – Sometimes he fails in the setup phase, but when it comes to showing off the art of traditional defense he seems to have no rivals in the Fiorentina squad.
Parisi 7 – Some mix-ups on the first balls, then he takes over the left wing with strength. Only the upper part of the wood stands in the way between him and the net.
Arthur 6.5 – Sassuolo presses little, in doing so they allow them to put the ball in the bank. Master of possessions, he also manages to add an assist for Quarta to the scoreboard.
From 80′ Lopez sv.
Duncan 6 – His match begins with two very poisonous corner kicks, but also banal errors. Overall, however, he holds the midfield in the challenge to his ex.
Ikone 6 – He leaves opponents like skittles, lacking, as per his personal tradition, more than anything else in his choice. In a giant slalom, however, he almost scores a great goal.
From 46′ Gonzalez 7.5 – Rested in the first half, he had conserved his energy for a second half in which he became the protagonist of the match thanks to the brace he scored.
Barak 7 – In the first half he moves with a wooden step and is barely noticeable. The second half, however, is a completely different story: first he scores the poker, then he serves the assist to Gonzalez for the 5-1.
Thin 7.5 – An opportunity to leave his mark, it will be the presence of Tressoldi to face him but he is more certain than ever. Best performance of the season: one goal and two assists.
From 83′ Castrovilli sv.
Kouame 6 – Without Nzola it’s up to him to give Belotti some breathing space. As always, he puts in more than 100% effort, but in certain situations he seems to lack the proper movement.
From 71′ Belotti 6 – He doesn’t have any great opportunities in the portion of the match at his disposal, even if he would have served a great ball in favor of Sottil.
Vincenzo Italiano 7 – Headed mainly at Club Brugge on Thursday, keeping many protagonists rested. Nonetheless, Fiorentina entered the game well and, unlike usual, found themselves ahead with the first shot on target. At the beginning of the second half the second half and the goal from Thorstvedt which raises fears of an outcome other than victory. It won’t be like this: Viola responds instantly and will end up submerging the neroverdi under five goals.
SASSUOLO (by Luca Esposito)
Tips 5 – Like goals conceded. The Viola players emerge from all sides and it is an unstoppable siege from start to finish. No particular responsibility, in fact in the final he even avoids the sixth mark by closing the target on Barak in a great way.
Tressoldi 4.5 – For several weeks he has been one of the players most in difficulty, yet Ballardini confirms him in the starting eleven. He suffers greatly from the insertions of the Viola playmakers and is unable to offer any resistance when Sottil targets him and puts him in the corner to make it 1-0. He gets a yellow at the start which affects the rest of the match. Even late replacement. From 65′ Missori 5 – He certainly couldn’t be the one to change the game. Race without history.
Kumbulla 4.5 – It is impossible to attribute different assessments to Sassuolo’s defenders, in trouble throughout the match and never capable of finding the necessary countermeasures in the face of a Fiorentina team stuffed with second lines. Totally out of position on the goals of Nico Gonzalez and Martinez Quarta.
Ferrari 4.5 – One of the team leaders also seems mentally drained. All the opposing players really have a different pace, he also has difficulty on high balls which are a bit his specialty. Disastrous.
Screws 5 – 45 minutes in freediving, when Ikonè, Kouamè and Kayodè aim at him he never manages to recover the ball and gets blown up with disarming ease. To date we have never seen the super defender who was valued at many millions of euros during his time at Empoli. From 45’st Bajrami 5 – His entry livens up the play a bit, however the defense goes haywire and Sassuolo virtually leaves the pitch after 15 minutes of the second half.
Boloca 5 – He places himself in front of the defense in an attempt to limit the insertions of the Viola attacking midfielders. Mission totally failed. Especially on the occasion of the first goal he remains too still and allows Sottil to centralize and take aim. Bad evening.
Obiang 5 – A lot of useless and unsuccessful long throws, also due to the enormous distances between departments that are disconnected from each other. He runs a lot, but he does it in vain. Fiorentina, on its side, attacks without finding any type of opposition. Rejected. From the 65th minute M. Henrique 5 – Impalpable.
Volpato 5 – And we are also quite generous. The loss of the ball at the start of the first half was trivial, with Fiorentina immediately taking advantage of it to make it 1-0. Not happy, he reiterates and makes the same mistake five minutes later. It was the big opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time, but his match lasted just 45 minutes. From the 45’st Mulattieri 5 – Same goes for Bajrami.
Thorstvedt 6 – A missile under the crossbar to try to reopen the match. Sermon in the desert.
Doig 4.5 – Christiansen gets the timing of his exit wrong, he has the opportunity to serve two free teammates in the center of the area but gives the ball away at the corner. The photograph of a disastrous match from start to finish.
Pinamonti 5 – Very little assistance, especially in the first half. It’s true that the absences in the offensive department are very serious, but he doesn’t get a playable ball. In the long run he too becomes anonymous.
Davide Ballardini 4.5 – At the moment his hand cannot be seen, in fact – numbers in hand – things have even gotten worse. Salerno’s draw, against a relegated opponent, had set off alarm bells but he preferred to take it out on the referee. Then 11 goals conceded in the next three games. Serie B one step away, it would be the second relegation in a row.
