FLORENCE — Back and forth and Europe speech postponed to the next day. There Florentine she was chasing a victory that would mathematically send her into Conference League for the third season in a row. That is, since when Vincenzo Italiano he is on the purple bench. The NaplesInstead, they were hoping to overtake and instead they remain two points behind and with the direct clashes in favor of the Viola. The advantage of Rrahmanithe overtaking signed by Biraghi And Nzolathe equal of Kvaratskhelia. Under the eyes of over 28 thousand fans and a special spectator in the stands: it is the coach Luciano Spallettistruggling with choices in view of the next European Championships and some players who will be included in that group.
“match report”
Fiorentina, the Conference final in my mind
Between posts, saves, a penalty first given and then revoked by the VAR due to Lobotka’s first touch on the ball, the match slides towards a draw. The Viola fans applaud, the appointment is for the Conference final: “Athens, ready for hell”, the banner of the Fiesole ultras. The two coaches say goodbye and for Italiano this could be his last match at the Franchi as Viola coach. Who knows if Napoli will once again be in his future: already last summer he was linked to that now coveted bench again.
Author’s free kicks at Franchi
In the first half Napoli had surprised the Italian team with their approach and pace. After a few minutes Rrahmani’s goal, with a header, from a corner kicked by Politano who finds the blue player all alone in the middle of the area without Quarta’s marking. The Viola struggled to get going again and made a few too many mistakes. Kvaratskhelia also had the opportunity to double the lead, but was unable to be concrete. Then Fiorentina starts to turn. In the 24th minute Beltran’s diagonal shot finds Meret reactive. Then Lobotka touches it with his arm on the edge of the area and Biraghi, who has become a specialist over time, places it under the top corner in the 40th minute with a beautiful free kick. Time to get back on the pitch, an error by Politano in disengagement and Nzola steals the ball before putting it on the far post where Meret can’t reach. The seventh goal of the season for the Viola striker, this time preferred to Belotti: the third goal in the league. Then Kvaratskhelia’s equalizer directly from a beautiful free kick at the start of the second half and Politano’s post which had caught Terracciano in the counter-time. The purple response with Gonzalez who commits Meret in the corner with a free kick. The two coaches change a lot, the pace is affected, the result is a match with few ideas and many breaks.
The scoreboard of Fiorentina-Napoli
Fiorentina 2 (40′ pt Biraghi, 42′ pt Nzola)
Napoli 2 (8′ st Rrahmani, 12′ st Kvaratskhelia)
Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano 5.5; Dodò 6, Milenkovic 6, Fourth 5.5, Biraghi 6.5 (33′ st Parisi 6); Bonaventura 6, Arthur 6 (42′ st Lopez sv); Gonzalez 6, Beltran 5.5 (33′ st Mandragora 5.5), Kouame 6 (22′ st Ikonè 5.5); Nzola 6.5 (22′ st Belotti 6). Italian Annex 6.
Napoli (4-3-3): Meret 6.5; Mazzocchi 5.5, Rrahamani 6.5, Ostigard 5.5, Oliveira 5.5; Anguissa 6, Lobotka 5.5, Cajuste; 5 Politano 6 (31′ st Ngonge sv), Simeone 5 (31′ st Raspadori 6), Kvaratskhelia 7 (41′ st Lindstrom sv). Annex Calzona 6.
Referee: Marchetti 6.
Note: ammonites Kvaratskhelia, Cajuste and Mandragora. Attendance: 28,267.
