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Everything happens in the second half: Spinazzola’s goal and an own goal, then Diawara’s goal validated by Var two minutes from 90 ‘
The Rome beats 2-1 the Fiorentina and finds success in Serie A after two consecutive mistakes. After a slow-paced first half, unlock the match Espinazola at the beginning of the second half (49 ‘), but a few minutes later the same side of Giallorossi is a throw the equal goal for Fiorentina to their own goal (60 ‘). Deciding the party is a claw of Diawara at the end (88 ‘). Roma follow the rhythm of Atalanta and remain -2 from fourth place.
THE MATCH
An exciting victory for keep the Champions League ambitions alive. While Atalanta mixed Crotone, Roma managed to snatch all three points at the end of a game suffered, decided just a few minutes from expiration and with the excitement of the green light of the Var. Men of Fonseca They restart after the stop with Benevento and the fall with Milan, separating Naples and they continue to believe in the European mission. Those of Prandelli, once again, they curse the final race and run towards the fourth loss in the last five games. The relegation zone is kept at a safe distance (5 points), but Turin’s two games to recover cannot leave you alone.
On the night of the Franchi, the Giallorossi start off very aggressive, trying to crush Viola in their own half, but struggling to find interesting exits towards Dragowski’s goal. The hosts trust above all in Ribéry shoots and to the brio of Igor (later forced to leave due to injury), but in the first 20 ‘the challenge is very blocked and the rhythms quite low. The first real chance is for Fiorentina, it goes without saying in theasse Ribery-Vlahovic, but on the secluded conclusion of the Serbian Pau López he is not surprised. In the last quarter of an hour of the first half, the challenge brightens up a bit, Roma responds with a nice conclusion from Pellegrini that hooks Dragowski, but the balance is not broken and teams go to the locker room at 0-0.
The recovery starts worse than it could for Fiorentina: Espinazola, so far the best of yours, unlock the match with a big leg on first post, perfectly prepared by Mancini, and a few moments later Prandelli also loses Castrovilli through injury (instead Kokorin). The cold shower seems to send the viola into a crisis, but at the first thrust the hosts find the same, also taking advantage of a badly positioned Roma due to a muscular problem in Veretout: in a cross cut from the left he intervenes Espinazola, who knocks badly and throws his own door. The former Juve goes from the stars to the stables in a quarter of an hour. After 1-1 the game catches fire. Roma is one step away from the previous 2-1 with Foreman, who wastes everything only on the doorman, then with the new entry The Shaarawy, bricked up by Milenkovic a few steps from the goal. The teams stretch a lot, Fiorentina is going to see with Vlahovic, but Pau López is very attentive, a few minutes before the episode that decides the meeting. Open and close the action Diawara, forgotten by the opposing defense in the center of Karsdorp, which after careful analysis of the Var is in a regular position, certifying the victory of the Capitoline.
REPORT CARDS
Ribéry 6.5 – It is always he who gives vivacity and imagination to the Fiorentina maneuver. When he wants to, he still knows how to turn his opponents’ heads and the deal with Vlahovic is fine-tuning, even if the real opportunities come with a dropper. Prandelli must explain to you the reason for a substitution that is not welcome at all.
Castrovilli 5.5 – Fiorentina’s offensive maneuver is very scarce in its contribution. Too much dirty work and few insertions to support the attackers and create greater dangers in the opponent’s area.
Mkhitaryan 4.5 – Not much in the heart of the game and also strangely imprecise in the crosses and plays of his teammates. A bad night that ends with the inevitable replacement.
Espinazzola 6.5 – He is the great protagonist of the evening, both positively and negatively. In a sleepy first half he is the only one who tries to change the pace of the race with his accelerations, before catching the beautiful goal from the lead and the unfortunate own goal of the same. Beyond the awkward 1-1 intervention (not decisive for anything else), he is still one of the best on the field.
Borja Mayoral 5 – He participates a lot in the maneuver, but is often too far from the penalty area. The only great opportunity that comes his way is wasted kicking Dragowski, all alone.
Diawara 7 – It was the first game as a starter in Serie A this season and he pays for Fonseca’s confidence with a capital performance above all for his generosity. In the last minutes he seems very tired, but he finds the strength to launch into the area after having shot at Karsdorp and closing the action with the goal that gives his team the victory.
TABLE
Fiorentina 1-2 Rome
Fiorentina (3-5-2): Dragowski 6.5; Milenkovic 6, Pezzella 6, Quarta 6.5; Venuti 5.5, Amrabat 6, Pulgar 6 (34 ‘st Borja Valero 6), Castrovilli 5.5 (7’ st Kokorin 5.5), Igor 6.5 (42 ‘Biraghi 6.5); Ribéry 6.5 (34 ‘Cáceres 6), Vlahovic 6.
Coach: Prandelli 6
Rome (3-4-2-1): Pau López 6; Mancini 6.5, Cristante 6, Kumbulla 6 (36 ‘st Smalling 6); Peres 6.5 (36 ‘st Karsdorp 6.5), Veretout 6 (17’ st Pedro 5.5), Diawara 7, Spinazzola 6.5; Pellegrini 7, Mkhitaryan 4.5 (22 ‘st El Shaarawy 6.5); Mayoral 5.
Coach: Fonseca 6.5
Referee: Calvarese
Markers: 4 ‘st Spinazzola (R), 15’ st aut. Spinazzola (F), 43 ‘st Diawara (R)
Ammonites: Mancini (R), Ribéry (F), Plum (R)
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THE STATISTICS
– Fiorentina have lost 4 of their last 5 Serie A matches: since the beginning of February only Crotone (5) has racked up more knockouts than Viola in the top league.
– Roma have five more points in the standings than last season after 25 games played (47 vs 42) and also three more goals (50 vs 47).
– No defender has given more winning assists than Rick Karsdorp in this Serie A (five as Faraoni and Cuadrado).
– Only Milan (9) have conceded fewer goals than Roma (10) in the first days of this championship.
– No team has accumulated more own goals than Roma (three like Benevento) in this Serie A.
– Third goal in Serie A for Diawara: had not scored since July against Torino (both goals at Giallorossi have come out).
– Before Spinazzola, the last Roma player to score and own goal in the same Serie A match was Ruggiero Rizzitelli, in January 1993 against Udinese.
– Two of Spinazzola’s three goals in Serie A have come against Fiorentina, in home and away games.
– Leonardo Spinazzola has actively participated in 6 goals in this league (2 goals, 4 assists), his personal best in a single Serie A tournament.
– Spinazzola’s 3 goals in Serie A came with the Roma shirt (2 in this league).
